Please succinctly summarize each of the *required* readings [one response for each], mentioning the author, the title of the article/essay, summarize the passage, concept or argument before stating your question. See the example below for the template to follow.
As always, your questions can be of different types: 1) a question can be based on a part of the summary of specific elements from the text; 2) a question can be open-ended and prompt a wider reflection on the relationships between the author’s position and design-related social, political, ethical questions. Or simply begin to point towards a discussion of what relationship the author’s ideas have to design issues.
Example formulation:
In (the name of the article, excerpt from book, project brief), (author’s full name) argues/acknowledges/admits/agrees/alleges/asserts/assumes/claims/concludes/considers/demonstrates/denies/
determines/discovers/doubts/emphasizes/explains/finds/hypothesizes/implies/indicates/infers/notes/objects to/observes/points out/reveals/says/shows/states/suggests that (argument or summary of text). Question…?
…….
An example response using that formulation:
In his text ‘In Front of Lines That Leave Nothing Behind,’ Robin Evans questions those authors who compare the ambiguity of Daniel Libeskind’s drawings to that of writing, hieroglyphics, etc. Describing Libeskind’s drawings, Evans notes that “[t]hey are more like the tea-leaves in the cup, the spilt entrails of the eviscerated dove, distributions made in such a way that they can not be fully understood even by their author.” Is it feasible to say that like abstract works by fine artists, meaning in architectural drawings may best be subjectively interpreted by the viewer, or do architectural representations that are created by licensed architects have a duty to “make sense” and be accessible to all?
This response should be no less than 300 words.
Last Completed Projects
| topic title | academic level | Writer | delivered |
|---|