Myths/Traditions,
Sharing (Ideas and Resources), 
Respect, 
Engagement/Interaction,Thursday, December 6, 2007
Studio Culture Policy Draft
This semester a diverse team of students and faculty have been working to create a draft of the first official Studio Culture Policy for the Hampton University Department of Architecture. It is their hopes that visitors to this site will read it and make comments before an official policy is adopted in mid January of 2008. For your ease, it has been broken into sections:
Myths/Traditions,
Sharing (Ideas and Resources),
Respect,
Engagement/Interaction,
Myths/Traditions,Sharing (Ideas and Resources), Respect, Engagement/Interaction,
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7 comments:
The draft seems well thought out.
The word 'force' in the engagement section might want to read 'encourage' instead. Since active student engagement is the goal, feeling forced to do something tends to shut off options.
I do not quite understand the guest limitation strategy proposed in the security section. Bemis Laboratories is a campus building owned by Hampton University. Does the department have the authority to rule on who comes and goes?
Would a guideline of decorum and expectations during work reviews (i.e. public crit) be relevant to Studio Culture?
A nice read and worth being used to describe what learning about architecture is like at Hampton.
In response to David...
I agree about your statement on the use and meaning of the word force. I also agree that it would be beneficial to add a guideline concerning decorum and expectations for work reviews.
The question on "guest limitation"...
The guest limitation strategy is for the most part aimed towards after hours and weekends.
Students have acknowledged that there is an issue with "guests" attempting to use Bemis as a "hangout", disturbing other students and causing a greater difficulty in monitoring the building, possessions, etc.
Bemis Lab is unlike any other building on Hampton's campusw(except in some ways Armstrong-Slater). It is a constant work environment, where students must keep a great amount of equipment and work that has cost them a great amount of time and money. They can only ensure the security of these items and their work but so much. Also, it has been stated that students should be entitled to a respectful work environment, free of loud noises and disruptions (often times brought by "guests").
I believe that we are entitled to establish a policy that permits "guests" into Bemis Lab if they have a designated reason or are accompanied by a Arch. student, and that their visit is done so in a respectful manner. Otherwise they have no reason to be in Bemis Lab. Same with any of us in accordance to the other buildings on campus.
"And that's all I have to say about that..." -Forest Gump
In regards to security..it's important that some measure of security be in place and the use of id cards to access bemis after hours is a nice idea - provided that the cards actually work. There have been several occasions lately where I was unable to gain access through the main entrance with the card and had to loop around the building to find an entrance that was unlocked (speaking about the front entrance doors - the left-hand door has been locked or unable to open for some time now, which isn't that considered a violation of fire codes? and shouldn't it be fixed?)
I don't think it would be necessary to deny guests access so long as they are accompanied.
oh..I also wanted to mention this is a great effort by everyone involved!
Another issue I have questions about is moving first year up 2 floors...I think the ideal is a good one but I would question which other year is proposed to move into that spot...just take into consideration that fewer students may actually be working in the building during their later years - especially 4th and 5th...which may create a scenario in which the first floor is unoccupied...which may have implications on security.
Lets be realistic. Are we doing this for the sake of acredidation or because there is a need for it at Hampton? Both? all great rules but it relies on the student to carry the momenttum. The fire burns but the negetivity of the student body will put that fire out. ITS CANCEROUS. It's spreads like a disease at Hampton's Architecture" program. Everybody will put the blame on others but never themselves. Never. As if they are never at fault. The current AIAS is applying gas to this fire and are very succesful at it. But if the student body does not show support as the past has shown and proven their efforts will remain ashes. only memories. Support them because they provide the motivation that is SERIOUSLY lacking in the program. You know it I know it. Motivation is key at this school. This is a start but the student body has to past the baton to make it work.
This looks like a good start to me. I'm only a first year and do not know much about what might be traditions and myths. Architecture school is very different than anything I imagined ... I think I spent my whole first month going "omg, really????" I think that a studio culture speech given to first years might be a good thing, especially if upper year students were to speak.
Just my two cents. Thanks for all the work you've put into this draft and website.
I also would like to add that I loved the "ads" for the website posted all around bemis before break.
So are we going to move the upper years downstairs? I think it would be a great idea. 2nd and 3rd? Those two years do work with bigger projects than the rest of the years. I also think that an end of the year show would be a great social gathering for stueents, professors, and proffesionals. How we go about choosing what gets pinned up is the air. Who chooses? a committee, the professors, the students?
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