tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31876235080463735172011-04-21T10:54:05.230-07:00What's up everyone? How was your break? Very productive I hope. Lets be real most of us have been sleeping the whole break. This year should prove to be full of challenges (I hope we can overcome them). We have a lot to learn within a short period of time. This semester we will be required to learn Formz (say goodbye to Sketchup) as well as apply our graphic skills in our work. I'll be keeping you guys posted day to day details on this semesters project which will be a Courthouse design.LDP Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16390698006868402392noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187623508046373517.post-67404443500607900292008-01-17T17:19:00.000-08:002008-01-17T17:46:49.820-08:00<span style="font-family:georgia;">Well we're kicking off the semester with bang. I'm talking about hitting the ground running. As we all know spring semester is more challenging because it's fast pace and a bit overwhelming due to the well needed but VERY short break.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Anyways. . . The semester project is to design a Courthouse in Downtown Norfolk. The professors wanted to try something different this semester, due to the complaints of fellow classmates that giving the project in portions was a bit drawn out. So the put it all on the table every bit of information they could possibly ask for that regards this project; beginning to end. A bit overwhelming, if you ask me, to look at on the first day of school. </span><br /><br /><br /><br />So anyways we were giving the assignment and a day to day break down on where we should be in our designs; cool or what? Also, as expected, we were told the new expectations of us, because it would be ArchiToture unless the bar was raised every semester. Our professor, Daisy Williams, went over our weaknesses overall as a class so we would know mainly what to improve. Structural systems were to be questioned in our previous designs and graphic representations.<br /><br /><br /><br />New challenges for this semester is to conquer a new software, FormZ. And to design a building at the largest scale we've ever come across. And to overcome our previous oversight of structural systems and pay extreme attention to detail.<br /><br /><br /><br />I honestly look forward to seeing where everyone will take this project. Will they take a more modern or contemporary approach? Will they stick to basics or will they try to "Reinvent the Wheel?" What would be a suitable material for a courthouse? Brick? Marble? Steel? Or Stucco? Lol. I guess only time will tell.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3187623508046373517-6740444350060790029?l=bemis3rdyr.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>LDP Architecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16390698006868402392noreply@blogger.com1