A design brief is an important step for a designer to take when starting to work on a project. It provides the appropriate steps that should be followed to achieve a successful design project and most importantly to please the client. Design briefs are not necessarily related to how the design would look like but rather take into consideration different elements and perspectives before the actual designing begins. Taking a number of steps during a set timeline helps with setting goals and achieving them, the client can at the same time understand what is going on during the entire process.
For the unit named Design Principles and Methods, learning how to design our own brief was the main aim for this semester, while during the next semester the actual designing is going to be taking place. At first the idea sounded rather simple, however when starting to working on it as a group we found it to be challenging and very time consuming. When coming up with our own design stratagy it included: identifying the uses of the space, activities that are carried out, who uses the space, how is it used, when is it used, limitations, challenges and possibilities through different kinds of research methods. We gathered information trough the use of interviews, surveys, site observations, focus groups and secondary research. Setting a timeline was very helpful with keeping up with our own deadlines not only for this unit but at the same time with the rest.
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During this week's lesson we were divided into groups and each given a topic to research about. It was an intresting exersise as most of us had no or little knowledge on the topic that was given to us which was 'High Rise Buildings in Malta'. We conducted research in the time given and later presented our findings. After finding various articles related to this topic we came across what we tought was the most reliable. The definition of high rise buildings according to a document by mepa: A Planning Policy Guide on the Use and Applicability Of the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) - published in 2014. Through time the population in Malta has been increasing, with it there was also an increase in demand for housing especially high rise buildings in the most recent years. Definition of high rise buildings in Malta:
ReferecnesMepa. (2014). A Planning Policy Guide on the Use and Applicability Of the Floor Area Ratio (FAR). 8th ed. [ebook] Marsa,Malta:Mepa. Available at: http://www.mepa.org.mt/Documents/FAR_Policy-ApprovedMay2014.pdf [Accessed 4 Jan 2017].
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Rita Curmi2nd year Student Archives
May 2017
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