Presentation Perfection

Thank goodness presentations are over. One less stress to worry about so I can move on to the other six I currently have to deal with. I'm ridiculously happy that we didn't get torn to shreds about removing the curved wall. They reviewers said it seemed like we may have had some regrets about this and I'm sure my conscience would slightly agree. Regardless, the presentation went really well and I'm glad they received our proposal so well. I, of course, got nervous and I know my voice was shaking, but so what else is new? If there is ever a time for presentations that I'm not nervous, then I should be worried. Its so weird that another semester of studio is over. But I think that I actually learned a few new things that I can carry on with me for future reference. [Currently choking on that compliment, but you're welcome.]

I LOVE MY SWEATSHIRT

Yay for warmth.

Panic at the Studio

Writing this blog simply for the sake of saying I wrote the blog. There is no decent content to read here because I am far too busy creating the AutoCAD template to laser cut tomorrow. We got a little thrown off today after getting talked to because there were some slight details pointed out that were supposed to be a "quick fix", but as I would like to point out took a couple of hours. Insert annoyed and frustrated face here.

THERE IS NO PICTURE BECAUSE I SAID SO.

The Wonders of Wall Sections

My attempt at a wall section from ARCH 205.

Friday blog posts are starting to kick my butt. I can't for the life of me remember to do them on Friday. Most of class was spent discussing the amazing details that make up a wall section. I think we were all a little bummed about how much really is in there because we aren't sure we can make as good of a wall section as James did. I know revit basically does everything for you, but we have to remember what the components were called to even get that far. Amber and I are almost done with our model. We are going to finish up today and hopefully be done so we can set up our views and start rendering. I'm nervous about working separately over break just because its easier to work as a group when you are right next to each other. But I guess ideal circumstances aren't always the case so we are just going to roll with it.

Struggle Bus

Another round of boards. Another round of critiques. Another realization that we still aren't anywhere near being where we need to be for completion. Although we know that our revit model still needs work, we plan on having that fully done by the end of the week so it is no longer holding us back. My concerns come in when it comes to board design. We have been pinning up sample boards for the past few classes, but I still don't believe that our final boards will look anything like what they do now. I'm not completely happy with how they are now, but I can't find a way to make them any more exciting. The struggle is real.

Gotta Get Down on Friday

Friday was surprisingly helpful because we got to discuss a little bit of board designs and layout. We knew our boards weren't the best that they could be, but were open to suggestions on how to improve them. I feel like since I have never designed a board at the 24"x36" scale, I'm a little thrown off on the whole process. But, I know we need to keep looking at examples online to find something we really like and want to use to enhance how we display our project. Our boards are going to heavily rely on interior perspectives to show the AWESOMENESS of our project. The feedback was helpful and I'm glad we ended up doing that for Friday's class, but I'm not ready for Wednesday's boards because we haven't had much time to work on them. Everything we have been doing has been revolving around our revit model. 

I won't admit defeat

Apparently the word of the day was defeated. I felt it and my face obviously showed it. I hate how much my face shows my emotions (thanks mom). It isn't even necessarily that I felt defeated, but it is just hard knowing that Amber and I are pretty much starting from the beginning and don't have much time left on the project. Regardless of how much James stresses the importance of the process, I know that there has to be a final product to be presented that HAS TO BE DONE. So knowing that the work we have been doing is mostly going into the trash sucks, but we don't have much of an option. James talked to us for almost an hour and to him I apologize that I always look defeated or maybe like I want to punch you. It could possibly be both, but I'll never admit to it. So after he left us to ourselves, Amber and I started talking some things out and I think we are moving in the right direction. It is just going to take some serious time to make up for what we have lost.

Because I didn't take a real picture that related to today.