ultimate writer HW

THIS IS THE ASSIGMENT

This week’s readings underscore the often-contentious political contexts that manifest themselves in the urban landscape.  This is a good reminder of the principle we covered in the first week of class – that no space is neutral and devoid of historical and cultural meaning.  

For discussion this week, I would like you each to apply the ideas behind the planning for Barcelona and Vienna to something more tangible.  We’ll do this through an exercise that I often assign in class.  After reading the lecture and excerpt from Sitte’s book, take a close look at the current university campus map;  I’ve uploaded a pdf on the main Moodle page by this week’s readings.  (For San Diego students, you may not be familiar with the Burbank campus, so you can either work with the map of our campus, or work from a section of San Diego’s street plan).  I would like you to discuss how you might approach a campus extension/redesign using the approaches of Cerda and Sitte.  Describe how each planner might reorient the main spaces of the campus.  Be as specific as possible, both explaining the main elements of the planner’s schemes and providing your own examples of how these ideas might translate to our own campus space (or San Diego’s urban landscape).  You may upload sketches if you would like, but be sure to include a written description as well.

In addition to this exercise, I also need one more piece of information for departmental use.  Please tell me whether you would be taking this course if it was not in online format.

So, to recap:

1.  How might Cerda and Sitte approach redesigning the Woodbury campus (or a portion of San Diego)?

MY CLASSMATE ANSWER

1. To Incorporate Cerda’s and Sitte’s approaches in redesigning Woodbury’s campus, changes such as increasing greens in order to meet the concept of having buildings be no more than 50% of the block’s surface. There could be 50% greenery and 50% buildings. Also, increasing variety in street types and building designs in order to have irregularity, including proportional plazas to buildings, and adjusting buildings’ height and width. Such changes could impact the campus population by allowing for increased space for classrooms, hang-out areas, offices, and parking. This will improve traffic on campus. Having more space could also provide an opportunity for the institution to develop programs and services for students to be housed on campus. The variety in the building designs and the geometric shapes could improve aesthetic appeal around campus.

I NEED TO WRITE A COMMENT TO HIS ANSWER

THIS IS HOW THE COMMET SHOULD BE “respond to one or more students’ initial post. This response should be brief yet substantive, inquisitive and courteous. In other words, be engaged with your fellow student’s ideas, ask him or her questions to both gain deeper understanding and to challenge their assumptions, however, always treat others with respect. This post should be about three or four sentences.”