This week was a big week for our group. Now that tests are over, we had most of our students too! We split up into our groups last night, which will carry us through to the completion of the project. Students got to choose between three groups: architecture, construction (physical model/site), and structures. The architecture […]
We started this week off with some tangram exercises in order to get us all thinking about spaces and spacial interaction. I think we managed to get them all, but some were definitely harder than others! After dinner, we continued to work on the project. One of the AS+GG mentors gave a presentation on bubble
It’s been a few weeks since our last team blog post, but the team has continued to learn and make progress this month. On the first week back after break (and after the bitter cold/snow day), the students were presented with their group project – an art museum! They will have the opportunity to design
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This week’s meeting began at Power’s field office for the new Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago building in Streeterville. During dinner, we saw a quick presentation about the project background. We then donned our hard hats and safety glasses and headed a few blocks over to the construction site entrance. We took the elevator lift up
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This was an exciting week for the group because we finally got a glimpse of what the project might be. The students were presented with the three options for this year’s project: a Theater, a Disciplines of Art Museum, and an Educational Facility. (See attachment below for the handout.) Students broke out into groups to discuss one
This week’s activity got us all thinking like a contractor! After dinner and a few rounds of Blokus, we were given our construction challenge. (Handout attached.) We had to build a bridge that could hold a 4″ cube with a 1 solid wall and a solid roof. The bridge had to be able to hold
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Last Wednesday marked the beginning of yet another exciting year for the ACE mentors and students. In the Jones College Prep auditorium, Executive Director Pat O’Connell gave an introduction to the program before awarding a couple scholarships to distinguished ACE alumni. We then headed up to our separate classrooms for our team break out sessions. After
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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
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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
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Hi all! Things have been taking shape regarding Team 7’s final project. Not only have we picked a project, but we have also visited the site, worked on bubble diagrams and possible layouts, and stacking diagrams. Our project this year will be a Wellness Center, inspired on the busy lives of Chicagoans and how we