So I recently vetntured to Portland Oregon with my lovely family to visity the world forestry meuseum as part of my project. This mueseum is really a teachers meusuem. It lacked information on the walls and exibits and was more taylored to the teacher being there to guide a group around and tell them about the things that they are seeing. I feel that the museum was not up to par with what I needed to see for this program..so I went to the zoo.

While the zoo may not work for anyone elses project it did work for mine. The portland zoo was one of the best zoos I have seen for habitat design. The enclosures were so well designed as to put sleeping and eating spaces right where the public could veiw the animial. Often times you may go to a zoo and the animal will be sleeping in a back corner of the exibit where its den is located. The portland exibits had windows attached to the dens so that the animals where always in view.

When we talk of outdoor domestic space we must take into account how animals live in the outdoors. Exibits in a zoo must be designed to make the habitant feel natural and at home. It takes a great deal of design to make this possible.

Above is a sketch of a sea lion habitat. The arhetect must take into acount living space play space resting space and feeding space when designing for the animal. There is also holding spaces for the animals at night.

Animal den design in the wild also carries over to alot of suvival shelters. The polar bear mother will dig a den into the snow where she will birth and care for her young. The aspects of this design carry into the designs listed in survival manuals for building snow caves.

The portland zoo allowed me to get close to the creatures that I enjoy sharing space with all the time. From otters to bears. From mountain lions to bald eagles. In the pacific northwest we all share the outdoors. It is humbling to know that there are creatures in the woods who you could squash with your foot and others who could eat you for dinner.

So I recently vetntured to Portland Oregon with my lovely family to visity the world forestry meuseum as part of my project. This mueseum is really a teachers meusuem. It lacked information on the walls and exibits and was more taylored to the teacher being there to guide a group around and tell them about the things that they are seeing. I feel that the museum was not up to par with what I needed to see for this program..so I went to the zoo.

While the zoo may not work for anyone elses project it did work for mine. The portland zoo was one of the best zoos I have seen for habitat design. The enclosures were so well designed as to put sleeping and eating spaces right where the public could veiw the animial. Often times you may go to a zoo and the animal will be sleeping in a back corner of the exibit where its den is located. The portland exibits had windows attached to the dens so that the animals where always in view.

When we talk of outdoor domestic space we must take into account how animals live in the outdoors. Exibits in a zoo must be designed to make the habitant feel natural and at home. It takes a great deal of design to make this possible.

Above is a sketch of a sea lion habitat. The arhetect must take into acount living space play space resting space and feeding space when designing for the animal. There is also holding spaces for the animals at night.

Animal den design in the wild also carries over to alot of suvival shelters. The polar bear mother will dig a den into the snow where she will birth and care for her young. The aspects of this design carry into the designs listed in survival manuals for building snow caves.

The portland zoo allowed me to get close to the creatures that I enjoy sharing space with all the time. From otters to bears. From mountain lions to bald eagles. In the pacific northwest we all share the outdoors. It is humbling to know that there are creatures in the woods who you could squash with your foot and others who could eat you for dinner.

So I recently vetntured to Portland Oregon with my lovely family to visity the world forestry meuseum as part of my project. This mueseum is really a teachers meusuem. It lacked information on the walls and exibits and was more taylored to the teacher being there to guide a group around and tell them about the things that they are seeing. I feel that the museum was not up to par with what I needed to see for this program..so I went to the zoo.

While the zoo may not work for anyone elses project it did work for mine. The portland zoo was one of the best zoos I have seen for habitat design. The enclosures were so well designed as to put sleeping and eating spaces right where the public could veiw the animial. Often times you may go to a zoo and the animal will be sleeping in a back corner of the exibit where its den is located. The portland exibits had windows attached to the dens so that the animals where always in view.

When we talk of outdoor domestic space we must take into account how animals live in the outdoors. Exibits in a zoo must be designed to make the habitant feel natural and at home. It takes a great deal of design to make this possible.

