ARCHIVE - Summer in the City

ARCHIVE - Summer in Seattle

kozicks — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:47:00 +0000

City Aim: exploring Seattle’s cultural identity

a. Focus: artistic representation. examining how local artists are reflecting on but also shaping Seattle’s unique identity in literary, visual, and musical ways

b. Focus: Capitol Hill neighborhood. focusing on the city’s geographical and urban identity as well, with a non-fiction lens on Capitol Hill

c. Focus: literature. defining Seattle’s literary scene and aesthetics (or lack thereof) but researching local authors and stories, and ultimately writing fiction that portrays my own findings of Seattle

See entire: Summer in Seattle field study plan

ARCHIVE - Secret Seattle 2

kozicks — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:43:20 +0000

My City field study aim will look closer at the connection between people and destinations. Spring quarter I looked at reasons I thought people came to places, what they did there and who they came with. This quarter we hope to rework our book- narrowing the places where we chose to go and talk to the people directly. I want to know from the person’s perspective why they go to the particular destinations, whom they go there with and what they do while they are there.

See entire: Secret Seattle 2 field study plan

ARCHIVE - Secret Seattle

kozicks — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:36:44 +0000

It’s the largest city in Washington. I’ve lived there my whole life and have always taken the city for granted until recently. I want to continue to take a deeper look into the city and grasp all the city I love has to offer. Living in Seattle I have found that I haven’t taken advantage of everything the city has to offer, nor have I fully given myself to the city or fully received what the city can give me. The city is a social and physical Mecca, with hidden components that not only embody the city but go unnoticed and unappreciated by even the most devout residents. . The people, the neighborhoods, schools, small shops, business districts, parks, and alleys are just some of the things that make up Seattle. Each little nook and cranny telling some story and many going unheard.

See entire: Secret Seattle field study plan

ARCHIVE - Mackintosh’s Glasgow

kozicks — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:34:36 +0000

The aim of this city field study is to gather information on the history of urban domestic space. At the turn of the century when the industrial revolution set the modern city into motion, buildings for urban dwellers were in demand. Iconic images of soot studded, drab buildings come to mind. A group of secessionist artists and architects around the English Channel initiated new designs to counter what they recognized as the deplorable effects of unchecked urban growth. They applied an aesthetic consciousness of flora and fauna and defied straight lines by making elegant use of the curve to beautify city facades.

See entire: Mackintosh’s Glasgow field study plan

ARCHIVE - Environmental Policies and Programs in Seattle

kozicks — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:27:54 +0000

n my Field study, I plan to look at ideal environmental policies for cities and actual policies and regulations that are put into place by local governments along with programs headed by environmental organizations. I plan to study the sometimes overreaching goals of environmental groups and how that relates to policy makers who don’t normally have the funding for environmental projects. I plan to look at the two extremes on the sides of government funding for environmental policies and see if there is some middle ground that has already been reached, or is feasible to reach. In addition to what the government is doing, I will be talking to different environmental groups and attending events about programs that they are undertaking themselves. The city I have chosen for this study is Seattle, Washington. This is a city which is overall very environmentally conscious as a whole, so I think it would be interesting to look at what the local government does to promote environmentally conscious programs vs. what is motivated by the local population themselves. I have been to this city before and think that my knowledge of some of the people there and they layout will help me in my study.

See entire: Environmental Policies and Programs in Seattle field study plan

ARCHIVE - D.C. in the summer

kozicks — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:22:17 +0000

I am very interested in learning about sustainable urban development and how green spaces can be utilized in flood plain and low lying areas to help stabilize the water table and protect against flash floods. Many cities around the world have developed in flood plain and low-lying areas close to bodies of water that naturally flood annually and I find all the different tactics used by the city planners, developers, and civil engineers to combat the water very interesting. Of course the water provides a source for; drinking/bathing water, food, transportation, trade and many other things to support a city. There is a cost and a benefit to living everywhere and the threat of an area being flooded never stopped city developers. Many of the cities that area located in flood plain and low-lying areas are very successful and they are here to stay, I would like to learn how sustainable urban development can be utilized to help protect cities from flooding…

See entire: D.C. in the Summer field study plan

ARCHIVE - Lost in Viet Nam

kozicks — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:18:38 +0000

City Field Study Aim: I want to learn about the culture of street food vendors in cities and how to make the food. I want to learn what city dwellers do with their time and I want to learn how to photograph a city.

How might you learn about your city aim? I will try and immerse myself into the street food culture. I will attempt to volunteer at several street food stalls for a couple days at a time. This will help me learn how to cook the food, and also help me learn a foreign language and a foreign culture. I will take a lot of pictures of city dwellers and interesting things I see.

See entire: Lost in Viet Nam field study

ARCHIVE - Bionomic Urbanism – Summer of farms in the city of Los Angeles

kozicks — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:10:40 +0000

My field study will evaluate historic land use and city codes regarding agriculture and urban public spaces. The study will document social, environmental and economic impacts of local food in urban areas. Visiting and identifying the successes and failures of design patterns at an ecological and cultural level within a community and it’s unique micro climate. I will work on several demonstration sites promoting low maintenance designs for urban food production with the Institute for Bionomic Urbanism (IBU) and other project volunteers and collaborators.

See entire: Bionomic Urbanism field study plan

ARCHIVE - De Las Fronteras

kozicks — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:22:23 +0000

The effects of international borders on nearby cities. Specifically the U.S.-Mexican border and the Mexican influence in the culture and art of San Antonio, Texas.

See full: De Las Fronteras field study plan