In Class:
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), University of British Columbia
In Class:
At Home
I looked at the different kinds of paving near the nest and bus loop as I ride though there on my skateboard often. I hate this area because there’s a lot of variation in paving and almost all of the paving is brick, which is not well suited to riding a skateboard on.
Analysis of comfortability and distances travelled on each pavement per 1 push. Pavement D, which is the smooth concrete on the basketball court is by far the best. I am proposing a path system running through this area to improve mobility for people on skateboards.
It would be interesting to conduct this same analysis on a wheelchair. I am curious if the experience of this space is much different for a wheelchair user as opposed to a skateboarder.
Exploring the Faculty of Forestry building on campus, watching movement through the multi-level atrium space.
Walking up a set of stairs in the Forestry Building, lit by the lighting below the railing.
The Earth Science Building was very empty of seating, and I noticed the potential danger underneath the stairs for people who are visually impaired. I began to think about ways that you could both create a safer edge of the stairs for those who may not realize the risk, as well as some interesting seating options.
Coming soon…
For this assignment, I have mapped the different possible movements in this generic playground near my home. I have drawn the park in plan and 2 points perspective, added the possible body interactions on top, and added the main measurements I had compiled during my time there.
I chose to analyze how my body interacted with an informal meeting room inside the 3rd year BDES studio. The room had a large selection of chairs in cramped and open conditions. I decided to document how it felt and looked getting in and out of each chair. I used the facial expressions and body language of my caricature to further represent the experience of every chair.