Tuesday 28 September 2010

Past, Present and Future

The A-levels I took were Biology, Business Studies and Design Technology; although completely different subjects, they all influenced my interest in Landscape Architecture.
I was and still am intrigued by the workings of nature, - from animal to plant cells and how they all interact to create different organisms and how both animals and plants rely on each other to survive. This, I guess is what partially got me interested in the use of plants.
I had studied Design Technology for seven years and woodwork for 14 years; the last two of which, involved finding clients and designing a product to full fill their design brief; having done this, we then needed to create a prototype model of our product (mostly using wood). I have always preferred doing practical work which is why I chose to do DT, and being able to work with a renewable and versatile material like wood, from making a rickety pine shoe rack in primary school, to a mahogany display cabinet in year 13. This too added to my interest in design.
As far as Business Studies goes, that got me thinking about how businesses work and some of the factors you need to take into consideration in running one, which one day I would like to have an attempt at doing. The gap in the middle is now... studying Landscape Architecture.

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