MIND MAPPING 

 For Architectural Design Firm 

 1 . Challenge 

 I am heading the Design Studio of our Architectural Design firm in India and we deal in variety   of projects like Industrial , Institutional and Commercial . We generally start the design concept   development by listing all the design ideas . The challenge here is that many times it becomes   difficult to comprehend on the exhaustive list of ideas for a given project . For instance , if we are   developing concept for a commercial project then the team would share various ideas like   green building , modern architectural language , maximizing the floor area ratio etc which might   or might not have any connection with each other . And many times we are not able to fully   utilize this exhaustive exercise . 

 2 . Selection 

 Since architectural designing is not about linear processing of ideas we had to choose a tool   which can capture a web of ideas – and that ’s where Mind Mapping comes in handy . 

 3 . Application 

 We started our meeting with interactive brainstorming session with our design staff for design   concept development of the new project . Since we wanted the discussions to be open   therefore we welcomed everyone ’s ideas . However we did something different this time , we   started grouping these ideas with respect to common elements – for example rain water   harvesting on the site and use of high performance glass in building façade ( to reduce electricity   consumption ) were both mentioned in a branch called ‘ green building concepts ’ . By doing this   our exhaustive list of approximately 35 - 40 points was categorized under 6 sub - heads . 

 4 . Insight 

 We realized that the free visual manner in which our ideas were being branching out from our   objective was actually helping us see the factors which are extremely important as Design   Concept and the factors which are probably not so critical at this stage ! This made it easier for   us to define our primary design decisions – for example building orientation with respect to   Sun ’s movement . Moreover , it is a fantastic tool for a group brainstorming and facilitates   creativity . And the biggest advantage of this exercise was that after our internal discussion on   Mind Mapping we were able to share this very diagram with our clients and they were more   than happy to see this design process in a visual manner ! 

 5 . Approach 

 What started out as an experiment is now becoming a fundamental part of our Design Process .   It is a collective exercise which invokes creativity . We have now decided to do Mind Mapping at   every critical phase of a project life cycle . Moreover , we have decided that we shall try to   involve our clients during the next Mind Mapping session of their project – so that it becomes a   more collaborative exercise and client ’s visions and intents are inherently incorporated at the   fundamental stage of design ! 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: MIND MAPPING 

 For Architectural Design Firm 

 1 . Challenge 

 I am heading the Design Studio of our Architectural Design firm in India and we deal in variety   of projects like Industrial , Institutional and Commercial . We generally start the design concept   development by listing all the design ideas . The challenge here is that many times it becomes   difficult to comprehend on the exhaustive list of ideas for a given project . For instance , if we are   developing concept for a commercial project then the team would share various ideas like   green building , modern architectural language , maximizing the floor area ratio etc which might   or might not have any connection with each other . And many times we are not able to fully   utilize this exhaustive exercise . 

 2 . Selection 

 Since architectural designing is not about linear processing of ideas we had to choose a tool   which can capture a web of ideas – and that ’s where Mind Mapping comes in handy . 

 3 . Application 

 We started our meeting with interactive brainstorming session with our design staff for design   concept development of the new project . Since we wanted the discussions to be open   therefore we welcomed everyone ’s ideas . However we did something different this time , we   started grouping these ideas with respect to common elements – for example rain water   harvesting on the site and use of high performance glass in building façade ( to reduce electricity   consumption ) were both mentioned in a branch called ‘ green building concepts ’ . By doing this   our exhaustive list of approximately 35 - 40 points was categorized under 6 sub - heads . 

 4 . Insight 

 We realized that the free visual manner in which our ideas were being branching out from our   objective was actually helping us see the factors which are extremely important as Design   Concept and the factors which are probably not so critical at this stage ! This made it easier for   us to define our primary design decisions – for example building orientation with respect to   Sun ’s movement . Moreover , it is a fantastic tool for a group brainstorming and facilitates   creativity . And the biggest advantage of this exercise was that after our internal discussion on   Mind Mapping we were able to share this very diagram with our clients and they were more   than happy to see this design process in a visual manner ! 

 5 . Approach 

 What started out as an experiment is now becoming a fundamental part of our Design Process .   It is a collective exercise which invokes creativity . We have now decided to do Mind Mapping at   every critical phase of a project life cycle . Moreover , we have decided that we shall try to   involve our clients during the next Mind Mapping session of their project – so that it becomes a   more collaborative exercise and client ’s visions and intents are inherently incorporated at the   fundamental stage of design !
### Output: 