Wednesday was a day of both technical and artistic exploration.  Students started with a lighting workshop, culminating in a ‘scavenger hunt’ across campus to locate and view specific lighting applications.  The afternoon included a perspective sketching workshop.  The afternoon and evening had students finishing the design development of their projects in preparation for creating presentation drawings.  They day ended with a night-time delivery from Insomnia Cookies! 

Tuesday started with a recap of the previous day’s experience, including a quick discussion of the clients, and inspiration images.  Students then created their floor plans at 1/4″ scale and added furniture.  We also discussed the design concept and required finishes and furniture.  We ended the day with critiques of the projects and determined the next steps in project development.

After checking in at Hathorn Hall, students began to explore design process.  Students were randomly assigned a client, an inspiration image, and a particular house.  Working in small groups they listed how the specific client profile would impact a design, then looked at the inspiration images to see what spatial and visual components could be drawn from the inspiration piece.  The day culminated with dinner at The Perry and a t-shirt design charrette.   It was a great first day!