mailin 0 #1 March 11, 2004 One of my jobs is to mentor some highschool students that are doing an internship with us as part of their curriculum. They are begining their second project which are to design us a ficticious office (it will be VERY plush!). One is designing the interior and one the exterior. My job this weekend (as I'm no architect/designer I can't help with the technical stuff) is to brainstorm some ideas of a research paper one of the students can do in connection with his part of this project (he's doing the exterior). He will be designing a small golf course, track, football field etc (ya, we're really athletic in our office! LOL ). The student that is doing the interior is going to do a paper on Feng Shui (Chinese interior design philosophy), and we'd like something of similar 'depth' for the exterior part. Any ideas? Thanks everyone! JenniferArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aviatrr 0 #2 March 11, 2004 Make sure the golf course has nice, big water hazards...and plenty of clear landing space around the water hazards.. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 March 11, 2004 Waddya talking about? Feng Shui applies to the outside as well as the inside of a house. In fact, it applies to site selection, location, as well.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #4 March 11, 2004 well... ya, but we can't have both of them doing research projects on the same thing. The school they attend is an alternative school that focus' on 'real world' application, so they spend a majority of their time in LTI (Learning through internships). So, doing one on golf course design... well... its not going to cut it. Whereas Feng Shui can also teach you about history. Its all so much to balance! Making my head swim, and I'm not in their school! hehe JenniferArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhill 0 #5 March 11, 2004 How 'bout the environmental impact of land develpoment? Compare and contrast urban vs. suburban devlopments and the impact to the surounding economies, communities and environments... JAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #6 March 11, 2004 Thats an awesome idea! I think it might be a little too deep for freshman in HS, but its a great idea! Thanks bunches JenniferArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imajacka55 0 #7 March 11, 2004 I used to do landscape design now just grow trees and shrubs for landscapers and retail nurseries. How about doing a paper on the different theams of landscape design such as: Japanese gardens, xeroscape which is desert low water use, tropical landscape, Citrus and Fruit bearing trees. Just a couple of landscape theams... If you have any questions on those or need any reasorces just ask. Hope it works out well. ------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #8 March 12, 2004 QuoteWaddya talking about? Feng Shui applies to the outside as well as the inside of a house. In fact, it applies to site selection, location, as well. Paul you got your crib shuied out? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #9 March 12, 2004 Yea! You're talking my game. Have them look up Fredrick Law Olmstead, the father of landscape architecture. He designed Central Park (it was a marshy garbage dump before he got it) and he designed the Biltmore grounds in Asheville, NC. He recognized that WORK and LIVING were too closely related, and that people needed greenspace to be healthy and to unwind. He knew about environmental impact, long before the word environment was even coined. He figured that greenspaces could be made out of garbage spaces, and that play could be developed to make us healthier citizens. Another good idea is the impact of Japanese gardening on the western world. The Japanese have VERY specific ideas on what should be in a garden, no matter how large or how small. They have mastered taking the tiniest of spaces and making it look extremely large, or long. They also know the value of taking things that are in the distance and making them seem a part of your own space in order to make the space seem endless. See 'borrowed view' or 'diminishing perspective'. I have used all of these philosophies in developing various clients gardens. Hope you have a good time with the project, and get your fingernails dirty, for real.skydiveTaylorville.org freefallbeth@yahoo.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,112 #10 March 12, 2004 Try this. I knew Caldwell (he died a few years ago). In fact, I "hooded" him when he got his honorary degree.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #11 March 12, 2004 Hey, y'all rock! Thanks for the great ideas! JenniferArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
