Today I had my crit on the design I came up with yesterday through the ais of the use of my cogs that were asking questions on function,ergonomics,activity,material and technology.Before give my crit reflections I would like to share the question and answers I went through as and aid to my design idea.
Cog:What will your pop-up shop be selling?
Me:For the purpose of respecting the site I would like to embrace the local products that are at the disposal in Wuppert community.In that said I simply mean i will be selling rooibos tea and other rooibos products like oinments and ect .Rooibos is not just tea ,but it is a healthy herb on it's own due to its high level of antioxidants such asaspalathin and nothofagin, its lack of caffeine, and its low tannin levels compared to fully oxidized black tea or unoxidized green tea leaves. Rooibos also contains a number of phenolic compounds, including flavanols, flavones, flavanones, and dihydrochalcones.As much as we are under the name of designing sustainable structures and buildings I believe that is is crucial also that we endors healthy life functions because there is no use for a building to be sustainable while its inhabitants are not sustainaed in health.
Cog :What other products could the design of your pop-up shop accommodate?
Me:Arts and crafts
Cog :What are the other functional requirements of your pop-up shop? You can enter each requirement as a separate response.
Me:Mobilty:The structure would have to be a mobile demountable structure that is able to atrract peole more over the tousists.User friendly to assemble: The structure should be able to be built by local residents.Shelter: The structure should be able to provide shade due the fact that the community of Wuppert is in the hot regions of the Western Cape.Colour and Form : The colour and form of the structure should embrace a healthy lifestyle.
Cog:Are there any other functional requirements that you can think of?
Me:In my design I think by using technolgy that is able to move/slide i will be able give the expression of movement,and mobility in my design.I can design the structure to act as a land mark so as to attract tourists by putting a flag of rooibos that will wave up high.To evoke the sense of health counciense I can use coulors of nature like green and brown for the finish of my materials.
Cog:When you're asked about function during your crit, what ideas about your design would you like to highlight?
Me:The main I deas I can say my design seeks to embrace the health benefits found from the rooiboss products,wherefor embracing not just sustainable design but sustainable living to the target market which is through healthy products that I will be selling in the pop up shop
Cog :And what can you do to prepare yourself to confidently discuss these ideas?
Me:History of the site.The benefits of rooibos and the range of rooibos products.Functional precedent study and Technology precedent study.
Cog:By going through this cog, what have you realised about the role functionality plays in design that you would like to share with your peers?
I realised that form that really forms follows function..."function is the mother of function".I also realised that function is an honest design generator that can lead to the safe solution of your design.
When design is driven by function a designer is most likely to come up with a sustainable design that will not just be a sustainable building/structure but sustanaible in function where by the design serve the function that will provide a solution to the community.
Function is problem solving...you cannot solve any design problrem without studying the functional requirements of your design.
Function is the root of your design intent
Form does not follow function...Function first then form.
When function is carefully thought design process is most likely to be safe
Function cannot be infuenced by form but by the activities that take place ...
Architecture is the design of function based spaces
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The Cog helped me a lot in preparing me for my crit...however in my crit it i realized that my design intent still needs to be furnished and incorparate it in an architectural language...That is what I am working on now at the current moment.I still have to do research on tea shops and tea rituals in Japan.
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