Weeks 6-10 Reflection*
For the rest of the quarter the objectives stayed the same as the beginning involving research, SketchUp models and reading. But the amount of work this quarter has decreased down to only 1 design for the remaining weeks because I was supposed to know this design from top to bottom for my week 10 presentation. My research that I have relates to looking up firms to see what firms fits what my style, types of designs such as cottages or luxury homes, my museum visit that’s not really a museum but it related to my project directly, and I was given a suggestion to research Frank Lloyd Wright who is an amazing architect of the 19th century that has a very unique set of homes he designed. My museum trip that was supposed to be planned in week six was canceled and rescheduled in week 7, on May 15. The reason I chose this as my museum visit is because from what I understood what the assignment said was: go to a museum and find something historical that pertains to your project focus and explain what you learned. My museum (building) that I visited was the Center for Urban Waters a LEED Certified structure in Tacoma Washington. My priority of doing a design for the second half of the quarter turned into me trying to catch up on my work, so I’m glad I made that tweak in my project. My seminar article week 7, I enjoyed hearing input from everyone and how the flow of my article went considering the interest level from my colleagues. For my final presentation I wanted it to go according to plan and be more professional than what I did for the other 5 designs, but in the end the whole thing did not go so well because things never go according to plan. Well I guess I can’t it was a complete fail because I did improve on not freezing up in front of a group, it’s just the organization of what I’m trying to say that needs improvement now. Overall the second half of the quarter taught brought me more experience in SketchUp, Word Press and a bit more in public speaking.