1.2.1 Examine the end products from SACE students and choose which work you would rank first, using the Technologies Achievement Standards.

2019 - Design, Technology and Engineering - South Australian Certificate of Education (sace.sa.edu.au) 

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1.2.2 Consider the level of thinking demonstrated below against the BSSS Technologies in these reflection samples from IT. 

Student Alpha

We had a period of five weeks to develop and deliver a researched group presentation on a topic of our choice related to issues in IT. We had several problems agreeing on the topic, who should do what task and how to work together effectively. This made me feel impatient and stressed. In the end we wasted quite a lot of time disagreeing and negotiating solutions, and ended up rushing to complete the task on time. However, the topic and the work we did was of high quality after we all managed to agree on what to do and how to do it.

Ultimately this was a positive experience as it indicated what working on a company-based project in my future career might be like, especially with regard to satisfying all the team members and stakeholders. The group assignment has let me understand that different personalities can have very different approaches to work. While not all are effective, each member of a team needs to feel validated and in some cases reminded that the team relies on their input. I think more effective meetings and a written agreement on how we should proceed might work better in future when working with diverse people.

Next time I might use one of the Library resources on effective team work - a contract template - to ensure that we have something to refer back to if members stray from an effective task completion path. Perhaps that will assist in avoiding or responding to conflict if tensions rise due to uneven input from the team’s members.

Student Epsilon

We developed and delivered a researched group presentation in IT. First we argued about the topic. John was really annoying. It was hard to get him to do what he said he would and decide who was going to do the hard things. I was stressed. Then we ended up rushing to complete the task on time. THe last minute things worked for us though and even John pulled the finger out. 

If this is what it is like to work in a company-based project and what my future career might be like, I am going to set up my own company with only me.  Satisfying all the team members and stakeholders sucks. Different personalities can have very different approaches to work and I can't be bothered. LIke I said to them, 'Do I look bothered?'. I thought it was funny but they didn't.  If I have to work with other people a written agreement on who is doing what would help and stop them lying, like John. Or like a legal contract, that would keep a group on track. 

Student Theta

In the five weeks we had  to develop and deliver a brilliant researched group presentation on on the complex and sophisticated issue we chose in IT, we developed an outstanding response that is a monument to our capacity to work harmoniously as a group. At first there were a few minor problems  agreeing on the topic, and agreeing to task roster and project schedule. However our superior maturity allowed us to patiently negotiate our difference using excellent communication skills. We used out time efficiently in the last week to complete the task on time to a very high standard.

In refining our excellent group skills this was a positive experience as it indicated we are well suited to company-based project in my future career with Google or Apple. My leadership was focused on satisfying all the team members and stakeholders and I received compliments about that which will enable me to focus on areas for further development. The group assignment has let me understand that different personalities can have very different approaches to work, for example John required careful management to draw out his talents. With out guidance as a team he really is blossoming into a fine IT worker. The experience underlined the significant importance of clearly delineating roles and duties.  

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1.2.3 Consider these pieces of student writing against the Achievement standards. Rank them.

Architecture Analysis based on a Prompt- Architecture assignment 2 - Research & Learning Online (monash.edu) 

“Thought expressed with the minimum of words” (Racine, quoted in Collins, 1967, 63)

Student One

Ishigami’s uses a minimalist approach to design. It is similar to the Mies van de Rohe’s ‘less is more’ approach. Ishigami’s spaces feel like they doesn’t create boundaries and he designs open spaces. His design for KAIT Workshop might have been inspired by SANNA and Sou Fujimoto. 

Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa make up SANNA. Ishigami worked for SANNA between 2000 and 2004 before going out to make his own business. SANNA’s design of the Kanazawa Museum completed in 2004 looks as if it influenced Ishigami a lot. SANNA created big spaces in several buildings which made a positive experience for people.

Sou Fujimoto’s work explores what architecture is and how architecture relates to nature. His design of the Children’s Centre for Psychiatric Rehabilitation was completed in 2006. Fujimoto used 24 white cubes randomly over the site to appear almost like toys. This random placement is a lot like Ishigami’s columns.

Ishigami is developing a modern style which is like using minimum words. Ishigami’s minimalism in KAIT shows that. He has become more minimal since his House H and Cafeteria in University.

Student Two

Junya Ishigami’s style is expressed with a minimalist approach to design. He adopts the Mies van de Rohe’s ‘less is more’ approach, similar to Jean Racine’s quote above. When entering one of Ishigami’s spaces you feel that he considers what already exists but doesn’t create boundaries and designs endless and open spaces. Possible precedents for KAIT Workshop are SANNA and Sou Fujimoto.

The collaboration between Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa make up SANNA. Ishigami worked with SANNA between 2000 and 2004 before starting his own firm. SANNA’s design of the Kanazawa Museum completed in 2004 looks as if it influenced Ishigami a lot in developing his minimalist style. SANNA intended on creating a space with several buildings united in one and have random and flexible relations with each other, whilst engineering visitor’s awareness.

Sou Fujimoto’s work has a tendency to question the fundamental interpretation of architecture: exploring what architecture is and how architecture relates to nature. His design of the Children’s Centre for Psychiatric Rehabilitation was completed in 2006. Fujimoto has placed 24 white cubes randomly over the site to exude the essence of hierarchy and diagrammatic legibility. This random placement offers different degrees of connection and separation a lot like Ishigami’s columns, which gently break up the space into different work areas analysis.

Ishigami is developing a modern style expressed through a minimum of elements, which echoes the notion of a style that is expressed with minimum words. Ishigami’s minimalism in KAIT draws inspiration from SANNA’s Kanazawa Museum and Sou Fujimoto’s Children’s Centre and is a continuation of his own explorations such as House H and Cafeteria in University.

Student Three

Junya has a minimalist approach to design. There is lots of open space like a book with few words. He copied his old bosses SANNA and Sou Fujimoto when he designed Possible KAIT Workshop. 

One of the things he copied was SANNA’s design of the Kanazawa Museum from 2004. style. It also has lots of space and several buildings that a near each other and make people think its really cool. 

It was also like that in Junya's Children’s Centre for Psychiatric Rehabilitation was completed in 2006 and looks like lego on the floor which is interrsting to children to help them fell better. 

Junya's modern style modern style has only a few things in a building space, like minimum words. That is a lot like his old bosses and other Japanese people like that. 

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1.2.4 Reflect on the standard demonstrated against the BSSS Technologies Achievement Standards. Evaluate the annotations. 

Industrial design assignment - Research & Learning Online (monash.edu)