Hey guys I am sure that you have been anxious to
hear from me since the last time that I have posted on here. These last few weeks have been a
blur. School has really started to
pick up between all the different classes, projects, and work there has hardly been any amount of time to think.
I
guess I will start by letting you know what is going on in my studio
class. During these first few
weeks we have been doing research on Rio da Janeiro. During the course of the semester I will be working on a
master plan for the post Olympic Games.
The problems that I am trying to answer are combining residential living
spaces within a touristy area, and commercial areas that can serve both the
public and the residents of the site. This has proven to be a challenge so far
and I assume that it will continue to be as the culture and area are completely
different from anything that I have ever experienced thus far.
In
my favorite class Systems and Environments we are learning how to apply
building codes to the actual structures that I am going to be designing. Problems that are presented to me are
parking amounts per building user, how tall can the building be built according
to how big the site is and what kind of building typology it is. Learning how to translate and decipher
these types of codes and applying them to a conceptual and eventually a final
design is what I believe the biggest take away from this class will be.
The
other major class I am enrolled in is called Research Methods. This class is educating us on how to start
researching our thesis topic as well as how to begin writing and describing the
problem that we are trying to solve throughout the next year.
I
hope to keep you posted as to what is going on throughout the year. I will try and fill you in on things
other than school. Well that is if
I ever make it out of studio. I
hope you have fun reading what not just me but all my classmates as well are up
to throughout the year.
Thanks
for tuning in.
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