This week, the students met at Epstein and were introduced to mechanical systems – what HVAC means, how it’s actually implemented throughout a building, and various strategies for doing so. Then they teamed up to perfect the “ceiling in a box” exercise. Using colored pipe cleaners, wooden dowels and foam pieces to represent necessary mechanical […]
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Design… Design…Design… “The task ahead of you is never greater than the strength within you.” -Unknown What: Design Build Presentation + Designing the Program Parts Where: VOA Associates, 224 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1400 When: Thursday, February 04, 5:00 – 7:00 pm Why: First, there was a presentation on last summer’s ACE Design Build. Then, we continued
This week, the students learned more about the summer Design-Build program, and Perkins+Will held a presentation on facades. Epstein led an exercise involving the line drawing process – this time, the students and mentors paired up to draw each others’ faces holding their pencils in the most abstract/uncomfortable/unintuitive ways possible. The students learned about drawing to scale and
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This week began with a group discussion on the pros and cons of various building materials for the structural make-up of the building. The consensus was to build a steel framed building because we would be able to span longer lengths without being obstructed by columns in the building. Structural Team: The structural group learned about
This week we started with a few “brain teasers” to get everyone thinking about multiple ways to solve one problem. Good discussion came out of that, including considering different perspectives of a problem and taking into account all user needs. After recapping our week 9 activities, we then gave abbreviated presentations that covered what each
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This week the students traveled to the Chicago Architecture Foundation for, arguably, the most fun ACE session possible – the CAF Lego Lab! Jessie from CAF led the team in a session focused on problem solving within the design process, and the students learned about the concept of scale. In the first Lego exercise,
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The chosen one… divide and conquer… “Rarely do we set the high bar one notch above what we think we can clear, and that’s what’s driving me here.” -Henry Worsley, former Army officer from Fulham, London, who was on the brink of making Antarctic history with a solo, unsupported crossing What: Movable Bridges Presentation + Dividing
Week 8 was dedicated mostly to starting the online ACE scholarship application. This is the application for all ACE students to apply for college scholarships, summer internships, and the design-build summer program. This is extremely important for all students to do – the likelihood of getting at least one of the three is very high!
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Summer Build Program At the beginning of week 8, Randy Herbstman, SE, from Halvorson and Partners came in to talk about the ACE Community Design and Build 7-week summer program where the students, after their design experience, work on areal project and build something by the end of the summer. Every summer there is a
This week, the students were given information on ACE Scholarships, summer internships and the design build program. Then they were put to work on their client proposals! Site analysis, bubble program diagrams, thesis statements, inspiration images and massing models were updated for the presentations. Our clients (and jurors) for the presentations were Jeremy and Kerstin of
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