#laultimaesperanza

[franciscoarayapizarro]

"Lo que distingue a los hombres de genio no es su fuerza, sino su perseverancia". Napoleón

[franciscoarayapizarro]

⚔️🌩️ En un mundo post-apocalíptico, cinco guerreros de diversos orígenes se unen para luchar. Lee esta emocionante historia en el siguiente link: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10233412563233061&set=gm.1176320306784422&idorvanity=455547992194994

[balamrider-blog]

#TheOmegaMan con #CharltonHeston #LaUltimaEsperanza en #México Segunda versión de #IAmLegend #SoyLeyenda En verdad querrás ser el último hombre en la tierra!!! #DayOfTheDead #DiaDeMuertos https://www.instagram.com/p/BptG9LTFsdl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oppjrypvuozn

[arjunassa-blog]

LONDON FIELD TRIP TO THE DESIGN MUSEUM AND THE EAMES EXHIBITION

Coming from Kenya and studying in England, as a stranger and a guest in one’s country you tend to compare, reflect and analyse the differences between the culture you come from. This being my 5th Month in England, I have adjusted to the environment and have learnt a lot from what my time here has to offer.

On the 11th of February our furniture and product design class visited the capital, London for a day’s field trip to the Design museum and the Barbican centre which was displaying the design work of Charles and Ray Eames. On a personal note I was taken away by both exhibits as the knowledge and thought gone into the content presented was awe inspiring, in addition the Eames exhibition was nostalgic as it reminded me of some designs I saw whilst growing up in Kenya and always wonder who created such interesting designs and here I am stumbling upon the designers.

This review is meant to be on a specific piece of which I found personally interesting and should relate to design ethics, however everything that was seen had captured my interest as it related various design thoughts I’ve had.

Although a piece that related to a thought that has been echoing itself over my time here is education. The piece is La Ultima Esperanza, meaning the Last Hope, basically an architecture school for a fishing community which is an ongoing collaboration between an architectural organisation in Chicago and the Cabuyal community in rural Ecuador, where architects have being designing  a system for teaching architecture to the community so they could be more self-sufficient which would allow them to develop their own methodology of design in order not only to create buildings but have a clear idea on how to plan and create a well-organized system and community.

This related to my experience in Kenya, having participated and met people who have conducted similar projects, this project took a more intense approach which looked at the root of solving a problem by not spoon feeding the problem but giving the locals the tools to understand and sustain themselves. I found this to be a progressive solution, as in today’s world one has to pay a lot of money for education. Most rural areas that are struggling to keep up with today’s economy tend to invest their money in educating the youngsters so that they can get better jobs which allows them to be able to keep up with the globalizing world. However not everybody is privileged and they have to struggle which causes them to experience the cycle of stagnancy and confusion.

For a community such as the Cabuyal and the team of highly educated architects, both are fortunate to share knowledge about each other’s way of life where a merging of culture and design knowledge bridges a brighter future for the community.