Math is easy; design is hard. — Jeffrey Veen
The first semester of Landscape Architecture seemed to be almost totally driven on laying the groundwork of design fundamentals. As the plot thickens in the second semester problems are presented and well designed solutions are required. Through critiques from peers, teachers, mentors, and personal reflection that far off picture of what I consider to be good design becomes a little less blurry. Good design seems to be achieved when the reality of function is so throughly thought out that when conceptual or artist design elements are introduced they enhance without interfering or masking the functionality of the piece. Keeping this in mind when developing a design will hopefully put limits in place to guide the process away from the addition of the arbitrary or overly ornamental. As I strive to create ‘good design’ seeing is believing. Oh yeah, and bridges are sweet.
http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2010/04/20/trip-around-the-world-amazing-bridges/
