Welcome to Global Design, 2010- the arc107 Global Design seminar of Miami University, Department of Architecture and Interior Design. We are exploring the role and influence of design—especially architecture, interior design, urban design and landscape design—on people and environments within a contemporary global context. We are looking at how factors as geography, climate, culture, society, economics, politics, aesthetics, and technology are intrinsically interwoven in the making of the built environment.

And where do we live? Miami University is in Oxford, Ohio, in North America. Miami University is named after the Myaamia people who are indigenous to the landscape of Mid-West (North) America.

We- as members of arc107 Global Design- are eclectic travelers, and hope that you will connect with us to share and inform our travels.

Thank you for coming along on this blog!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Hong Kong Education



For my travels I went to Hong Kong and researched the new developments in educational buildings that are currently underway. I traveled to Hong Kong because while researching a place to travel to I stumbled across the Baptist Roads Development in Hong Kong. I have always been fascinated with education and the architecture of schools so I thought this development would be a great opportunity to gain knowledge in the field and insight into the ways people across the world conduct education standards and methods.
I discovered the intense grading and test taking standards in Hong Kong and discovered the multitude of tests that are expected of students even before they reach the upper level college area. I also discovered that Hong Kong is an up and coming financial hub that is a very polished and chic eastern country.
Questions that have remained even throughout my research are:
Could the methods of building architecture currently happening in Hong Kong work for American Schools?
Does the type of architecture of building plans encourage and promote better learning environments with better test scores?
What does the interior of the Baptist University Campus Roads Development look like and how has this building and interior really benefited and satisfied the needs of the students, faculty, and culture.

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