[Kirsten]

I’m not sure where my creativity comes from which is why I’m interested to understand it more. I think sometimes I am able to imagine a creative idea when I think I have seen it somewhere but I’ve actually misunderstood what I have seen and take a second look and find it is something quite ordinary but what I thought I saw stays in my mind as a great idea.

[Kirsten]

Like this?

That is a really interesting route to inspiration!

[Kirsten]

What about the light pollution of the stary night sky? You city folk in the states may not be well acquainted with the stary nights because you can’t see those twinkly wonders when you’re surrounded by lots of light bulbs. Here in NZ, especially in Tekapo we’re trying to ensure that all artificial light is directed downwards to the street where it is needed, not up up into the universe where it is wasted. Somehow I can’t imagine trees with giant covers over them to reflect lights downwards like we do with street lamps. But what if only the trunk glowed, not the leaves? or maybe they could glow a red colour which is less polluting…

[Kirsten]

Mixed Use seems to be an expect part of smart growth, infill and retrofits. Its is a concept that people talk about but no one really explains it and the general public don’t seem to get it or like it. Who wants to live really close to lots of neighbours, some with screeming children, others with businesses, and a constant stream of customers day or night or light industrial activity with the smell of paint, sawdust and drills. As a student it bugs me that I’m expected to understand such concepts without having been taught the reasons behind it, then hold a particular agreeable opinion on it and then design them into projects.

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