PLG 500 Lecture 3: Week 3 – Theory
28 Nov 2017
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Who are you designing for: being done for someone else, not for ourselves, what groups are motivating what might be good. Relationship between form and function: amenities and how they are going to be used. Scale: what works at one scale may be completely irrelevant at another scale. Relationship between an expert and a client: do(cid:374)"t ofte(cid:374) see so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e desig(cid:374)i(cid:374)g it for the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es, designer is deemed the expert in the process. Central park: creating something for the collective that was easily accessible, responding to dirty cities providing clean fresh amenities, viewed as a destination instead of a place you just walk through. Bosto(cid:374) (cid:862)e(cid:373)erald (cid:374)e(cid:272)kla(cid:272)e(cid:863: collaboration between multiple different entities, corral 37 different towns. Chicago rediscovery of city beautiful movement. Linear parks brought back from the roman days: work within the system, recognize aesthetic and functional problems, use experts to solve urban problems, synthesize beauty and utility, pursue efficiency, look abroad europe for solutions, celebrate life.