Above is a sketch of a sea lion habitat. The arhetect must take into acount living space play space resting space and feeding space when designing for the animal. There is also holding spaces for the animals at night.

Animal den design in the wild also carries over to alot of suvival shelters. The polar bear mother will dig a den into the snow where she will birth and care for her young. The aspects of this design carry into the designs listed in survival manuals for building snow caves.

The portland zoo allowed me to get close to the creatures that I enjoy sharing space with all the time. From otters to bears. From mountain lions to bald eagles. In the pacific northwest we all share the outdoors. It is humbling to know that there are creatures in the woods who you could squash with your foot and others who could eat you for dinner.

So I recently vetntured to Portland Oregon with my lovely family to visity the world forestry meuseum as part of my project. This mueseum is really a teachers meusuem. It lacked information on the walls and exibits and was more taylored to the teacher being there to guide a group around and tell them about the things that they are seeing. I feel that the museum was not up to par with what I needed to see for this program..so I went to the zoo.

While the zoo may not work for anyone elses project it did work for mine. The portland zoo was one of the best zoos I have seen for habitat design. The enclosures were so well designed as to put sleeping and eating spaces right where the public could veiw the animial. Often times you may go to a zoo and the animal will be sleeping in a back corner of the exibit where its den is located. The portland exibits had windows attached to the dens so that the animals where always in view.

When we talk of outdoor domestic space we must take into account how animals live in the outdoors. Exibits in a zoo must be designed to make the habitant feel natural and at home. It takes a great deal of design to make this possible.

Above is a sketch of a sea lion habitat. The arhetect must take into acount living space play space resting space and feeding space when designing for the animal. There is also holding spaces for the animals at night.

Animal den design in the wild also carries over to alot of suvival shelters. The polar bear mother will dig a den into the snow where she will birth and care for her young. The aspects of this design carry into the designs listed in survival manuals for building snow caves.

The portland zoo allowed me to get close to the creatures that I enjoy sharing space with all the time. From otters to bears. From mountain lions to bald eagles. In the pacific northwest we all share the outdoors. It is humbling to know that there are creatures in the woods who you could squash with your foot and others who could eat you for dinner.

After a few days of taking photos in Portland, and talking to a lot of really helpful and interesting people I resumed my efforts  to pick up trash around my neighborhood. I have been doing quite a bit of research this week and I was feeling accomplished until silly me misplaced my memory card containing all of the past two weeks photo shoots. So after searching and searching my home and car, where I know it must be, I finally accepted the fact that I probably won’t find it in time to use for the next  peer critique.

I have been spending a lot of time on doing reflective writing after picking up trash and I decided that that’s where I would go with this week’s photos. Thoughts that I have had a lot recently is how important it is for me to be aware are really be conscious and open my eyes to what is around me. I went out and spent a few hours in the sun and in the forest getting new images for this week. I tried not to dwell on the fact that I didn’t have the old images. I have been picking up a lot of trash and it starts to make you see only the ugly in things. I was only seeing the dirty smelly trash and not the beautiful forest and nature around me. That was until I stumbled across a few structures in the forest where someone took the time to make it beautiful.

A wonderful wind chime sort of thing out of silverware and old rusty parts gave me that little push of inspiration I needed to help me see the nicer side of what I have been doing.

It helped me to see that when I am picking up trash maybe I could be reflecting on all of my surroundings and not just the bad parts about it. In doing this just even just for the rest of the afternoon when i was picking up trash made it so much more enjoyable and insightful. Its amazing how this one wind chime changed so much for me, but i’m really glad i saw it. This whole experience has constantly made me think about how I should really be more aware of what’s around me and how I can make a conscious effort to make a difference no matter how small. So I guess my main concept I wanted to get across in my photos this week is to keep an eye out for what’s there and what you could do to make a difference.

After a few days of taking photos in Portland, and talking to a lot of really helpful and interesting people I resumed my efforts  to pick up trash around my neighborhood. I have been doing quite a bit of research this week and I was feeling accomplished until silly me misplaced my memory card containing all of the past two weeks photo shoots. So after searching and searching my home and car, where I know it must be, I finally accepted the fact that I probably won’t find it in time to use for the next  peer critique.

