Wow, this week was kind if bitter sweet. Im definitely feeling myself wake up with less energy in the morning these days and sometimes I even wish that I was back at Tech haha can you believe that?!!

The week's work was less busy than usual but that increased as the days went by. I have been put on a project by my mentor and it feels really good to be working alone on it with her as she is also able to see my abilities and is starting to rely on me more, I couldnt ask for it any other way.
I've learnt while working here that while you may seek and recieve help from the workers around you, it's still your own work at the end of the day and everyone has their own personal style as to how they do things. Thats what I have been playing with while drawing up the plans for this project. I have discovered what my personal taste is as far as how my drawings are presented, the layout of my plans, line weights etc.
I have also met up with a past CPUT student who will be graduating with her BTech soon who is eager to help me with any technical issues I might be having and also teach me to use the latest softwares to help with how I do my work and is valuable to know in industry.

Earlier on in the week I was running back and forth from council with drawings that I had ammended for a different project that is to be built soon. There was some challenges in that as I had to find solutions to problems that was identified by the examiner and that we just couldnt change because of contraints of the project. I now finally know more or less how the ammendment/ re-submission process goes.

Happy its weekend, have a great weekend guys!

Okay, now my neck feels broken!

This was not the greatest week so far for me. I felt tired and lazy for the entire week and I think that the public holiday that passed added to that. I managed to get my work done though, and because of brilliant planning and time management, I was able to have my portfolio and task ready for todays submission without having to stress or worry about it.

Lisa has been giving me more tasks this week. Not only has she started me on a new project all by myself but she also ended up putting me on others. Im definitely not overworked working here but I know that Im getting the range that I need and if I need work, Lisa will provide. Great to know that I have her support.
One of our collegues has gone on maternity leave so that leaves alot of that responsibility on me where I will be assisting Lisa more closely, this is great news for me considering my current position as intern.

CAD is killing me physically! I definitely prefer working on computer because of it's conveniance and because its quicker but its definitely not agrreing with my neck...
When I read through this post, I realise that I might not have had such a bad week after all...Im getting the important things done and Im getting to actually enjoy this years learning process much more than I even thought I would.

March- week 3

So I must admit, I skipped a whole week of blogging because of last weeks's block dates that I attended Tech. Not much could be said for last week considering that I had a half week at work but something that has changed since my last blog is that we have recieved a proper and specific brief from the client of the project that we are currently busy on and we have since been working on the design. Everything existing has now been delt with and we have moved on.
My partner Gaarith has come up with a nice plan layout and has been making changes as we go along while my mentor is soon to start working on the elevation of the building. There are alot that needs to be considered when adding onto a heritage building that has a distinctive style as this 1.
I am not working on the design but I am part of the process. Ive completed a photo presentation that is needed for heritage purposes in the mean time.

Today my mentor briefed me on a new project that I will be handling alone with her during the next upcoming months. Im quite excited about it as I'll be visiting site alot because the plans are being approved and the building will be built shortly. For now though, Im just busy with ammendments of the plans.

Im so proud of last weeks block date submission and presentation because, even though I wasnt present at the time that the feedback was given as a class, I was told that my work was spot on with the entire concept and information. It was seriously pleasing to see my work being passed around the class for the others to see. This motivates me even more to always analyse and put in the needed effort for these tasks for this year and the ones to come.
anyways, im off to enjoy my weekend, ciao :) 

Week 4- First month completed

This past week started off busier than what it's ending...I have finally completed all existing plans of our current project and have moved on to the slightly more presentation part of things. Since I'm not too familiar with the use of Google Sketchup, my partner has started a 3D model of the building while I have been doing a powerpoint presentation combined with photo's. We have been to 2 different sites this week as well and will be attending the official opening of the building later in this month where the Mayor will also be attending to hand over the newly developed building to the city. *Exciting stuff*

This week has allowed me to complete and do alot of work for Tech without feeling rushed and overworked. I am quite pleased with the work that Ove done so far and continue to do. I particularly struggled however with finding precedent for our hub project for Studiowork but thankfully, after searching all week, Ive found meaningful and proper precedent that has already played a big role in my design development so far.

We might be given a new project to start in next week because we are still waiting for a proper briefing from the client on this current project so it automatically postpones the design process.

Anyways, so glad it's the weekend. I need lot's of sleep, I'm out :)