thesis v1.1.1

I could write something here to fulfill the assignment, but it would be BS. I kinda forgot about this blog post until recently, and since I'm not going until Thursday, I'm gonna take the extra day to gather my thoughts.

I want to read more landscape theory because frankly, I know every little and from what I know, this thesis should be based in theory and use architecture to test that theory, right?

I've looked at Maya Lin this weekend. Her work always fascinated me because she won a renowned competition as a senior architecture student at Yale. I love the simplicity in her work. She describes it as an art work often. I wouldn't categorize most of her projects as architecture, either. I know it is bad to think about thesis this way, but in the end, I want my final project to be simple and as powerful as Maya Lin's work. But how do you begin to design something like that?

I know what she's influenced by, but how do you take influences and turn them into research? (After Omer's lecture, I guess I know where to start--more books from the library until the topics are exhausted....)

I know the city my project will be located in-- Barcelona. As a country, Spain has seen its share of dictatorship, fighting, and cultural disputes. (Franco is such a touchy subject!) Public space is also very important to the city. (The city is so densely populated!)
So I want my thesis to focus on those things:
-public space
-memory of the past
-yet being able to move on towards the future... Progress!

Where to go from here....
thoughts welcomed. reading material suggestions encouraged.