New Horizon Reading

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.