Review of Review

I think our review went incredibly well. I think that we got a lot of work done in a short amount of time, but I definitely agree that cohesiveness was missing from our presentations and that there were gaps in our work, not our own fault but just that there are 6 of us and endless amounts of information that take years of being surrounded by it to fully understand. I think the major issue was that the Boston Analysis was unclear about its purpose. This was mostly because of the redesign so it almost crossed into the realm of site analysis. I think it should be made clear that this was for defining “problem areas” to aid the selection of our site. Also, I disagreed that we were lacking in cross referencing each other's drawings, because it did exist in most of them. The real issue I saw with that was there was no standardization between each diagram so it was not easy to read that cross pollination of information. 

I also agree that something that should be added to the Boston Diagrams should be a political diagram showing how power/decision making filters down to the Roxbury/Dorchester neighborhood committees, and where they are in relation to each other.

I was less concerned about the critique on the Site Analysis because I think the work was really awesome, and just lacked a bit of cohesiveness and some information which I believe is mostly due to the time crunch and the immense amount of information there is to document and filter through. I agree with Austin about the awesome work everyone contributed, and the value of everyone's work. I think with another stab at them the site analysis will be amazing. 

For me one thing that really troubled me about the review was the there seemed to be such an emphasis on making all the drawings too much alike. I think it was amazing to see the representation of what the feeling at the site was with sounds. It wasn't something that I have ever thought about doing and I thought it really brought a richness to the information that was presented and an understanding of the people who live there that is lacking in the other drawings. I think moving forward we should attempt to gain an understanding of the people and how they really live their lives, what the culture of the area is, and what THEY care about. 

In general though....we are pretty much THE BEST CLASS EVER!!!!

Awesome job everyone