Graduate / Letter of Intent - MFA Child Culture Design - University of Gothenburg [4]

Thank youu for your review, it help me a lot because this is my first time writing my letter of intent. I need more critics to upgrade my writing

So here it is my revision

"The roots of our understanding of architecture lie in our childhood, in our youth: they lie in our biography" I just realized this quote by Zumthor when I was working on my research in rural area 3 years ago. I was doing research about vernacular architecture, but trying to get the perspective from children there always be my special experience. Children told more interesting views and hopes about their environment. Interior Architecture as my previous education can not fulfill my interest in children space. Therefore, I believe MFA Child Culture Design , University of Gothenburg is the best major where I could meet other specialist to widen my insight about children's perspective in design. (I add the anecdot, but I don't know it is interesting enough or not)

Eventhough I took my undergraduate in Interior Architecture, I always find myself to design about children's space or involve in research about educational space. Together with my lecturers, we conducted research about special needs school. From the research, I acknowledge that my country outnumbered of good design for children, especially space for those who have special needs . When I was becoming committee of architecture student organisation, I created interactive workshops about city and environment for children in elementary school. From those experiences, I got to know how to involve children to share their perspective via media of mapping, drawing, and model making.

Actively volunteered for about 2 years in Kelas Inspirasi, a national scale organisation about kids and education, I always learn new things about how children could have important decision to improve their hometown. I learned a lot from the real situations where elementary school children took their class in remote area. Aside of that, an NGO where I was working for one and half year gave me a lot of valuable moment to involve children and youth to liven up their city. From these situations, I positioned myself in the middle of community and trying to understand the children's desire of their environment in future vision. Some of activities and workshops held to gather the ideas of improvement in their school or their village. I want to study further about method of collecting children's aspiration and together exercising these practice to get them to the next level of participation. (just add my working experience here but overall is the same with my previous writing)

In the future I wanted to take part in program about Child Friendly City that have launched in my country but facing obstacles in the middle of the process. Eventhough local NGO's took an action to accomplish children's involvement in shaping suitable neighbourhood for them, we need more real actions. In 2016, I created a local community where children could expressing themself in terms of art and culture. This community will be my laboratorium to engage more involvement of children to design better environment for them. Hopefully it will be develop into a space where children could express themself and actively participate in environmental issues.

In shaping my focus and interest in children's space and their participation method, I hope to be a designer with strong research skills to meet the requirement of design for children. With my previous research experiences, working skills, voluntary activities and network, pursuing my master degree in MFA Child Culture Design will completing my ambition to make child-friendly neighbourhood especially in my home country.