A. Reflection on previous visits/ lectures/ themes

After visiting the MIT Museum, we are going to work with the curators to establish a frame work for the upcoming MIT international museum theme. Since I am working on my thesis project alongside this class I am hoping to use this opportunity to represent my thesis project using our research and tools learnt from this class.

1. The discipline with which you work (spheres of knowledge, such as physics, religion, politics, etc.)

My name is Behnam from the Architecture Department here at MIT and my interests overlap fully with Urban Design, Structure, Art and culture. 

2. A testing ground (e.g. wind tunnel, creation of their own machine/ device to test the model)

The models that will be provided for this class and my thesis will be a manifestation of social and political agenda in a sophisticated form of structure. In the process of this project there will be areas that the models would be tested for their structural strength and liability.  

3. Potential relationships with the audience (viewer, outsider …)

The attempt of this project for the viewers and critics is for them to feel the hidden agenda through the representational materials. There would be many strategies such as process, stage/ Phase, transformation involve with this project which as the project goes on I can elaborate more.   

4. The relationship between model and exhibition: how the model functions in the display? (Toy & Playground)

The idea is for you to travel through the project and see its development and become more interactive tool that may force the audience to play with the objects.

5.  What is the model for education?

The pedagogical aspect of the project is to represent an interdisciplinary work and expand the bounders of architecture and urban design discipline for making infrastructures that could provide environments for our future.