Update...

After the meeting yesterday decisions were made regarding the food that will be offered to guests... the final decision is that the we will do a pot lock.
The following list shows what will be brought in by each team:


Geodesic-Visionary Elements: Tamales
OGO Studios and Ikkonyk: Shrimp trays
Urbanistiq and Symbiosis:  Deli Trays
Versa 1& Versa 2: Desserts
DERIVED: Desserts

*Drinks will be asked to be donated by Wal-mart

Thanks

Update

Hello Everyone:

In the previous meetings we have been discussing what we will serve....As waiting on the quote for the food from Britney she called communicating that she will not be able to cater for us.   We need to have a meeting ASAP to decide what will be our decision towards what we will be doing.

The sketch up model  is on Derived's blog.  Please do not walk in asking any Derived team member to give you a copy of this model via flash drive.  (Everyone who has acquired the file downloaded it from their blog and no exceptions should be made in order to be fair with all teams.)  

Also as a reminder, in the previous meeting we reduced the number of guests per student (It is 4 now),  I cannot extend any more that it is each PM's responsibility to let their teammates know what has been decided in the meeting.  In a daily basis I get questions asked about things that have been discussed in the meetings by your teammates.  Please take time to inform your teammates what has been discussed in meetings!!!

Tuesday meeting

In next Tuesday's meeting we will refine the layout for the presentation.  If you have any suggestions please sketch your suggestion and bring it in.   The PM's will decide which one is the best.

To all PM's as a reminder... we will also talk about the food that we will serve along with drinks, etc.    Please bring in your suggestions with the applicable information.  


The Layout must be decided by Tuesday as we have to pass that on to the EPCC staff.

Thanks everyone!!!

Presentation Layouts

Here is the layout for the presentation please print a copy. 

 In the same picture the schedule is attached.

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE

If you have any suggestions post them here or talk to your PM.

Announcement

Hello everyone,

There will be meetings with Prof. Barajas tomorrow by building type starting with:

• High-rise
• Mixed used
• Stadium
• Architecture School
• Transit hub
• Spiritual

As a reminder, we will have the usual PM meeting at 12:00 PM We will talk about the logistics and catering for final presentation

Versa will finish the highway to a 100% by the end of the studio period.

Since last Thursday individual teams had meetings with Prof. Barajas so we didn't had a chance to meet in order to audit the site model.  Therefore, we will do that tomorrow.

If you should have any suggestions post in the comment box below.

Meeting minute and update

Please check Derived's blog. (Updated sketch-up model should be found there)


In the meeting yesterday the status with the model was discussed regarding TOTAL COMPLETION and placement for the time when individual groups will start building their models.

• On Thursday, all PM's will audit the model and decide which components have to be re-crafted. (During the meeting we decided to cut the polystyrene.  However, Josh Jimenez volunteered to start cutting it.)  This task should be done by Thursday at the end of class.
• By next Tuesday, Versa will have completed to a 100% the highway.

Next Tuesday's meeting will be regarding organization for final presentation.  Please be punctual at 12:00PM

I would also like to remind ALL senior studio students to let know their PM's anything that might be important for each in order to discuss this in meetings.   From NOW, anyone who comes in the meeting not being a PM or a member of Derived will be asked to leave.  If someone wants to be present, they must ask their PM for permission to be present in the meeting at least 2 days before the PM meeting. The PM must ask then to the rest of the PM'S for permission.  For one voting no, then the permission will be denied.  

Tuesday March 15th meeting

There was a meeting on Tuesday where Urbanistiq, Symbiosis and Derived were present.


The remaining teams were not represented in this meeting.  


The decisions taken were the following:


1. We need to cut the polystyrene and ALL project managers must be present.  Prof. Brown has the cutter that we will use.  This tool will be available at request on the day that we cut the polystyrene. The decision was that all project managers have to be present.


2. The highway details need to get done.... we also have to bring this site model ready for the plug ins from each team. 


I also want to ask everyone to please take care of the model.  The plastic was placed in order to keep our site model clean.  So please, lets all try to keep the plastic in place.


Thanks everyone,


(I would like to remind everyone that there will be a meeting next tuesday March 22nd at 12:00PM )

Check Derived Blogspot

Check DERIVED'S blogspot the links to download:


AUTOCAD BLOCKING and SKETCHUP MODEL


THANKS TO EVERYONE,

DON'T FORGET THE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY AT 12:00 PM

Site plan printing

Hello Everyone,

As said in class last Tuesday the professors asked that we print a site inventory to the scale of our model.

The best way to go with this is the following:

For each team to do the massing on autocad of each building in the area that they built for the model.  This would have to include a legend with the buildings in the area and if they are historic or not, etc.

