Week 13 – Returning to the Work
A gentle re-entry after the holidays, turning scattered fragments into legible structure and learning to justify the project through its own internal logic.
Coming back to the project with fresh distance and quieter urgency.
This was the first lesson back after the holiday break and the main submission period. Between the hand-in and this week, I had been working independently on the filler pages that sit around the masterplan, particularly the process maps intended to explain how the design was formed. Returning to the work after time away allowed me to see it more clearly, noticing gaps and inconsistencies that were less visible during the rush of submission.
Learning to show the thinking as carefully as the outcome.
Much of my effort this week went into developing diagrams and overlays that justify the project’s spatial decisions. These maps trace constraints, opportunities and movements, making visible the reasoning behind the final arrangement of paths, spaces and interventions. It became clear that the project needed to explain itself more explicitly, not only through the finished plan but through the sequence of decisions that produced it.
Confirming the site and fixing the scale of the work.
I spoke with Mohamad and confirmed the precise boundaries of my site, which helped stabilise the remaining tasks. He assisted me in setting up accurate 1:1000 and 1:500 drawings, giving the project a clearer technical foundation. Establishing these scales brought a sense of resolution and practicality, grounding the more conceptual work in measurable dimensions and helping me understand what still needed refinement.
Reflection
This week felt less like a dramatic leap and more like a careful settling back in. The focus shifted from producing new ideas to organising and explaining the ones already present. By grounding the project in clear scales and process diagrams, I began to feel more confident that the work could stand up to scrutiny and be understood on its own terms.