I have been spending a lot of time on doing reflective writing after picking up trash and I decided that that’s where I would go with this week’s photos. Thoughts that I have had a lot recently is how important it is for me to be aware are really be conscious and open my eyes to what is around me. I went out and spent a few hours in the sun and in the forest getting new images for this week. I tried not to dwell on the fact that I didn’t have the old images. I have been picking up a lot of trash and it starts to make you see only the ugly in things. I was only seeing the dirty smelly trash and not the beautiful forest and nature around me. That was until I stumbled across a few structures in the forest where someone took the time to make it beautiful.

A wonderful wind chime sort of thing out of silverware and old rusty parts gave me that little push of inspiration I needed to help me see the nicer side of what I have been doing.

It helped me to see that when I am picking up trash maybe I could be reflecting on all of my surroundings and not just the bad parts about it. In doing this just even just for the rest of the afternoon when i was picking up trash made it so much more enjoyable and insightful. Its amazing how this one wind chime changed so much for me, but i’m really glad i saw it. This whole experience has constantly made me think about how I should really be more aware of what’s around me and how I can make a conscious effort to make a difference no matter how small. So I guess my main concept I wanted to get across in my photos this week is to keep an eye out for what’s there and what you could do to make a difference.

After a few days of taking photos in Portland, and talking to a lot of really helpful and interesting people I resumed my efforts  to pick up trash around my neighborhood. I have been doing quite a bit of research this week and I was feeling accomplished until silly me misplaced my memory card containing all of the past two weeks photo shoots. So after searching and searching my home and car, where I know it must be, I finally accepted the fact that I probably won’t find it in time to use for the next  peer critique.

I have been spending a lot of time on doing reflective writing after picking up trash and I decided that that’s where I would go with this week’s photos. Thoughts that I have had a lot recently is how important it is for me to be aware are really be conscious and open my eyes to what is around me. I went out and spent a few hours in the sun and in the forest getting new images for this week. I tried not to dwell on the fact that I didn’t have the old images. I have been picking up a lot of trash and it starts to make you see only the ugly in things. I was only seeing the dirty smelly trash and not the beautiful forest and nature around me. That was until I stumbled across a few structures in the forest where someone took the time to make it beautiful.

A wonderful wind chime sort of thing out of silverware and old rusty parts gave me that little push of inspiration I needed to help me see the nicer side of what I have been doing.

It helped me to see that when I am picking up trash maybe I could be reflecting on all of my surroundings and not just the bad parts about it. In doing this just even just for the rest of the afternoon when i was picking up trash made it so much more enjoyable and insightful. Its amazing how this one wind chime changed so much for me, but i’m really glad i saw it. This whole experience has constantly made me think about how I should really be more aware of what’s around me and how I can make a conscious effort to make a difference no matter how small. So I guess my main concept I wanted to get across in my photos this week is to keep an eye out for what’s there and what you could do to make a difference.

After a few days of taking photos in Portland, and talking to a lot of really helpful and interesting people I resumed my efforts  to pick up trash around my neighborhood. I have been doing quite a bit of research this week and I was feeling accomplished until silly me misplaced my memory card containing all of the past two weeks photo shoots. So after searching and searching my home and car, where I know it must be, I finally accepted the fact that I probably won’t find it in time to use for the next  peer critique.

I have been spending a lot of time on doing reflective writing after picking up trash and I decided that that’s where I would go with this week’s photos. Thoughts that I have had a lot recently is how important it is for me to be aware are really be conscious and open my eyes to what is around me. I went out and spent a few hours in the sun and in the forest getting new images for this week. I tried not to dwell on the fact that I didn’t have the old images. I have been picking up a lot of trash and it starts to make you see only the ugly in things. I was only seeing the dirty smelly trash and not the beautiful forest and nature around me. That was until I stumbled across a few structures in the forest where someone took the time to make it beautiful.

