One more week!!!!  We got a lot done in this week’s meeting, but there is still just a little left to be worked out we start putting boards together!  See below for what still needs to be done, and who’s homework responsibility it is.  We are going to be in such fantastic shape if all […]

If we were really in studio, we’d be about to pull some all-nighters…lets load up on the coffee friends.  We’ve got one more meeting to try and get all the drawings done that we can!!  (And some time outside of ACE for all you wonderful overachievers!)  I unfortunately had to miss ACE last week for

In Team 4, we presented ideas for exterior materials for the project, a school dormitory.  The presentation included information about the types of exterior materials and an idea for the shape of our building.  Buildings such as the Aqua Tower and the Shanghai Tower were presented in the presentation.  We discussed the pros and cons

The students spent the week refining our floor plans.  One of our design students volunteered to take the hand drawn plans and bring them into Revit so the group could later coordinate with Structure and MEP trades.  The small groups broke out again to further develop the floors they worked on. The engineering students learned

There’s a lot of coordination going on right now.  So, we’re starting to get parts of a building decided and designed.  We’re moving columns, punching windows, and modeling new spaces.  It’s looking good, but we still have a lot to do to keep on track for our March 14th deadline!  That means that we only

This week, ACE Team 7 started their session with the hard hat sorting ceremony, where “the hat” revealed in which of the 4 project teams the students would be. Our four teams are: structural design, interior layouts, exterior wall and physical model. Then all the groups got together and started to strategize the different steps

The designs are taking shape!  Our team has been working for a couple weeks now in teams and they are tackling some big questions.  Now that we have located the core to the building and determined what portions we will be doing adaptive reuse to, its time to plan. The engineering groups talked about sustainable

Another week of working through design!  I got so entrenched in the design process this week that I totally forgot to take pictures!  Nonetheless, there was a lot of work and coordination going on to start bringing this building to life.  There are floor layouts being produced, 3D models being built, and facades being structured.

This week, Team 7 mentors went through the scholarship / internship application process with the students and we got everybody started on theirs. We did not have time to finish them, since we had to move on to the project activities, but at least now everybody knows their username / pswd and how to navigate

Sweet, sweet progress.  We’re starting to turn program into spaces.  Putting structural alteration into reality (metaphorically?).  And by-George, we’re getting a Starbucks.  (I’m mean isn’t that what it’s really always been about – our caffeine dependency? We have to get through architecture school somehow…see below…) http://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/architects-and-coffee/ Nonetheless, over the next week, in anticipation of our