Architecture doesn’t know the difference between day and night. This is especially true when working on a model the day before a review. I do not advise this, but sometimes that’s how it is. We’ve made the most of it, though!
The last month of the semester causes stress levels to increase and sleep to decrease. We’re in our community garden’s semi-final design phase, and it seems we’re all going insane. The past week has been dedicated to finalizing a design, delegating tasks, and completing those before today’s review. We’re meeting with Parks Conservancy, Greenheart, the city, and the community at the Singleton Park site.
I’ve been working with Maddi and John on the physical model for this review, and it’s been a challenging ride, but it’s never smooth sailing when you have an important deadline. When you need things to go correctly the first time, it seems like the world is against you. For example, etching the site plan on our base took ten rounds of trial and error, but we finally got what we needed.
Even though the base took forever to find a solution, everything else fell into place once we solved the problem. The structure, furniture, and site plan came quickly.
If this project has taught me anything, and probably my classmates too, it is to work through failure. The failure is only temporary, so you have to push through. This is especially important when building a physical model and completing drawings because errors will be made. Instead of letting that hinder you from working, you learn to go with the flow and have patience.