Description:
Create multi-media documentation and reflection of the field trip and weekly readings supporting the ideas explored and lessons learned. Each reflection should contain all the following parts:
- Weekly readings related to the topic and site of the field trip
- (2) sketches from the field trip
- (1) photo or video collage documentation
- 500-word reflections essay linking your observations and experience to topics discussed in the weekly readings
Objectives:
- Observe buildings, landscapes, and context in their totality and detail, and Document observations in sketches and other means. Learn to identify the various styles and tectonic elements within the built environment.
- Read architectural writing and become familiar with the way architecture and its history is discussed.
- Research case studies of buildings and urban spaces.
- Write architectural and urban ideas in your own voice.
Site #1: Brooklyn Bridge Park
From Brooklyn Bridge Park Website:
“Brooklyn Bridge Park is an 85-acre world-class waterfront park with rolling hills, riverfront promenades, lush gardens, and spectacular city views. Our list of amenities continues to grow as we work each day to revitalize this previously deteriorated industrial space and build a park that allows New Yorkers to rediscover the waterfront.”
Weekly Readings:
- “Aw shucks: The tragic history of New York City oysters” (Untapped Cities, 8/4/2022)
- “Emily Roebling, The unsung hero of the Brooklyn Bridge” (Untapped Cities, 5/24/2023)
- “Park as process: Brooklyn Bridge Park” (Urban Omnibus, 9/29/2010)
- “Withdrawn Waters” (Urban Omnibus, 8/11/2021)
Process:
- Before the field trip: Compete weekly readings
- During the field trip:
- Take photos of your observations and experiences
- Sketch #1 at the final project site and its surroundings
- Gather with your teammates to discuss the final project site and its surroundings
- Sketch 2 at the park between Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges
- In-class reading together: Kevin Lynch, The Image of the City, Chapter 1
- After the field trip: Upload the following items to Miro
- A photo or video collage of your observations and experiences
- Photographs or scans of your two sketches
- 500-word reflection essay linking your observations and experience, readings, and explanation of sketches and collages
Deliverables:
Upload collage(s), sketches, and the essay to Miro
Blank template for instructor’s use: Miro Template Reflections 1
View student samples on Miro:
