Today we went to Qian Men and went on a tour around the outer city. It was really interesting to see the architecture and understand the history behind the streets we walked through. The food street we went to afterwards was also really nice. I wish we could’ve stayed for longer. Here are some photos […]
Day 4 ~ Happy Valley Amusement Park
Today we went to the Happy Valley amusement park and rode lots of rollercoasters and ate junk food. The rides were really fun and my favourite ride was the yellow rollercoaster (the red one was fun too). I had lots of fun and wish we could’ve stayed for longer. Here are some photos I took […]
Day 3 ~ Liu Li Chang
Today we went to Liu Li Chang to see what tools are used to make prints of artwork. We walked around and looked at the architecture of the hutongs and made prints ourselves. When we were at the print-making store, we talked to the shopkeepers and had a lot of fun posing as the people […]
ELO Day 2 ~ 798 Art District
Today we went to the 798 Art District to explore street photography and art exhibits. The café food was very nice and we ate some good ramen. There were also little pop-up shops where they had lots of cute jewellery, sunglasses, and hats for a good price. The art exhibit had an interesting variety of […]
ELO Day 1 ~ Hong Luo Si
Today we went to Hong Luo Si and took some time to explore the Buddhist temple and park. Riding the toboggan is a fun way to enjoy the view of Hong Luo Si and cool down. The grass area outside the Buddhist temple is also a nice place to hang out, relax, and take photos […]
Testing
I am a Sophomore in high school and I decided to take this ELO because I like filmmaking and photography.
Individual Project – Food Design
Selecting An Idea Is the feedback aligned with what you thought of each of your projects? Yes, the feedback I received helped me think deeper about my two ideas. Were you expecting this sort of feedback? Not really, I was expecting to receive feedback on the design idea instead of feedback on the process of […]
Independent Project
Design Brief 1: Sleep Pod/Quiet Space Design problem – User/Audience – Purpose – Constraints – Goals – Materials/resources – Mentors/assistance – Questions/supporting info – 2: HS Playground Design problem – A lot of high school students want to reminisce about their elementary school days and go out to the ELO playground at school, but because […]
Pavilion
Develop & Plan Ideation: Three designs that fulfil the success criteria the best: tilted triangle – meets most of the success criteria (e.g. looks cool and unique, enough airflow etc.) Chinese rooftop – meets most of the success criteria (e.g. very spacious, can hold up to 8 people etc.) geometrical squares – meets most […]
2 Buckets Challenge – Reflection
Task Overview: For this task, we had to create two “idea buckets” and then combine examples from each bucket to form new potential design concepts and ideas. After creating new potential design ideas, we chose 3 concepts out of all the ideas that the entire class came up with. We then drew out the ideas […]