These weeks of ACE were busy in production. Meeting at CannonDesign’s office both weeks, students further developed plans and ideas in Revit for the each of the program types. Additionally, new groups were arranged to address Sustainability, Logistics, Structure, Landscape & Branding/Presentation. Each group (program & additional groups) consisted of 3-4 students with 1-2 mentors each.

The biggest developments of these weeks involved each team working in a variety of platforms: Revit, RAM (structural software), post-it note pull planning, bubble diagramming, sketching, and Adobe design software. Mentors from Mortenson & Thornton Tomasetti lead groups in structural calculations, logistics, phase planning and site development. Additionally, the branding/presentation team developed bubble diagrams to narrow in on the objectives of the school as well as the sequence of slides for the final presentation.