Day 3 Reflections by Claire

1. What is architecture?
Architecture is the art of designing buildings or other structures. Architecture makes use of the author's creativity and imagination to think of designs for a new structure.

2. What are the essential considerations when one architects a building or structure?
The essential considerations when one architects a building or structure are whether the design is appealing to the people visiting/living in the place. When the design is not appealing, people would not want to visit the place or stay there. Another consideration is that the design of the building must be able to fulfill the purpose and function of the building. Without that, there is no use for the building.

Day 1 Reflections by Claire

1. How is innovation a key feature of survival?
Innovation helps a lot in helping us survive and is very useful. In this case, innovation helped the Vietnamese during the Vietnamese war to fight against the American soldiers. They innovated on things like traps and tunnels, also how to move around the tunnels. This gave them quite a bit of advantage over the Americans. They reused a lot of items, and they were very smart. The Americans were depleted because of the traps. This is one of the examples why innovation is important for us to survive.

2. How is cultural integration reflected in design?
Design has everything, even cultural integration. In Vietnam, there is a religion that combines these three religions, Catholicism, Buddhism, and Confucianism together. In the Cai Dai temple that practices this religions, the design of the building is very unique, which shows off the beliefs of the people. This makes the building special to the people and shows very clearly their beliefs.