Week 3 - Man, I thought a month to do one project was rough!

Week three has come and gone and not only am I mastering Revit, and becoming a pro at ordering samples, I am realizing what we do in studio in a month is being tripled and will actually be created by the five of us at Lauderdale Design Group.  We are working on the new UT Residence Hall, the new coaches addition, the Music Building and one more project that is healthcare related.  This week my job was to once again order samples, but this time I was put in charge of getting to choose some options that fit the concepts. I also was in charged of organizing the office.  After ordering so many samples and furniture pieces, we hardly had room to walk.  The office is almost all a material's library so it is very important to keep it organized.  In Revit, we are creating a library as a group project, and it is going to make construction drawings for finals a breeze! Thankfully my collar bone is healing nicely! It seems like I will be able to even play in the end of summer tournament! 

The Clean Office

As for the weekly journal topic,  Lauderdal Design Group is an Interior Design firm, and as such works with all different kinds of professions. We have already worked with lighting professionals, architects, and Reps from carpet, tile, and fabric companies.  The two principals of the firm both complete 12 hours of continuing education units a year though different things close to and in Knoxville.  Joy, one of the principles, also said that she is a huge believer in learning something new every day. Lauderdale belongs to AIA (Joy) and USGBC (Deborah) and IIDA (Dani).  As such both Joy and Deborah have their license and Dani is on her way to getting her requirements to take the NCIDQ.  There have been some conflicting views in design elements though some of our project where we have been told straight no on something we loved and had to scarp it because its all about the client and who has the money. 

As for new people I met, I actually didn't come in contact with anyone new this week. 

Comments

[MBR]

Lindsay, please update your post by adding a new person. Although your time is limited in the office, introducing someone you work with or meet during the week is REQUIRED. Please modify the post and make changes to the difference in the font sizes. Fonts need to be consistent to help in readability. Please read through your post and add back in specific examples of what you write -- not clear on who is a licensed architect through NCARB and who is a certified interior designer through NCIDQ. What do you mean when you write, "...works with all different kinds of professions." Detail would be helpful when writing about the company and your experience. Please review week three focus in Journal Assignment and give more detail of what is being asked to describe in the assignment. Do you fully understand the content through your experience? Please add images to your post that will help readers understand better your experience. I will revisit this post next week for more detail.