Gathering it all together

With D.C. looming closer and closer, we are taking steps to gather everything together. Graphics, teeshirt sizes, proposal revisions, and document sorting are happening all around. We have decided to take a diorama that will exhibit our intent and research as well as demonstrate our application to design. This should be an interactive experience for all.

Results with Sam

We were able to talk to Sam Mortimer from the New Norris Project who won the same EPA Grant a few years back.  After contacting him by email a few times we were able to meet with him a few times and get some tips.

Meeting with Sam Mortimer – 03_02_14

Things that we need to consider or be able to answer:

Set up a strategy for presenting:

                  How many people at the booth at once?

                  Do we have one or two “know-it-alls”/”MCs” that can point certain questions to certain people?

                  What are people’s strong points?

                  Our main speakers need to be good at…

                                    Being efficient.

                                    Confident in answering.

                                    If don’t know the answer, know the plan.

                                    Show the WANT we have to build this structure.

“Can you build this with 90,000 dollars?”

“How will this educate people at different levels? How will this empower people at different levels?

-        Building Industry

-        Architects

-        Communities

-        Students

“How are you interacting with the groups you are working with?  How are all the groups benefitting from this project?”

Understanding how this project EMPOWERS people.

Set our goals for Phase II.

How are we going to evaluate afterwards?

We should have a 1 minute speech, 5 minute speech, 20 minute speech.

Get on Archinect.

 Meeting with Sam Mortimer – 02_28_14

Things that we need to consider or be able to answer:

Why does England use green oak? Because they have an abundance of resource, because of tradition, etc.?

Know our data – we know our idea, but we need to be able to throw out the numbers to back it up (and make that data easy to grasp, making the idea apparent)

How did we come to the conclusion of the prototype as the correct solution?

Be able to understand what design/build is.

With explaining design/build…

                  We know what we are doing.

                  Explaining the Fab Lab, and the resources our school has for a design/build.

                  What we are learning as architecture students.

Go over EPA stuff…

                  What are the goals of P3?

                  Why does this competition exist?

How can we have community engagement? Either engage before the competition, or have a plan for how we WILL engage the community with the project.

What will we do with the diorama after the competition?

Talk to _______ about Earth Day. – How can we get more involvement on campus?