Week 2

Week 2 went by quick! I've been going back and forth again and again between two different organizational layouts, but I think I finally made a decision. I think half the reason I struggle with design so much is that I make too many assumptions and that I never know how to move forward. The other half is that I get distracted too easily. I didn't used to...
Anyway, now I know what I need to do, it's great. I just hope I can get it done in time. It probably didn't help that I took a mental health day today, but sometimes you just need a break.


Concept model


Organizational Diagram


Rough plan


Entrance sketch

In other news, we did an office visit Wednesday at Field Paoli, the firm that did the renovation on the Marina Branch Library (our site). The talk we heard was really helpful, informative, and inspiring. It was also really helpful just to see how their office works. Then on Thursday, we had our first case study meeting with Arcanum. The guy we met was a Cal Poly grad who had gone through the S.F. program so it was really good to hear his story and see what he's doing now. The project we're going to be studying also sounds really cool: a historical renovation.
The mid-review is next Friday so I'll probably have much more to talk about next week.