![]() ![]() This meant one had an effect on the other. Something that was new in this semester was that our technical module was now recognised as a part of the design module rather than separately. My only complaint would be to have more time but other than that it was a good note to end the 3 years on. Off the bat, I was more motivated and excited for this project. In this instance, I dedicated the project to reviving traditional Chinese gardens which used to exist in the near vicinity of the site for multigenerational families. There was no point in dragging along my problems that I wasn’t able to resolve into the second project and instead I looked for answers in the new context. I adapted the main principles of my first semester project to Beijing and left what didn’t work. Luckily, my second semester went more smoothly. In other words, it wasn’t a good start to our first design module at all. In the end, it still was not fully resolved which made me panic since our second semester project was meant to test this dwelling prototype in Beijing. I spent, or what some may say wasted, 5 weeks trying to figure out a way of making a front entrance facing a back entrance work. In my case, my first semester project really pushed me. It was challenging but rewarding at the same time. There was an additional focus on convenience and meeting capacity demand as well as understanding when you are being lenient and when you are cramming people into a small space. I entered the year thinking that the design thought process behind both would be similar but it definitely wasn’t. I realised the vast difference between a private individual client and an urban scale housing project this year. Looking back at my past 2 academic years, I happened to always be working around the idea of a ‘home’ but I hadn’t designed housing. With regards to design studio, both semester projects were based on housing one small-scale housing for two transient communities in an area near Kings Cross, London and another housing project in Beijing, China which accommodated for 200-300 people. there were multiple emotional rollercoasters throughout the year which I could have done without. It was upsetting for matters to be dismissed and given an excuse alongside it. To be completely honest, without a doubt they were all avoidable situations. There were times in the year where students, like myself, dealt with the consequences of staff not being able to meet student standards of the education that they were paying for. As much as it is expected for students to be on top of their studies, the same goes for those teaching the course. I realised how important it is for all parties to be organised for a degree to work. Let me first talk about the stressful moments. So no matter how much I had prepared for this year, many things still went wrong ![]() A lot of my dissertation research didn’t go ahead due to the pandemic and a corrupt light study recording had to be binned. The usual studio intention of studying in China for a semester was ruined by COVID-19 yet again so off the top we had to accept, what would have been an amazing eye opener, wasn’t going to take place. It sounds blissful but many things still didn’t turn out as expected and some unexpected changes occurred. Additionally, I had a pretty good idea on what I wanted to write my dissertation about from early on. It has been great to finally experience a complete start to finish especially with our current exhibition preparations.įor me, third year is up there as my most stressful but also most enjoyable academic year Elif and I had finally been put into the same studio, I got into the studio that I wanted to be in and I was happy with the brief. I think it would be important to first mention that third year has been our only full academic year since the beginning, 3 years ago. ![]()
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