Prof. Jody R. Rosen | ENG 1101-LC96 | Fall 2024

Starting research: brainstorming

This week, weā€™re still beginning our research project, the reflective annotated bibliography. As you get comfortable with the details of the project, what you need to know is that youā€™re going to do some research and share it in the form of a bibliography plus annotations, or notes, about that source.

But before we can get started with any of that, letā€™s think of what sparks our interest that we want to learn more about. For this discussion, add a comment in which you list different topicsā€“whether you understand them well yet or notā€“that you might have to or want to take a stand on in your studies, your job, career, dream job, in your community, or in your life.

In class last week, we brainstormed about issues we identified as important for us to consider can intersect with built environment fields. These include AI, environment/climate crisis, well-being, election 2024, economy/business trends, collaboration/work communication. If you have other issues you want to consider for this project, let’s talk about them!

We also spent some time thinking about how these issues intersect with built environment fields to ask research questions like “how will rising sea levels change building styles?” and “how have building materials affected health?”

In your comment, make a big list of possible ideasā€“one of these ideas will spark something for you, and whatever you cast aside might spark someone elseā€™s idea.

Photo credit: ā€œWorkingā€ by Ciprian Todea via Flickr under the license CC BY-NC 2.0.

3 Comments

  1. sapphii

    • What specific material architects use to make a home feel comfortable?
    • What makes a home feel at home ?
    • What constructs a home into a home?
    • What small details make someone feel comfortable with their home?
    • What can you add into your house to make you feel comfortable with your home?
  2. Jody R. Rosen

    Well-being

    • what materials does architecture use to make a home feel comfortable?
    • what makes a home feel at home
    • how can school spaces increase the feeling of well-being?
    • how has Brooklyn created spaces for well-being in an otherwise crowded area?

    Clmate

    • How will climate change affect architects’ ways of building?
    • how will sea level changes affect building styles?
    • what are the different ways that climate change can affect architecture?
    • what regulations are changing to address climate change?

    AI

    • what are some ways that AI affects the architecture field?
    • what do we need to learn about AI in college to use it effectively in the work force?
  3. Romey

    What would be the usual preventative measures that civil engineers may use when it comes to coastal flooding?

    What building styles, building materials or building code changes are being discussed in nyc with the sinking of the city?

    What civil engineering actions in the past could be the cause of the gradual sinking of nyc today?

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