In this class we discussed what design elements were and how do we describe a city using these design elements. There are many tangible like architecture, culture etc and intangible ways like light, logic, metaphors etc to describe a city.
Throughout this exercise, I learned that there could be so many perspectives involved in addressing one situation. It was an exploratory and interactive session that allowed me to broaden my perspective and create my own thoughts and ideologies about these concepts.
We were then asked to imagine what the city of our dreams would be like. We had to write down a few elements tangible and intangible that we would like to have in the city of our dreams. After this exercise we were introduced to our next assignment. We have to write 6 chapters on the city of our dreams and make a booklet/ novel out of it.
I am still very confused what my city is going to be about. However, the basic idea that came to my is that, my city is going to be very basic yet colourful and lively, it will have a lot of customs and rituals yet the people living here will be free to live their life. I want it to be a juxtaposition between how we live in the Indian society and how we want to live
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