Day 2 Reflection - Tan Yu Tao

Q1 What is a system

It is a area that is able to sustain itself. But in this case the area is man made and took some time to be able to stabilise  and sustain itself.

Q2 How humans and environment are dependent on each other.

Without the humans, the environment might have some problems getting dependent on each other. The humans help in stabilizing it by helping get rid of pest or weeds that would hinder the process of growing the plants. The plants help by giving the human resources to be able to maintain itself and have resources to help in the growth of plants. Thus they both benefit each other in stabilizing itself.

Day 2 Reflections: Ryan Pek

Reflections for Day 2
Essential Question 1
How is innovation a key feature of survival?

Innovation helped the Vietnamese through allowing them to be able to create many effective traps to stop the americans and they also made the Cu Chi Tunnel allowing them a huge advantage to the americans due to their creativity.

Essential Question 2
How is cultural integration reflected in design?

It is reflected in design through symbols or pictured on the structures.

Day 2 Reflections: Lim Jia Jun

Essential Question 1

How is innovation a key feature of survival?

Innovation is a key feature of survival because resources are important in survival, and to survive, resources will have to be handed well. Also, innovating new ideas or equipment could be a change to whether you live or die. 

An example is the people living in Cu Chi tunnel. They dug down to where bombs could not reach them. They also utilized bomb shells dropped by the Americans to make traps and equipment for themselves. This is the process of recycling materials and also innovation. The Vietnamese also utilized their environment well, such as cooking in the morning so that the smoke from their cooking would blend in with the morning fog. Their traps and other ideas such as masking their scent from dogs and wearing American uniforms were extremely innovative too.

Essential Question 2

How is cultural integration reflected in design?

Culture affects designs of structures a lot. This would be most prominent in temples, churches or mosques. Carvings, colours, painting and statues would be the most obvious, but there are other smaller things that could be noticed was the elevation of the temple in regular intervals.