07/20Readings_ABarajas-Silva

Toward New Horizon in Architecture by Tadao Ando explains the concept of critical action as being important and studying/analyzing the origins and essence of a project. When analyzing this reading, the idea of drawing nature and people having a sense of tension and that tension then having an effect on people’s experience is super important in our project. We are all trying to design a green space that caters to our topic, ours specifically focuses on engaging a community through this green space, in which urban farming and creating a connection with water, not only for the farming but for the experience of water near the human experience. The reading also talked about place and understanding a site’s traditions, living patterns and customs, which is important in terms of analyzing a space that provides a potential of social cohesion.

The intro to The Phenomenon of Place was interesting because we saw the larger picture of this reading, emphasizing the concept of creating places of dwelling. The reading emphasized the importance of qualities of material light and color and the symbolic significance of the joint, which goes into our design ideas that can be implemented in this project. Creating a frame for nature through our design, something as simple as the boundary of urban farming vs hardscape. 

The Phenomenon of Place emphasizes the idea of any real presence is intimately linked with a character. In terms of social cohesion of a space, the presence of the community is linked to many characters. For example, the presence of a community can be sparked through a connection with nature, or simply having a seating area, shading, etc.