First impressions! New experiences! and a whole lot of walking!
"Prior to our
site visit, I had a distinct view of Newark being one of New Jersey’s major
cities that I pass on the way to New York City. It never had any special
meaning to me because I never thought about it. I had no business there, no
reason to go and hangout. I’ve been warned throughout my life to take
precautions when visiting places such as Newark. As a landscape architect, I
feel like it our duty to help those less fortunate. I believe everybody
deserves a clean and safe space within their surroundings. This belief of mine
pushes me to get out of my comfort zone in order to experience to the best of
my ability how to help improve open space in urban cities." - Alex Ciorlian
Rather than using traditional forms of data collection, the
studio explored Newark from a psycho-geographical perspective to invent
personal perceptions of the city. A
brief orientation was held where methods of documentation were assigned to each
student, such as: sky-eye-ground level photography to get a kind of panoramic
collage of the neighborhoods; photographs of the facades along our study site
to be stitched into one long section at a later date; random photography in
which a few students took pictures of anything that was considered to be
interesting or important such as landmarks, open spaces, supermarkets and
bodegas, businesses and storefronts, as well as people interacting with others
and their surroundings; a video taken along the entirety of the walk using a
camera fastened to the front of a student with duct tape; reflective note
taking; and lastly, mapping of our route. Once field tasks were established, the
24-hour Newark experience began.
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