I found that class class taught a useful lesson about the importance of respecting the land that we build on rather than expecting the land to conform to our design wishes. In the past few years, more than ever before, mother nature has demonstrated her power. Floods, tsunami's and earth quakes are her way of throwing temper tantrums, giving us no choice but to stop ignoring her, and start recognizing the harm our way of living is causing her.
If there was one thing that I took away from today's lecture it was not to build on the most beautiful point of your site. Upon first thought it seems like something you would never do, an obvious statement. However, as I thought about the anxiety and excitement that comes with the design process I realized that making this mistake is something that I could potentially be faulted for doing. I feel that learning key lessons such as these are so integral to our foundation learning and by being able to see designs, such as the beautiful Barnes house Dr. Papenek showed us, it really drives it home (for lack of a better expression).
Dr. Papanek's emphasis on utilizing slope and the importance of understanding the concept was also something that I found to be quite valuable. I find that design so far for me has been a constant struggle of balancing creativity with feasibility. In today's world it seems that almost all designs are possible, but as Dr. Papenek showed with the houses in the mountains, ignoring the natural slope of the earth results in structures that look awkwardly juxtaposed against the landscape, and not in a cool way.
All in all last class really put the importance of understanding the environment into context for me, I really felt that I gained a broader perspective of what the landscape is telling us.
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