Workshop One
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Friday 11 April
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Workshop Two
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Friday 6th June
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Workshop Three
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Friday 29 August
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Workshop Four
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Friday 7 November
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Tuesday, 20 May 2014
2014 Workshop Dates
Harbourside Business Park
Grace Warne presented her latest research
finding/design work to Mike Gibson, manager of the Harbourside Business Park
and the Geoff Nightingale managing director of the Rosebank business association.
Graces MLA project, ‘Making a Sustainable Industrial Landscape’ asks: “How can landscape
architects advance sustainable industrial practice through social engagement?”
Grace is using the Harbourside Business Park, part of the industrial precinct of
Rosebank Peninsula, Auckland as a case study to develop a research project that
aims to explore how social behavior in design can advance sustainable
industrial practice for light and medium industrial sites. Graces research is
leading to the development of a design methodology focused on shaping
sustainable industrial practice through social interactions. Social
interactions, engagement and behavior have been demonstrated to affect personal
well-being, environmental awareness and care, and aesthetic perception.
Mike and Geoff were
impressed with Graces work, especially the research into the connections between
improved social ecology and workplace happiness. They commended her ability in
finding unexpected sites for greater social interaction to take place. This
work in conjunction with a programme to improve the stormwater quality of the
site offers larger strategies for the of improvement of industrial sites along
the Rosebank peninsula.
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Comments from Critics and Students
I have mainly only good things to say. Well
run and well organised …….
John Coop
In a nutshell: good panels for the most
part though still get confused by Juan's question but might just be me; I think
changing seating arrangement would help as several people did try to contribute
but weren't noticed; lunch was a fabulous idea and meant actual interactions
between panelists and students were had.
Grace Warne
I think the lunch did work. And
overall I thought the day went pretty well. On the whole I thought the
panellists were constructive and thoughtful. Your timekeeping is superb…
Helen Frances
Re the workshop day, I thought the panel
was excellent but agree that the wider discussion didn’t really progress…… I was only
there at the beginning and end of the day so missed the lunch, but enjoyed
chats with the panel over morning tea / avo tea. Would have come back for the
lunch if I’d realised that was the plan, to meet with the panel and informal
discussion – great idea!
Jill Rice
I think the work was interesting, if a
little uncooked in a couple of cases…..
Fellow panelists good – a range of
intelligent perspectives and questions, and some helpful suggestions. Everyone
took it seriously.
John Walsh
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Hola professor,
Thanks again for the opportunity to
participate in the workshop. As we discussed maybe the seating arrangement can
be altered to facilitate a bit more the engagement and discussion of
presenter, panel and gallery, maybe the panel and presenter have to face the
gallery, maybe even with a formal moderator. The mentors should have full
participation... as well.
I think the mix of disciplines on the panel
is a great approach you have done really well here, and even all panelists are
not architects or designers the workshop might beneficiate from having some big
paper to scribble/ diagram on.
My preferred project was Maurits’s, it did
presented a real relevant question with the double front door protocol
dichotomy. I think Grace’s Warne question has the potential of really change
the approach to design private ( or maybe not so private...) urban space.
Some of the other questions are really
interesting/ challenging as well, however I think they need refinement and
maybe could to be more concise…..
Juan Molina
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