Collaboration

Engage & Persist

Research

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Sketching & Drawing

This project was about micro-mobility, which concerns transportation, wayfinding, placemaking, etc. However, the project was mainly focused on accessibility in South Boston. The group was tasked with brainstorming ways to improve South Boston, but a large process was conducted first in order to receive some background information on the site. It consisted of selecting a site to analyze, conducting a SWOT Analysis on the site, creating sketches/maps of designs that could be implemented and also maps of the area, and much more. The group focused on bikers and pedestrian accessibility, as it was decided that these two groups were in need of the most help due to South Boston's lack of non-vehicular accessibility. Once this process was over, the group compiled all the information that was gathered into one presentation which was presented to classmates.

The goals that I set more frequently than others were collaboration, sketching & drawing, engaging & persisting, and research. I chose these four because they were skills that came up the most throughout the project. These goals were set each morning as "daily action steps," and they helped us focus on what needed to be done and how it would be done each day. I completed these goals by creating multiple sketches throughout the project, collaborating with my classmates on presentations/slides, conducting thoughtful research on the site we chose, and participating within the group. Near the end of the project, I put a lot of my focus into pedestrians and how we could make the area more accessible for them. Therefore, I created sketches of crosswalks, curb designs, a possible roundabout implementation, etc.