Summary

My perception on the environment has definitely changed over the last 13 weeks. I know look much more into the analysis of every building, rather than allowing my initial thought process to affect my perception. I know believe it is important to understand the full role that the city, town, street, building, form, landscape etc. plays on the surrounding environment.

A good example of this was my study of Mount Isa. Initially I thought that Mount Isa was a small mining town with dry and arid surroundings, however, it is much more than that. It is a vibrant, heavily populated commercial epicenter that dominants the North-West economy. It is rich in history and the towns development reflects both the heritage and future interests of the community.

I now fully understand why urban forms and structures are built the way the are - they do not simply acquire an aesthetic appeal. They stem from a large process of analysis including - mobility, function, morphology, stereotypes, typologies etc.

Peer Comments

I do believe I contributed suitable comments to the online discussion. I chose to mainly comment of people whom were in my tutorial discussion board because their areas were all in Australia and we seemed to be heading in the same direction.

I did find sometimes that this was hard because some of them didn't post stuff weekly. I also found that sometimes the comments I made were rather repetitive. I also only realised that most people were posting in the Online Reflective Journal on Blackboard 0 I must have misunderstood Mirko early on.

I think that my ability to analyse peoples work developed over the semester and would definitely feel confident critiquing peoples work if future subjects.