Beach comparison assignment

Ipanema and Copacabana beach & promenade comparisons

below is the beach comparison assignment as I discussed it on Sunday morning on Ipanema beach. The assignment is to be completed in your beach comparison groups.

Documentation will include: (working) diagrams (with lots of notes) in your sketchbooks over several pages since the beaches are quite long, sketches, photos, videos, audio

This assignment is a work in progress that we will discuss several times, possibly Monday and Tues or Wednesday on the bus + later. Assignment can be completed on Sunday when the promenades are more pedestrian friendly, but also in the evenings walking to/from dinner and other days you are on the promenades and subsequent days you are exploring this area.

items to include in analytical comparison:
Infrastructure: post markers, restrooms, utility buildings
Landscape Architecture: vegetation (placement, scale, shade, shape), barriers/markers separating zones, floor patterns and colors, how the landscape makes connections, natural rock outcroppings
Amenities: restaurants, markets, art, daycare, vendors
Culture markers: statues, sand castle sculptures, floor patterns, flags, graffiti
Transportation: zones & width for cars, people, bikes comparing Sun to other days
Temporal uses: Fitness, markets, sport, night compared to day, protests, sunsets

as noted some of these items may overlap in one category or another, perfectly fine

let Troy or I know if you have questions, looking forward to seeing your analysis-Aimee

Please use the category ‘beaches’ for this assignment post.