Welcome to my blog! In this blog I will be documenting my 12-week journey into discovering architecture. This is my Senior Research Project for my last trimester in high school. From this whole experience, I hope that both you and I will be able to take away some knowledge into the efforts and thoughts that go into designing and constructing our everyday structures.
My ultimate goal: Disclose the often-overlooked importance of our everyday structures, AND reveal their impact upon our own lives, environment, and society.
I will be interning at a local architectural firm, LEA Architects. They are an amazing firm, and are very involved with the environmental aspect of architecture (LEED) as well! In my administrative/secretarial position, I will be able to observe the daily events that occur in the real workforce. I can surely say that I don't think there could have been any better placement for me than this, as it allows me to delve into this field and still learn, despite my lack in proper training or experience.
I am so excited to share with you my revelation into architecture!!
Besides my hours onsite, I will also be reading a lot upon the subject of architecture through books. In my perspective, architecture is some sort of medium that reflects upon human nature and society of the time. Behind every structure there is a story, a purpose. How else can I strive to learn and engage about the structures of our 'future' (or present), if I do not have background information upon the architecture of our past? :)
All in all, I am super super excited to begin this new journey/leg in my life! (I feel like an investigator, almost). Well, since I have already acquired a lot of old "sweets" and old magazines from my internship, the journey has already begun! 😏😄
This project sounds so cool! It seriously can be applied to so much. It almost feels like an Art History analysis. Are you going to focus more on architecture's impacts on societal mindsets/values, or how society's mindsets/values have influenced the architecture around us?
ReplyDeleteThat's a great question! My original and main goal is to focus upon and show the impact that architecture has upon society (without even realizing). However, I found as I researched that there are so many perspectives into architecture, and with that, I would like to dive slightly into the ways society influences our surrounding architecture as well, perhaps as a subcategory. :)
DeleteI can't wait to hear more about your time at LEA! How big of an impact do you intend the evolution of architecture, in terms of aesthetic through the years, to have on your project?
ReplyDeleteOoh! I did plan to look into the timeline/evolution of architecture throughout the different eras :) I was planning to use this research as some sort of evidence or just background information to support my claims (which would be more credible for the present-time). But yes, the 'evolution of architecture' is a worthwhile subject to touch upon to bring this project full circle!
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