Sunday, 29 July 2012

Reflection on WK 1 Reading: 88.7: Stories from the First Transnational Traders


This reading provides a glimpse into an imaginary world scenario.  Revealed as a story in blog-like style it cleverly tries to blur fiction with reality.  Although this reading is not architecturally focused, it shows how an imagined future developed from an actual current issue (in this case, the need for global financial stability).  The story was made more believable with its description of the impacts the scenario had on humans.  This imaginative story showed how a current issue could result in an extreme change in context or situation.  I can see a ‘charette-like’ development in how the author came to the cause and effects of their chosen scenario.  Perhaps this would be a good way to tackle all the possible ideas for the assignment?  This story has also opened my eyes to how I could imagine a future scenario for the first assignment and has also encouraged me to become less restrictive in my idea generation.  As such, I believe that only when ideas are un-restricted can imagination come to life.

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