At Team 5’s fourth meeting the students applied all they have learned so far from the different architecture, structure and construction management disciplines with a design build activity. They had to buy materials within a limited budget, design and build a building to scale considering specific site issues and support the weight of a graphic […]

Upon Team 5’s first visit at the architects’, Valerio Dewalt Train Associates, office they were gifted with Field Notes sketchbooks. In their new sketchbooks they practiced architecturally documenting various fruits and vegetables in plan, section and elevation. When they weren’t sketching they were learning the fundamentals of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems from Lend Lease.

At our first team meeting of the year, Team 5 participated in a murder mystery activity. With various clues and tough investigative questions, the students cracked the case! While trying to figure out who was responsible for the fictional murder, the students learned more about the job responsibilities of an architect, engineer and construction manager and what