Have you ever heard of a bowerbird? I certainly had not until our third night at Catamount when Marie showed us all a video about this intriguing family of birds. In short, they are a family of birds who create remarkably intricate bowers, or nests, in order to attract a mate. We learned that the …
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A Lesson in Art and Humility
I joined this class without any previous knowledge of architecture, design, and without any skill in drawing or sketching. Understandably, you might be asking yourself why I would ever decide to take an environmental design class. The answer, despite its lack of logic, is simple : I wanted to learn about something that I had …
A Casual Day of Class
Today, our class of six met up at The Bon Shopping Center just north of campus to speak to the owners of the strip mall and to one of the owners of a coffee shop within the strip mall. Our final project in this class is to present a redesigned model of the shopping center …