Final Thought

The final review was a bust on my side of the panel however much of what was said by the panel was very insightful and complementary of my process and ambitions with the project. However my execution seemed to lack some conviction especially in the move to go underground, which was poorly rendered in the final drawings. I believe that my final drawings lacked the beauty and the beauty of the emotion from earlier in the semester. The reinforced the truth that presentational clarity is most necessary in selling a proposal and this is something I have seemed to struggle with in all final reviews. I need to tie up my ideas sooner and clearer, trust my intuition and continue to take risk and avoid be inhibited by failure. I believe that this semester I have learned a lot about not only myself as an (future) architect but as a person. I learned of the ability to take a risk and not be demoralized by failure, trust in my intelligence when making decisions and create only beautiful objects (nothing half ass) all things I have struggled with in the past. This semester, solidified by the direction of my advisor, ACT, my trusted professor, Luis Carranza and a most inspiring lecture by SHoP architect, Gregg Pasquarrelli, encouraged me to believe in my self my Field and to not be afraid to take a risk.

Architecture on a certain level is a bunch of bull shit. The politics, the limitations of "Styles", the lack of conviction, the restrictions put on design from contractors, lenders etc has diluted the Field. However DESIGN is not. Design is the most realest thing to me. The process in making beautiful things gets me off. Design beautiful obejects through the process of taking risks.