matimba's comments

General comments

Arpl3003_crits_14 04 2015

The main theme: public realm

-          The elements of the public realm weren’t that more pronounced in most of the projects presented

-          public realm = form + function + meaning + scale + ambiance + application + interaction + relationships + activities + people (culture, sociology, structure, politics, identity)

-          I think the main argument in the project would have been more enhanced if people started defining these elements together in relation to what they [perceive + touch + smell + hear + feel] along their chosen routes and spaces

-          Their significance?

-          NB the use of theory (critical analysis) still lacks, hence people were more descriptive

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Graphics

-          Layout issues

-          Most of the projects did not have maps on which we could locate the images shown

-          Annotations

-          Some of the images did not show much (the relevance?)

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The brief

-          Acts as a guideline, not just a document where we tick boxes upon completion of certain elements of the whole

-          Some people did not show any form of attachment to their work (that sense of uniqueness is not pronounced through the use of graphics) = no ownership shown

-          Creativity (themes, titles or graphics) = there was no link between project titles (themes) and the work produced

-          NB that kills the overall flow of the project = seemingly, people don’t plan the flow of the work or leave at least an hour to finalise their work (editing + referencing + alignment)