Blog 22 - Independent Component 2

I, Christian Legaspino, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work. My source for completing my IC 2 is my mentor, Miyong Chung. What I did for my senior project was do an additional 30 hours. What I did was go with my mentor, shadow him when he has meetings with his clients. During this time, I meet one of his architect friends, Stephen Le, who I shadowed as well. I had a lot of time to talk with my mentor about my senior project and EQ. I had valuable information that was said to me that I can use for my presentation. The significance of this was that I was able to get my mentor's view and thoughts on the idea. While I shadowed him, I saw some things that he would incorporate that deals with my answers. I learned a lot during his meetings with his clients. Plus, when I wasn't at a meeting with him I would be at the office doing additional work to help around. Use AutoCAD the principle system the employees use. 

These are the notes I took when I went with my mentor during one of his meetings with his clients.

Blog 21 - Interview 4 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  

The most important thing I learned form my interview is that architecture is evolving and is continuing to evolve as society flourishes. There is a lot of science and engineering that is taking into fact to make a  suitable living for the users. 

2.  How will what I learned affect my final lesson?

It will help with a closer for my topic. Instead of ending abruptly, I have something to say, like a walk off and maybe convince people to join architecture. There are a lot more positions opening because the people who were in the baby boom are dying off and positions are opening up. 

Interview 4

Blog 20 - Interview 4 Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

Who I plan to interview is my main man, my mentor, Mr. Chung. What makes this particular guy an expertise to interview is because his profession is architecture which is, coincidently, my senior topic! 

2.  Post 20 open-ended questions you want to ask an expert in the field concerning your senior project. Your focus should be finding answers to your EQ.

1.  What is the biggest influence you see architecture inspires through its design. 
2. How does architecture affect people's health? 
3. In what ways can you change a room to help benefit an individual's needs? 
4. When designing a building, what is the most important factor to design first? 
5. Do you incorporate any foreign design concepts into your buildings? 
6. How can you alter a room to increase creativity? 
7. How does culture in architecture affect the community? 
8. Does architecture define culture or does culture define architecture? 
9. Which culture has a major influence on architecture? 
10. Does architecture plan a huge role in health? 
11. Can architecture have a negative influence on health? 
12. Can architecture have a negative influence on a person's creativity? 
13. Is it possible for architecture to have a negative influence on various types of culture? 
14. How can an architect alter a room/building to influence someone's health? 
15. Does lighting design have any effect on someone's creativity? 
16. Can audio have a negative or positive effect on someone's creativity? 
17. What do you think is the best influence architecture can inspire? 
18. Is it possible at all that architecture can inspire any feelings within a person? 
19. What is architecture's best quality it can provide people other that a roof to stay under? 
20. Is inspiration even considered when designing a building? 

Blog 19 - Answer 3

1. EQ 

What qualities can an architect incorporate into a design to evoke a desire psychological effect? 

2. Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*

Qualities an architect can incorporate into a design are historical and foreign design aspects to influence history and culture. 

3. 3 details to support the answer

• spanish building are seen through out some buildings, people like it
• pointed arches are used to bring in more light, used mainly for churches to seem more divine 
• asian style buildings are used, japanese influence 

4. The research source(s) to support your details and answer

Source 55, 56, and 57

5. Concluding Sentence

By adding foreign design, it can give people a different look on architecture and how they perceive it. 

Blog 18 - Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?

What qualities can an architect incorporate into a design to evoke a desired psychological effect?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

Qualities an architect can incorporate into a design to evoke a desired psychological effect is changing the structural, lighting, and audio aspect to inspire creativity. 

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

Qualities an architect can incorporate into a design to evoke a desired psychological effect is changing the structural functions in a room to inspire health. 

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

1.) You heal better with a better environment, which in my case architecture comes in. Such as a hospital, the way you design a room or the building itself. 

2.) Putting someone's mind in the right set can help them feel better, which architecture can be a sense of security. 

3.) Having a sense of control in what you do you feel more empowered. That is what architecture can do, control functions within a building. 

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?

Cladwell, Delia, and David Martin. "Five Ways Design Can Make Doctors' Visits Shorter." Five Ways Design Can Make Doctors' Visits Shorter. N.p., 4 Feb. 2016. Web. 5 Feb. 2016.

6.  What other source supports your answer?

My mentor. 

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.

Architecture can have a positive effect in a person state. The way a building is designed and the functions it has can ultimately benefit someones health. 

Blog 17 - Interview 3 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  

The most important thing I learned for my interview is a possible answer for my essential question. 

2.  How has your approach to interviewing changed over the course of your senior project?

It narrowed down on what I want to ask and where I want to focus. Not a huge change but there is a change from my old, bland questions I would say.