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 In this studio, I learned valuable skills, such as city planning, analyzing sites based on their assets, and many other things. I am grateful for the information I learned about this topic, especially as micro-mobility becomes an ever more popular and eco-friendly form of transportation. On top of learning new things, I improved on some of the skills I already have experience in, such as researching and writing research papers/summaries. Another thing I worked on in this studio was sketching and drawing, this had always been something I struggled with and do not particularly like. I really pushed myself to improve in this core skill, and even became a little more confident and proud in my drawings. Overall, I feel like I grew a lot during this studio, wether those were new things or skills I had some experience in.

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Our project surrounded micro-mobility, a form of transportation, which concerns many different factors, such as placemaking and wayfinding. During this studio, we learned about all the various factors that go into micro-mobility, forming an understanding of the vast topic. After conducting our background research and viewing real-life examples, The Arboretum, we started the process of picking a site. After conducting different SWOT analyses on other areas in Boston, we deiced as a group that South Boston, specifically Southampton Street and Old Colony Ave, needed the most improvement. We then continued to research the site and even visited in person to get a better feel of the area, we were able to start creating our master plans. After even more research on creating public infastructure, we knew what specifically needed to change in that area, like adding bike lanes, more crosswalks repaving sidewalks, and creating more reasons for foot traffic around the area. Then, we created a presentation about our process and final designs and shared it with our classmates.