Friday, December 7, 2012

Habitat for Humanity


When I volunteered for habitat for humanity this year I met an interesting man who helped give me a different perspective on how to design energy stare homes. His name is Ken Hall, a construction supervisor. He showed us how the water was connected to the house. This was interesting because when he could turn the water off for one part of the house and not the others. From some house I worked on in the past I had to walk to the front of the house and turn off all of the water when I need to work on the pluming. It was also interesting to hear how habitat for humanity really worked. For the longest time I though that they were giving house away, but now I know that the patrons of the home still pay for it. 

Client Breif

When I was creating is client brief I saw how help full one can be. They are great for helping the design process stay on track. I will make sure to makes these in the future for more projects.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Unit 2/ Common area presentation boards






During this final presentation for the project in Parlous, WA, I found my self in an interesting place. When working on process design I was trying to figure out when the right point was to show clean crepe work was and when that line where I should still make some, some what hand drafted work. Where the client would feel like they still have a say and when they feel content with what is shown to them. If I could change anything about this project presentation I would better manage my time to create a better model for my presentation. I know what I created was annoyware close to the quality of work I know I can make. But all in all I think the project went well. I know I still need to work on creating a better concept statement that is more cut and dry to the point then the long winded on I created.