Katrina Memorial Project
Learning from New Orleans Integrated Studio 2011
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Learning from New Orleans Studio Community Evaluation Form, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Fall 2011
Memorial Project - Evaluation and Representation
As evaluators you are requested to carefully study the images on the blog-site. If the images are not clear then you may note so in the evaluation forms. A good design is one that is 1) easily understood, 2) well liked and 3) that allows one to see their world differently and in new ways. Did these designs succeed in doing so?
In addition, you will be examining the success of this design using the following categories:
1. Is the design engaging and democratic?
2. Is the design socially relevant? A work existing in a vacuum is not a successful design. The design needs to connect with residents and community members.
3. Is the design contextual? Context is not merely the location where the design is built – it includes social, cultural, ecological, historical, economic and political contexts within which this design will exist.
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A. Do you understand the design?
1. Understand perfectly
2. Mostly clear with some questions
Please explain what you don’t understand
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3. Understand somewhat
4. Totally confused.
B. Do you think various community members, groups, and local residents will like this design?
1. Everyone will love this
2. Almost everyone will like this
Please explain what a few will find objectionable in this design
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3. Very few will like this
Please explain what those few will like
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4. No one will like this design
C. In addition to serving as a memorial do you think this design will add value to your community?
1. This design enriches the neighborhood by providing these added features
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2. This design may not provide added features, but we still find it appropriate and relevant
3. This design’s only value is providing a space to memorialize those lost due to Hurricane Katrina.
4. This design has no socially relevant value.
D. Are there images of objects, places, trees, or landscapes in these drawings that you recognize as part of your neighborhood?
1. There are images in these designs that are familiar to me.
These familiar images are
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2. I think there may be some stuff in these drawings that I recognize as part of my neighborhood.
3. Most of the objects, trees, landscapes, and building elements don’t seem to belong to our neighborhood.
4. This design absolutely doesn’t belong to the Lower Ninth Ward
E. Can I see myself using these spaces?
1. I see myself using this space everyday
Explain how you may use this space
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2. I see myself using this space once or twice every month
3. I see myself using this space once or twice every year.
4. I do not see myself using this space - ever.
Do you have any further comments, criticisms, questions, or commendations?
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