RSVP Cycles,

The text for this week was from Lawrence Halprins's 'The RSVP Cycles': Creative Processes in the Human Environment. Lawrence Halprin is known for his work in landscape architecture, and one of his influential books is “The RSVP Cycles: Creative Processes in the Human Environment.” This book explores his approach to designing and understanding public spaces, emphasizing participation and creativity.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/technology-obituaries/6782150/Lawrence-Halprin.html


The RSVP Cycles are a framework for creative processes in the human environment. 
1. Resources (R): This stage involves gathering information and understanding the context of the project. It includes researching the physical, social, cultural, and ecological aspects of the environment in which the design is intended.
2. Scores (S): Halprin uses the term “scores” to describe the various design possibilities or potential actions. These are like scripts or plans that guide the development of the environment. It’s a way to explore and articulate design ideas before making concrete decisions.
3. Valuaction (V): This step involves evaluating the potential impact of design decisions on the people and the environment. It emphasizes the importance of considering the values of the community and stakeholders, aiming for a design that aligns with shared values.
4. Performance (P): In this stage, the design is implemented, and the space comes to life. It becomes a dynamic environment where people engage with the design. Observing how the space performs over time informs future iterations and improvements. 
Halprin’s RSVP Cycles provide a holistic and participatory approach to design, emphasizing community engagement, adaptability, and responsiveness to the evolving needs of the users and the environment. The methodology encourages a continuous feedback loop, ensuring that the designed spaces remain relevant and effective.

https://collectivelycreating.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/rsvp-cycles/


After talking about the text, we all had several selected words from the passage which were interesting to us and then we had to choose three of them, my words were experience, balance and interact and after that, I needed verbs which were related to my words and I took to encounter, to establish and to connect as my verbs. We divided into two separate groups and started our new task, we had to choose a place in the Eldon building and then start to analyse that place, my group chose left! We decided to stay in the lift and record everything, Linnea started to record the floor number, Naahz recorded the sounds around and also her feeling anfter staying for more than 45 minutes in the lift, Samia decided to record noises and I recorded the number of people who used the lift in that period.
 








Then, it was time to merge our drawings and have one output as a group, we decided to turn the paintings into musical notes, Linnea turned her drawing into piano notes and danced with its sound in her new dress from EPC, and my drawing became a drums notes and Naahz and Samia's drawing turned into a special note for the instruments that they made in the EPC workshop. Then that was the tikme to play our instruments as a band and see the results!




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