Design Charrettes
Though this isn't a traditional 'project' I wanted to include my charrette work as part of my portfolio.
Wikipedia defines 'charrette' as "an intense period of design activity." I've had the opportunity to participate in a few charrettes, and even conducted one at Barcamp 2009 in Vancouver. The primary goal of a charrette is to solve some kind of design problem, and usually you're only given a short amount of time in which to do it. The element of time tends to make for some fun results.
Helping Pedestrians:
My latest charrette experience was the one I held at Barcamp 2009. The goal was to solve the problem of 'dangerous intersections' in Vancouver. The participants were given roughly 40 minutes to brainstorm, compile, and synthesize their work into an elevator pitch on how to decrease the number of traffic incidents between cars and pedestrians in some of Vancouver's most notorious intersections. The results were great: lots of good ideas that involved high and low-tech solutions, awareness campaigns, and one group even wrote a haiku. Stunning.
The Granville Island Slip 'n Slide:
I've had the opportunity at ECU to participate in two charrettes, the most recent one being a group activity with four other classmates (from 3rd and 4th years). Our job was to create something that represented 'people in place' and we were given only 2 materials to work with: a bolt of fabric and bicycle tire tubes. We were also given a 'place' which turned out to be a popular hill on Granville Island. After a day of deliberation, we decided to have a little fun and made a ramp and apron:
Sometimes it was a success, other times it wasn't:
You can watch more videos on my flickr set.
Some Barcamp photos were taken by BryceJ :]
Wikipedia defines 'charrette' as "an intense period of design activity." I've had the opportunity to participate in a few charrettes, and even conducted one at Barcamp 2009 in Vancouver. The primary goal of a charrette is to solve some kind of design problem, and usually you're only given a short amount of time in which to do it. The element of time tends to make for some fun results.
Helping Pedestrians:
My latest charrette experience was the one I held at Barcamp 2009. The goal was to solve the problem of 'dangerous intersections' in Vancouver. The participants were given roughly 40 minutes to brainstorm, compile, and synthesize their work into an elevator pitch on how to decrease the number of traffic incidents between cars and pedestrians in some of Vancouver's most notorious intersections. The results were great: lots of good ideas that involved high and low-tech solutions, awareness campaigns, and one group even wrote a haiku. Stunning.
The Granville Island Slip 'n Slide:
I've had the opportunity at ECU to participate in two charrettes, the most recent one being a group activity with four other classmates (from 3rd and 4th years). Our job was to create something that represented 'people in place' and we were given only 2 materials to work with: a bolt of fabric and bicycle tire tubes. We were also given a 'place' which turned out to be a popular hill on Granville Island. After a day of deliberation, we decided to have a little fun and made a ramp and apron:
Sometimes it was a success, other times it wasn't:
You can watch more videos on my flickr set.
Some Barcamp photos were taken by BryceJ :]