So now
we have broken up for the Christmas break, I want to share what this first term
has been like, both ups and downs.
First of
all I have met some great people in the course. Even though in the introduction
week was full of those awkward “ice-breaker exercises” you really don’t get to
know people until you are all working together, having all the same problems
and getting through them together....
Sunday, 8 December 2013
Saturday, 7 December 2013
Make and Break Project
Make
and Break was the name of our final project for this term. The brief; to build
a crane-like structure to support a 1kg bag of sugar, and the sugar must have a
clearance of 500mm from the base and 400mm from the main structure. The
structure itself could only be made from 3mm dowel, string and...
Saturday, 30 November 2013
Patchwork 2 - Newton Building
In this
essay we are going to be looking into the history, architectural style and
context of the Newton building in Nottingham. The building itself is the heart
of Nottingham Trent University, with thousands of students passing through it
daily. The Newton building was constructed almost 80 years...
Thursday, 21 November 2013
London Trip – British Museum
This weekend just gone, me and my girlfriend went and spent a long weekend in Cambridge. While there, we decided last minute to get the train down to
London (it being a 40 minute journey). Our capital city is somewhere where I
have only been once before, and that was with the university last...
Thursday, 7 November 2013
Patchwork One - Arkwright Building
In this
essay we are looking into the history and context of the Arkwright building.
The building is part of Nottingham Trent University and is used by the Product
Design and Built Environment students. Also we look into the architectural style
of Arkwright, relating it to the time it was built and...
Friday, 25 October 2013
Task 2. Academic Writing and Plagiarism
1.
Is critical thinking about being critical
in the usual sense of being negative, or is it about “thoughtful thinking”?
Please explain.
In
my opinion, I believe that the definition of critical thinking is thoroughly
based on “thoughtful thinking” more than a sense of being negative. Critical
thinking is about taking an idea and challenging it, looking at the wider
spectrum of...
Saturday, 19 October 2013
Task 1: Phenomenology
The Hand and Heart Pub (65-67 Derby Road,
Nottingham, NG1 5BA)
The
Hand and Heart Pub is an extraordinary building, one which I have not seen living
back home on the Wirral. The pub, being built into the sandstone rock, produces
a very vintage vibe when you enter. At first your eyes can’t quite...
Saturday, 12 October 2013
Famous People of Nottingham
As an initial task in the
introduction to NTU and Nottingham City, I have decided to reach famous figures
through time who are linked with and/or come from Nottingham itself.
HERBERT KILPIN
Born: 24th
of January 1870
Died: 22nd
October 1916 (aged 46)
As a football fanatic
myself, Herbert...
Favourite Buildings in Nottingham
As I
have previously mentioned, I have lived in Nottingham as a student for just a
little over a year now already, therefore the city isn’t unknown to me. Living
in Lenton last year and now the Lace Market, I have explored the majority of
the city and also its suburbs. With saying this, I find that...