How can an architect design with so
many constraints? The Edward W. Brooks Courthouse is a place where many
different parts of the law system are housed. We met the people that work in
the building and discovered constraints that the building put on the people,
and also started to see the constraints the occupants put on us.
- Money
- Construction
- Law
- Movement
These constraints make it hard to fully realize the design, but despite what other people think architects design more than just a building. A building is just the surface of what goes into the total design, we create the feeling people have when entering the space, which has to do with light and placement. I think as we further look into what the design flaws are and what we will do to solve the issues, we have to think outside the box not only in the design but in what to design. These constraints only create a new process that needs to tap into different parts of our brain to fully create something different.
I
bring up constraints to start a conversation about the definition of design and
who can design. To start the thinking about the classes constraints heading
into the introduction of the Northeastern graduate law students. We are always
faced with constraints, I wanted to look at the constraints on us as students.
Half of the class has committed their life to architecture and half have dedicated
their life to law. The constraints of not knowing about the others degree is
something I think is positive, it forces us to push our brains together to
fully understand each other in order to design a fully complete project.
Learning the eviction process and
how the court uses the space that it has, has intrigued me to push the
boundaries of constraints and has helped me to start to think outside of the
box. These constraints are just walls that you can jump over, there is always
another solution.