A wonderful wind chime sort of thing out of silverware and old rusty parts gave me that little push of inspiration I needed to help me see the nicer side of what I have been doing.

It helped me to see that when I am picking up trash maybe I could be reflecting on all of my surroundings and not just the bad parts about it. In doing this just even just for the rest of the afternoon when i was picking up trash made it so much more enjoyable and insightful. Its amazing how this one wind chime changed so much for me, but i’m really glad i saw it. This whole experience has constantly made me think about how I should really be more aware of what’s around me and how I can make a conscious effort to make a difference no matter how small. So I guess my main concept I wanted to get across in my photos this week is to keep an eye out for what’s there and what you could do to make a difference.

After a few days of taking photos in Portland, and talking to a lot of really helpful and interesting people I resumed my efforts  to pick up trash around my neighborhood. I have been doing quite a bit of research this week and I was feeling accomplished until silly me misplaced my memory card containing all of the past two weeks photo shoots. So after searching and searching my home and car, where I know it must be, I finally accepted the fact that I probably won’t find it in time to use for the next  peer critique.

I have been spending a lot of time on doing reflective writing after picking up trash and I decided that that’s where I would go with this week’s photos. Thoughts that I have had a lot recently is how important it is for me to be aware are really be conscious and open my eyes to what is around me. I went out and spent a few hours in the sun and in the forest getting new images for this week. I tried not to dwell on the fact that I didn’t have the old images. I have been picking up a lot of trash and it starts to make you see only the ugly in things. I was only seeing the dirty smelly trash and not the beautiful forest and nature around me. That was until I stumbled across a few structures in the forest where someone took the time to make it beautiful.

A wonderful wind chime sort of thing out of silverware and old rusty parts gave me that little push of inspiration I needed to help me see the nicer side of what I have been doing.

It helped me to see that when I am picking up trash maybe I could be reflecting on all of my surroundings and not just the bad parts about it. In doing this just even just for the rest of the afternoon when i was picking up trash made it so much more enjoyable and insightful. Its amazing how this one wind chime changed so much for me, but i’m really glad i saw it. This whole experience has constantly made me think about how I should really be more aware of what’s around me and how I can make a conscious effort to make a difference no matter how small. So I guess my main concept I wanted to get across in my photos this week is to keep an eye out for what’s there and what you could do to make a difference.

After a few days of taking photos in Portland, and talking to a lot of really helpful and interesting people I resumed my efforts  to pick up trash around my neighborhood. I have been doing quite a bit of research this week and I was feeling accomplished until silly me misplaced my memory card containing all of the past two weeks photo shoots. So after searching and searching my home and car, where I know it must be, I finally accepted the fact that I probably won’t find it in time to use for the next  peer critique.

I have been spending a lot of time on doing reflective writing after picking up trash and I decided that that’s where I would go with this week’s photos. Thoughts that I have had a lot recently is how important it is for me to be aware are really be conscious and open my eyes to what is around me. I went out and spent a few hours in the sun and in the forest getting new images for this week. I tried not to dwell on the fact that I didn’t have the old images. I have been picking up a lot of trash and it starts to make you see only the ugly in things. I was only seeing the dirty smelly trash and not the beautiful forest and nature around me. That was until I stumbled across a few structures in the forest where someone took the time to make it beautiful.

A wonderful wind chime sort of thing out of silverware and old rusty parts gave me that little push of inspiration I needed to help me see the nicer side of what I have been doing.

It helped me to see that when I am picking up trash maybe I could be reflecting on all of my surroundings and not just the bad parts about it. In doing this just even just for the rest of the afternoon when i was picking up trash made it so much more enjoyable and insightful. Its amazing how this one wind chime changed so much for me, but i’m really glad i saw it. This whole experience has constantly made me think about how I should really be more aware of what’s around me and how I can make a conscious effort to make a difference no matter how small. So I guess my main concept I wanted to get across in my photos this week is to keep an eye out for what’s there and what you could do to make a difference.