The past couple weeks have been a blur because with finals and deadlines for projects; its just been one thing after another on my 'to do list.' I can't believe I'm already in the home stretch with just two weeks to go before I go home for the summer. I just had my 20th Century Architecture final on Tuesday, which basically required me to memorize an endless number of buildings and all the background information on them. We also had a preliminary crit for the final project in my Structures:Tectonics class working on analyzing the California Academy of Sciences by Renzo Piano. I've made multiple 3D models of the building from the research my group has done in order to produce various drawings to present our conclusions about the building.
In studio, everything's finally coming together. I'm at the stage in my elementary school design where I'm able figure out the details like window placement, materiality, landscaping, etc. For this coming Tuesday we will have to show the instructor new drawings and models that will basically serve as a dry run for our final crit, which will be on the 24th, the last day of finals week (meaning for the next two weeks I will essentially be living in the studio).
I was able to enjoy some of the recent sunshine and warm weather today though, as my 20th Century class took a trip to visit the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard, which is the only building LeCorbusier designed in North America. It was a nice culmination to the semester (as our final is done and all that's left are two papers to turn in); it basically served as the summarizing work of this extremely influential architect with which we have spent considerable time with in class.
(The Carpenter Center)
I also was able to sneak away last week to go to a Bruins game against Tampa, which was really fun. I had never been to game before and only to TDBanknorth Gardens one other time for the Beanpot last year. It was good to get off campus and do something new to break up the incessant work that everybody's had lately.
As always feel free to ask any questions!
