Contextual Investigation

     My case study topic was the history of railroad in the west, and depot design in the US. Firstly, I got together with another team who were doing the same topic as me and we each decided a different depot for latter research. I was doing the Union Depot in Lewiston, Idaho. Then, I did some research about this depot including its material, its overall design, its adaptive re-use and I also investigated the railroad that depot used to serve. After that, I put all of the information together and came up with the poster. During the process, I felt that my skills of gathering information had improved. There were not a lot information about the depot online and I had to check every link in order to get those small details. I don’ think my strength had shown in the project, instead, my weaknesses has shown. I think my skills of creating a poster still have room to improve. My poster layout looks plain and not very strong. I should practice more and look for more examples.

     Generally speaking, I think I did well in this project. I could handle problems by myself even though my teammate was absent and I am glad that I went through the processes successfully.