Week 13 Recap Last week we broke up into three groups: architecture, engineering, and construction administration respectively and began the design of the building in earnest. As our design progresses remember how we our theme Make-Watch-Play and how we can work to make it sustainable. LEED Checklist Where We Go From Here Next meeting: Goettsch […]

We worked on structure and MEP this week. The students participated in an activity where they have to fit all the necessary duct work, cable trays, light fixture, and structure in the box. Here are some pictures of the boxes:

Week 10 Recap Last class we went over information related to architectural education and practice. For those of you who missed it, here are sites that can prove helpful in choosing architecture programs: NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board- approves architectural programs at the university level) www.naab.org NCARB (National Council of Architectural Accreditation Boards- professional licensing)

This week we dove further into our project and spent some time illustrating what inspires us. This gave everyone the opportunity to be creative and think about the concepts they want incorporated into the project. We then pinned up our collages and explained to the group our different ideas:

Another successful week here at Team 3. This week, we worked on building three different structural system: cantilever, long-span, and lateral load. To complete this task, each groups are given a certain amount of material to build the structure and the structure must support a ~3 lbs alien. Here are some pictures of the three

Week 9 was a very eventful week: from an elevator mishap to a site visit and concept collages, we had a few adventures but most importantly started thinking about the project in its context and how we envision it. We had a site visit to our project location in the South Loop, and were able

On week 8 we started with the very popular blokkus to get our heads back into the disciplines after the holidays. Then, we proceded to draw stacking diagrams of our new project: a short stack building. This exercise helped us understand how the difgferent programs relate to each other and where they could be on

Week 9 Recap Alright, I missed last week’s meeting, but rumor has it that the sustainability activity was a lot of fun.  (Someone will have to fill me in on it at this week’s meeting.) Like Mike said in his e-mail everyone has a homework assignment: Read the LEED checklist that is attached below and pick 3 credits you

At our first meeting of the new year Team 6 began to focus in on this year’s project: the repurposing of Navy Pier. Our team divided into two groups, each with a different project emphasis. Half the teamwill be designing an urban installation for the pier and half will be designing a feature for the