As Rami and Art made clear notions in class, "How to Draw up a Project" by Jose Luis Mateo embraces the open-endedness of ways to pick up a project. Mateo's book/article touches upon various elements that channel the vague initial approach to a project into a more concrete entity. Mateo seems to strongly advocate the expedient nature of maquettes - an approach which I agree to a thesis project. The single impression I walked away with from the first meeting of Thesis Prep was to initiate a project with a topic or subject matter that fascinates my interests. According to Mateo, I should come up with a backbone structure that captures the gaseous project.
The thoughts in my head are not fully formed, nor do I have a clear subject that I would like to delve into, but what I do enjoy perennially is the sky, and open space. Taking such interests literally and extrapolating them would lead me to the design of public space such as parks and plazas or large/tall structures. I do have a slight inclination towards the design of public space, especially the notion of a plaza/park. And all this in an urban setting where the park/plaza may take on more modern and drastic compositions seem to intrigue me. Also, designing programs for the public on numerous levels that are actually "open" spaces more than encased structures(buildings) would impose new issues that are not commonly addressed while designing a building and allow one to perceive the urban fabric on a bigger scale.
I must say my visit to Highland Park this past summer has conjured me in making such a decision. Another project done in Canada, which title I cannot recall, has aided in the accumulation of my general interest towards public spaces.
