Analysis: The Rubik's Cube
In two pages or less, please provide a detailed description of your proposed program of study, why you are pursuing your research (if applicable) or creative activity, and what you plan to accomplish during and after your studies.
The Rubik’s Cube
By mid-afternoon, Aguascalientes was already 40°C. My forehead dripped with sweat as I heaved more cement into the mixer. Although the construction site at the orphanage wouldn’t seem pleasant to most, to me it is filled with rich memories—and a critical piece to a 23-year old puzzle. Dulce Refugio, Spanish for “Sweet Refuge,” could barely house the 50 orphans living there. That was where our group came in. Passionate about helping others, we raised $32,500 to fly down to Mexico and help. However, …show more content…
Medicine is about helping others, and architecture can be its tool. I developed an immense interest in how the built environment can affect health, as well as how buildings to create more livable, and healthy spaces. I was fascinated by my classes such as Health and the Built Environment, excelled in my architecture minor courses, and won an architecture competition where my team was able to transform an Edmonton street parking stall into a vibrant public venue. When my grandmother passed away, I contacted the Dean of Medicine and the head architect of the new Foothills Cancer Centre to shadow its development from stakeholder engagement meetings, to construction and design meetings. I envisioned hospitals with bright patient rooms and access to gardens. I read clinical studies examining patient rooms that reduced stress, designs that reduced medical errors, improved healing, and cut hospital stays. Although it was too late to help my grandmother, I knew I could help future patients through …show more content…
At the Yale School of Medicine, I asked where architecture could make a difference for those patients. Now I am actively collaborating with a research team at the Yale Child Study Center and the Architecture School to aid in designing a new children’s health clinic that is sensitive to the unique sensory perceptions of autistic children. For my summer fellowship, I asked how architecture could provide a dignified experience for those at the end of life. Consequently, this research will lead me to England, Scotland and The Netherlands where I will be understanding how architecture and new ways of geriatric management are making a difference in palliative care, which is becoming more relevant in the face of baby boomer
The Rubik’s Cube
By mid-afternoon, Aguascalientes was already 40°C. My forehead dripped with sweat as I heaved more cement into the mixer. Although the construction site at the orphanage wouldn’t seem pleasant to most, to me it is filled with rich memories—and a critical piece to a 23-year old puzzle. Dulce Refugio, Spanish for “Sweet Refuge,” could barely house the 50 orphans living there. That was where our group came in. Passionate about helping others, we raised $32,500 to fly down to Mexico and help. However, …show more content…
Medicine is about helping others, and architecture can be its tool. I developed an immense interest in how the built environment can affect health, as well as how buildings to create more livable, and healthy spaces. I was fascinated by my classes such as Health and the Built Environment, excelled in my architecture minor courses, and won an architecture competition where my team was able to transform an Edmonton street parking stall into a vibrant public venue. When my grandmother passed away, I contacted the Dean of Medicine and the head architect of the new Foothills Cancer Centre to shadow its development from stakeholder engagement meetings, to construction and design meetings. I envisioned hospitals with bright patient rooms and access to gardens. I read clinical studies examining patient rooms that reduced stress, designs that reduced medical errors, improved healing, and cut hospital stays. Although it was too late to help my grandmother, I knew I could help future patients through …show more content…
At the Yale School of Medicine, I asked where architecture could make a difference for those patients. Now I am actively collaborating with a research team at the Yale Child Study Center and the Architecture School to aid in designing a new children’s health clinic that is sensitive to the unique sensory perceptions of autistic children. For my summer fellowship, I asked how architecture could provide a dignified experience for those at the end of life. Consequently, this research will lead me to England, Scotland and The Netherlands where I will be understanding how architecture and new ways of geriatric management are making a difference in palliative care, which is becoming more relevant in the face of baby boomer