Metacognition: Frank Gehry Project

For the Frank Gehry project, our group had the task of building a 21st century library that reflected the worldview and philosophy of our community in the present time. Before I started sketching and brainstorming about what this building would look like, I first had to reflect and think about how people view the world today. In order to do this, I looked over the Modern Art packet and other handouts from class and kind of reminded myself of the 21st century's philosophy; that we are meaningless and essentially, nothing and that there is no way in which we can know every aspect of ourselves. After reflecting on this, I started brainstorming about what the library might look like and wanted to make sure that whatever the design turned out to be, that it wasn't the typical symmetrical two story building and that it had sort of an incomplete look to it. 

Once I established these guidelines for building, I started sketching different type of architecture for our library. I started out with one simple sketch and then after I completed it, I looked at it and decided which parts I didn't like and then erased and made revisions to it. While making these revisions, I always had the present day philosophy in the back of my mind and used that as a guide to shaping and designing our library. Also, I wanted to make sure that my sketches had a sort of inviting and appealing outlook to the people in the community and that the library had a design that completely differed from the traditional; a design that didn't look like a storehouse. 

Overall, I think that my thinking process throughout this project was fairly effective because I stuck to our rubric and compromised with my group about the final revisions. The only thing that surprised me about my thinking was the fact that I kept in mind my group members suggestions, which made the final piece a great work of compromise. The only thing that would be better would be to have the time to brainstorm and sketch together as a group, using all of our ideas and thoughts and revising them so that we came up with the best possible model.