Extra Credit

From“Black Vernacular: Architecture as Cultural Practice,” I learned that ones life situation cannot have an impact on imagination. The author was clearly not from a high class family because she says how she's from a neighborhod where all the houses are the same and unimpressive, she refered to them as "small shacks". I found it most interesting how the author designed her dream house, I have never thought in detail how I would design my house if I could. I really like how the author exaggerated the point that no matter you're financial situation you can still dream big. One thing that really stuck out to me was how the adults in the authors life looked at architecure in comparision to how she did. They built houses that would acommadate their needs, not what they wanted. The author talked about how she would build many areas for reading, but that's not how her family looked at it when building their home; I think their financial situation played a major part in that.