Sunday, November 9, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Boundaries instilling confidence....
"For the grand opening of the day-care center, nearly 150 children waited in anticipation of trying out the new playground. However, upon opening the doors, the children, although overflowing with excitement, ultimately huddled together near the center of the playground. Though thousands of dollars had been spent on the latest and greatest equipment, the adults did not anticipate the children's response to the safety factors involved. As confident as the adults were concerning the fencing on the edge of the roof, its appearance did not calm the children's fears.
The fences were then reinforced to make them more visibly secure. Upon reopening the facility weeks later, the children's initial response was similar to the first, but in short time many of the children were around the edge of the playground shaking and testing the boundaries. Within a day many kids were seen bouncing off the fences, testing them to make sure they were indeed secure. At long last, the playground was thoroughly enjoyed by all the children.
Firm boundaries enable incredible freedom. They provide safety and opportunity though the initial reaction to boundaries is often feelings of restraint and limits. And boundaries will always be tested."
http://www.postindependent.com/article/20060625/COMMUNITY/106250033
The fences were then reinforced to make them more visibly secure. Upon reopening the facility weeks later, the children's initial response was similar to the first, but in short time many of the children were around the edge of the playground shaking and testing the boundaries. Within a day many kids were seen bouncing off the fences, testing them to make sure they were indeed secure. At long last, the playground was thoroughly enjoyed by all the children.
Firm boundaries enable incredible freedom. They provide safety and opportunity though the initial reaction to boundaries is often feelings of restraint and limits. And boundaries will always be tested."
http://www.postindependent.com/article/20060625/COMMUNITY/106250033
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Archigram
"If we consider for a moment Christo's seminal work – the 'wrapped cliff' – we might see it in one of two ways: as a wrapped cliff or; preferably, as the point at which all other cliffs are unwrapped. An Archigram project attempts to achieve this same altered reading of the familiar (in the tradition of Buckminster Fuller's question, 'How much does your building weigh?'). It provides a new agenda where nomadism is the dominant social force; where time, exchange and metamorphosis replace stasis; where consumption, lifestyle and transience become the programme; and where the public realm is an electronic surface enclosing the globe"
Thursday, October 30, 2008
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