INFORMAL URBAN PRACTICE 1. articulate your aspirations for the studio and propose a means for self-assessment

Student name: Jose M. Hernandez Perez s3299046

What do you aspire to learn through the studio? Clearly propose the most important 6 or more aspects of learning and achievement (in few words) that you aspire to measure your work against.

What is likely to indicate different levels of your performance and achievement against each criteria? Describe in detail the indicators (evidence) of quality at the level of performance that you aspire to achieve. In less detail, describe what will indicate if you have achieved above or below your aspired level.

CRITERIA ‘SATISFACTORY’ PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

‘GOOD’PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

‘VERY GOOD’ PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

‘OUTSTANDING’PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

1 DESIGN FOR SOCIAL PROVOCATION

Low public speculation about my project. Some public participation at the different projects.

Create speculation from my projects and public participation in each of the individual projects.

I want to have people gathering around my projects, interacting with it, copying them, inspire them to do something different.

People, being more creative, searching for upcoming events and expanding a culture of design, Starting their own events similar to mine.

2 TESTING IDEAS To get interest in most of the projects to generate reaction from public.

To create speculation from public about the brand, to get response on the web or by any medium.

To test my different ideas as a part of the same brand and bringing public attention to the individual projects.

I want the project to have social recognition, get a positive opinion from the public, to get the attention of Melbourne’s population through our ideas.

3 Understanding Society and life overseas

Understanding life overseas, looking world from a different perspective.

Understanding how life in Australia works, how society moves and what they search for in

If I can express my ideas through design, understanding Australian culture,

To generate public acceptance and interest towards my projects and culture, to share

everyday life. Meeting people and sharing experiences.

sharing my ideas and traditions with them, learning from Australia and sharing a bit of Mexico.

thoughts with them and to have them teaching me new things.

4 INNOVATION Find a different way to get people’s attention

Give people the chance to see formal practices that they know in an informal way on a urban environment

I will like to innovate in the concept of my work, displacing practices from one environment to another.

Create a complete new experience innovating from the concept to the outcome, obtaining results never seen before.

5 SPATIAL INTERVENTION Occupy a public space and give it a different use.

Occupy a public space giving it a different use, getting people involved

Occupying a public space, giving it a second use, getting people involved and recognition.

I want to transform the public space, displace it, to make people think they are walking in a different place, to excite them through images and sounds, to occupy a public space and make it interesting.

6 Maturing as a designer If I can stop being irresponsible, get work done on time and be a leader on my teams

Upgrade the quality of my thoughts and decrease my procrastination and lack of efficiency.

If I can use design to make a difference, share my ideas, upgrade the quality of my thoughts and decrease my procrastination and lack of efficiency.

If my project gets recognition, if I learn new ways of working, if I expand my limits and amaze myself.

INFORMAL URBAN PRACTICE 2. Mid-semester self-assessment

Student name: JOSE M. HERNANDEZ

What indicates the current levels of your performance and achievement in the studio against each criteria? Describe in detail the indicators (evidence) of quality at the level of performance you honestly believe you have achieved so far. In less detail, describe what would indicate if you had achieved above or below your proposed level.

CRITERIA ‘SATISFACTORY’ PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

‘GOOD’PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

‘VERY GOOD’ PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

‘OUTSTANDING’PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

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DESIGN FOR SOCIAL PROVOCATION

I have had a good reaction from people in each of the small interventions and occupations that I have done.

2TESTING IDEAS

I used different techniques to achieve the goals from my project in different stages, I good results from my practices.

3

INNOVATION

I generated a good number of new ideas for my projects, I innovated in my design process, I used different techniques to get public response.

4 SPATIAL INTERVENTION I occupied public spaces, performing informal practices, having a great outcome in some locations and not so good in other, working around the city and RMIT

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5 Understanding society and life overseas

The studio helped me understanding about life, property meanings, overseas society and behavior in a different society. I learnt a different ways to create experiences for people; I communicated my ideas through designed practices.

6 Maturing as a designer I adopted a new design process. I was able to confront the problems I found. I learned a lot from other designers in an interdisciplinary environment; I learned how to use new resources and practiced my design abilities. I understood the concept of an Informal Urban practice, I create my own practices and developed a project. Testing my designs and ideas in public, achieved different ways to create an experience.