PROJECT 1:
DESIGNER'S JOURNEY:
ELEMENTS OF DESIGN
TASK
In this assignment, students were to produce an A5 accordion booklet. The content will consist of elaborations and explanations on the design elements observed from black and white photographs, photograph by ourselves. Other than that students were also required to produce one A3 sheet of analysis from the painting Guernica.
MY REFLECTION
What are 5 things that you learned from ‘Bhutan virtual site visit’?
1. 72% of Bhutan are greenery.
The people in Bhutan focuses on maintaining the environment better than anyone else! Cutting down of green trees are not allowed in Bhutan, so when a forest is destroyed by wildlife, the people make sure to replant as soon as possible!
2. Bhutan has only one international airport!
The only international airport in Bhutan is located in Paro, and is considered as one of the most dangerous airports in the world, with only 15 certified pilots allowed to land due to its location in a deep valley at an elevation of 2,200 meters! Hence there's not many travelers there!
3. Bhutan's main religion- Buddhism.
The people in Bhutan practive Mahayana, a branch from Buddhism that focuses on philosophy in every day life. They believe that whatever they do in their present life will be the rhythm of their next life, which is the future.
4. Bhutan's unique way of reducing the environmental impact.
The country decided to focus on the concept of high value, low impact tourism by setting a daily fee of $250 which uses 35% of it to fund free healthcare, free education, poverty relief and infrastructure.
5. The Memorial Stupa.
The memorial stupa is located right in the heart of the capital, and was built in 1974 to honor jigme Dorji Wangchuck, the third king of Bhutan. Around Memorial Stupa, everything works clockwise, including how to people move around the stupa.
How can we improved our country into becoming a zero-carbon-country?
Reduce energy use by living a minimalist lifestyle.
One of the biggest causes for increase levels of carbon footprint is from cars. Therefore we can reduce our carbon footprint by walking, biking, carpooling and using public transit as much as possible.
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Furthermore, we can also practice minimalism by minimizing purchases of unwanted products, especially electronic products. One can start small by decluttering their home and donating unwanted or unnecessary items to charity.