The other day I took the oppurtunity to visit an architecture firm because I was having trouble with my project. I was not able to figure out how to build a physical model nor the material to use for my mixed use building. Soooo here is the story.
I parked my car on some street not knowing whether it was legal, but I put some coins in a metal poll assuming it will be alright. Then I left searching for an aesthetic building that would resemble modern architecture to make it easier for people like me to find an architecture firm. However, walking on North Aurora St. does not provide that instead I saw an inconsistent array of street numbers and buildings without numbers. Finally I found the Holt Architecture building: nothing special it was cold inside, but it looked like a normal grey building. The secretary was curious why I was here and probably wondered "what's this kid doing here, ah s*** he is walking towards me, hopefully he is not trying to sell me something." I told her that I was looking for some assistance and advise on my architecture project, assuming I came to the right place. She told me to sit down and Eric will come down to talk to me. I thought it was interesting that Eric had to come down instead of me coming to Eric, like I had to be approved first before I would be allowed into the lair. Eric is a very nice guy and a craft designer he invited me into their work offices, where I can meet this guy ( can't remember his name but he graduated from Cornell as an architect and looked fairly young ), whom would be able to assist me more. The guy was busy working on a design with his co workers so Eric told me to have a seat and wait for him. During this time Eric and I had a very nice conversation about my wise project and architecture in general. So the "guy" was done with his previous work and took the time to talk to me. I told him that I am having problems with building a physical model and I do not know what material to use. He showed me some of their models that look extremely good and persistent with their design. They were all made out of chip board, foam board, very little plastic if needed, and their business card. The business card is biodegradable and has a 2 inch ruler engraved on the card. Me being an environmental activist was just blown away by the business card; absolutley fascinating. I wish I took some pictures of the models. Furthermore, he told me I can get the material from the CornellStore that has a specfic section for architect majors. Also he told me the scale of my model should be determined by the amount of detail it has and from a perspective of how good it will look by the size. When he was showing a model of a hospital he couldn't remember where it was built so he asked his colegous, but they had no idea, so they got into a little curious arguement wondering what that project was for. They called it an incomplete project ( they laughed ). I was amused because that arguement started because of me. He also showed me this really cool model of a green roof being built on the Cayuga Medical Center. I was greatful for the adventure to Holt because I got to see what real architect's do during the day, successful in solving my problem, and they invited to come back if I would experience any problems.
