S1.8 Part 1 Reflections_H.Morrison

Thoughts on groups:

I think splitting into three groups of three and one group of two would make the most sense, but it could also potentially work to have two groups of four and one group of three. Deciding groups based partly on topic and partly on desired role would be a good strategy. Since Lauryn and I are working on the food systems topic, I think we could easily integrate with Adam and/or Tiare since they’re doing the same, or Trevor, Luca, and Declan since our community gardening ideas would also be applicable to their research on social cohesion. However, I think all the topics connect with each other, so we could simply split the groups based on who wants to do what.

Personally, I’d like to work on the interior unit or urbanism scale.

After the discussion of group organization, I’ll be working with Adam. He’ll take on the role of designing with urbanism and the ground floor in mind, I’ll take on the interior unit organization and private spaces, and we’ll collaborate on the envelope/shell of the building. Overall, our focus will be on food systems and community gardens in Marina del Prat Vermell.

Take-aways from review:

1. Timelines need place, culture, & urban ecology lines – need this to be able to grade
2. Really clarify title slide collage graphic and how that scales. Use title slide to really communicate an overview of research topic.

3. More infographics– goes for everyone – we might not keep the 2 paragraphs thing and just have visuals but memorize the underlying ideas. How to translate into key idea/key images.

Favorite diagram and timeline graphics:

Revised introduction:

Narrow down to consider more specifics of what’s the most significant subtopic, get more focused on who/what/why. Figure out how to integrate with Adam’s food systems research as new team.

Revised framework:

Add more indicators for food access: consider economic access. How much does food cost? Beer? Coffee? How do we measure healthiness? Also consider going inside grocery stores for more fine-grained price comparisons. Need to get more specific than just looking at the type/size of grocery store because there are even differences between grocery stores (i.e. Mercadona is different than an organic supermarket).

Revised research questions/goal sentences:

How do community gardens impact air quality? How does climate/heat affect community gardens? Even if Barcelona has fewer community gardens than other cities, how is that offset by other social resources? What’s the density of gardens considering the population?

How do we more clearly connect the ideas of food metabolism/food production and distribution with community engagement through gardens?

Notes on timeline revisions:

Refine to be more specific to topic. Consider adding more graphics/specific design elements.

Overall Notes:

Notes on Trevor, Declan, Luca

• How do images/graphics on title slide reflect your words? Imagine if this slide could talk to what you said
• Difference btwn experience of a real balcony vs. a juliette
• Interior street up above?
• Messier the better in terms of balcony contents- signs of life
• What if we had skybridges across balconies?
• Timelines need place, culture, & urban ecology lines – need this to be able to grade

Notes on Adam and Tiare

• Establishing a sense of community in MdPV thru community gardens
• Highlighting circularity of the food systems
• Gardens = quality food, ecological knowledge, & enhanced social networks
• Lack of recreational green space for children and adolescents
• Indicators looking at how urban gardens could be deployed
• Gardens/green facades filter air pollution
• Again, intro collage could explain a lot more
• Really clarify collage graphic and how that scales
• More infographics– goes for everyone – we might not keep the 2 paragraphs thing and just have visuals but memorize those. How to translate into key idea/key images
• Break the private and the public distinction – most likely will occur on ground floor but maybe also rooftops/wherever garden spaces are
• Our site triangle is almost dense enough to be a village – easily size of small town in oregon, so keep that in mind and consider how it adapts
• More evidence of how vegetation filters PM & exactly how
• Focus on what we can control – i.e what tree species, consider canopy, shrubs, & ground cover
• Look at data from pm sensors

Notes on Hanna and Sam

• Biophilia in urban environment and water management
• Barcelona’s arrangement prevents residents access to nature
• Explore resiliency thru green spaces
• Lower income neighborhoods have seen more increase in green spaces
• Drought and flooding are both big issues in BCN
• Considering scales of green spaces and different types of water management
• Don’t label timelines as “Timeline” but instead title it based on big idea?
• Make air quality topics go deeper beyond “the children are impacted”– what’s the small-scale data level that’s much more specific and can drive our project? We don’t have to be comprehensive and can always work upwards
• Biophilia has to do with the perception of green, not necessarily the science of it all
  • Animals must be included
  • About people, not about animals
• More graphics/diagrams, less text, get more specific in order to do data-driven work
• Consider what would be the ideal baseline measurement location vs what would be the WORST place to measure

Notes on Nik and Sam

• Heat island framework includes material qualities, streetscape design/building massing, green space/shading
• Address homes and schools and also routes between them
• Transportation = source of pollution but also means of heat escape
• Trees as a good thing bc they block radiation, but do they also block air flow?
• Label months on diagram of a year
• On train diagram, draw the stops, & don’t ignore the bus stops