And so it begins...

I have created this blog with the intention of recording my progress throughout the course of my practicum.  At first, I wanted to keep my options open and look at a variety of different subjects before narrowing my topic.  I reviewed several books that were recommended by my advisor; Collage City, by Rowe and Koetter, Learning from Las Vegas, by Venturi and Brown, and Invisible Cities, by Calvino. Collage City and Learning from Las Vegas provided interesting insight into different design issues, however, the inspiration they provided was not what I was looking for in a topic for my practicum.

I was fortunate to complete the Traveling Concepts in Photography course in May 2011, as an elective.  During this course we were required to create images based on a concept that we developed.  My concept was based on a previous interest in abandoned spaces or spaces in between buildings.  Through the development of this concept in writing and creating images I was able to develop a broad topic through which I could begin to narrow the scope of my practicum. 

My practicum topic is the In Between.  In order to study this topic further and to find possible locations for future design projects, I will be walking throughout downtown Winnipeg recording In Between spaces using mapping and photography.