Sunday 21 March 2010

Design Thinking

What does design thinking mean to me?
How am i using it for this project and future projects?

Design thinking is seeing things in more detail. It is when you notice things most people wouldn't. It is not just in the way they look but how they work and effect other people. It is how thing affect their surroundings. Design thinking is taking inspiration from these details and and manipulating it into something that works best for the purpose you intend for it.
People can all be connected in many ways. Most of the time it is spacial design that is most effective for this. For this project, and future projects, the main focus is the directing people through a comfortable space that is built most functionally for it's intended purpose. In this project we've decided to do this by creating a more comfortable space where people don't feel threatened or intruded upon. In a comfortable space people are more willing to be social. The main purpose for the gateway plaza project is to create community but without the tenants having a comfortable communal space for them to socialize they will not spend time outside of their apartments.

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