Geodesics would take the block that was left lingering last time
Symbiosis and Urbanistiq would coordinate with Derived so that they give you a section of the downtown area to do inventory on.

Attached is the autocad file to scale with just blocking. The file is found in the following link:  

http://rapidshare.com/files/450705143/Site_plan_blocking.dwg

This site inventory shouldn't take more than 1 hour to get done if everyone is well organized.  Let's have a meeting with all PM's as soon as possible. The due date to get all the blocks to Paola Muniz is Friday.

Thanks to all for your COLLABORATION!!

Tomorrow Tuesday

Please everyone make sure to be on time to class.

Mr. Barajas has asked for everyone to me to class on time.

We will tentatively have a field trip to the site depending on the availability of everyone. (so wear sneakers or comfortable shoes if you wish)

Thanks! SPREAD THE WORD!

Update!

Hello Everyone!

Just to let you guys know that the 2 missing links have been added to the class links.... 1 link per group (blog link) has been added, in order to keep everything more clear to navigate through.   If you wish to have more links (I.E. FB, WIX, Twitter, etc.)  Each group would have to add the link to that respective site on their blog.

Taking also a chance to thank all of those who have been very helpful with the model building helping with other elements of the model aside from what was assigned. Lets all work even harder to end with excellence this semester!!

Models are due TODAY!

Hello guys,


Today was the last day to turn in mass models.  However, speaking with several teams a lot of people won't be done by today.  Therefore, the LAST DAY to turn everything will be Monday.


I would like to organize a meeting for the following topics:


-Putting all the site model together
  We will have to set up a day to put all the mass models, streets, etc. on the base.


THANKS EVERYONE... =)

List!!

NO CLASSES TOMORROW!

Update...

Hello Everyone,


this is just an update regarding our site model construction.  


As many of you have seen the base for the model is already in the studio area.  


Many of you already know that an extra $10 per person quantity was required due to the changes in the model.


With the left over, museum board will be bought to place on top of the polystyrene... The tickets with the money spent are below... (Note that some quantities have been rounded in the calculations) 


Everything bought for the base except the polystyrene came to a total of 


$196.00 Dlls


The basswod came up to a toal of 


$199.00 Dlls


The total amount requested was initially $15 each which came up to a total of  $405.00


out of these $405 dlls 


$205.00 dlls used for the base and the other $200.00 used for the basswood.


*The quantities have been rounded in order to give consideration to those who have been using their cars to transport materials for the base.
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The amount requested last week was $10.00 dlls.  This, being for the reason that some adjustments had to be done to the base in order to accommodate whoever decides to design underground spaces.


so far the amounts given are as follows:


OGO STUDIOS = 30
VERSA 1 (BROWN) = 10
VERSA 2 (BARAJAS) = 30
VISIONARY ELEMENTS = 20
GEODESIC = 20
IKONYK = 0 
URBANISTIQ = 20
DERIVED = 20
SYMBIOSIS = 30


which gives a total of  $180


out of these $180.00; $95.00 have been given to Patrick for the purchase of the polystyrene.

The polystyrene sheets came to a total of

$93.000 Dlls

(Above, tickets of everything that has been bought so far!.. Click to Enlarge)

As an of today we count with $85.00 Dlls.


once everyone has payed, the amount that we will have is:


$175.00 Dlls 

with this quantity the idea is to buy


a) more basswood if needed.
b)museum board to go over the polystyrene (tentative)


I appreciate everyone's effort (financially) and disposition to make this site model the best possible.


If there is any question feel free to leave it on the comment box.  


As a REMINDER = I STILL DID NOT GET ALL THE LINKS FOR EACH TEAMS BLOG SPOT.  (IKONYK, URBANISTIQ, AND VISIONARY ELEMENTS)


Taking advantage of that I would like to call on a meeting Tuesday in any free time we have. 


The things to be discussed are = 


*Agreement on what material and color to use to cover the polystyrene.
*Coordination on streets sidewalk (will it be shown or not on the model?)
*Logistics of the PM's task to complete the overall model after everyone has built their own buildings to scale.(I.E. evaluation of individual buildings, placing of the buildings and streets needed, etc.) 

Update

We hope that you had a great LONG WEEKEND worth of a lot of work!!!

This is just an update regarding what has been done so far.

During last meeting Paola Muniz received money from the following groups:

Symbiosis = 45 

OGO studio  = 45

Urbanistiq = 45 Dlls

Ikonyk = 45 Dlls

Versa 1= 45 Dlls

Versa 2 = 45 Dlls

DERIVED =  45 Dlls

Visionary Elements = 45 Dlls

Geodesic = 45 Dlls

With the 340 Dlls collected so far; Basswood and MDF sheets have been bought.

-120 Dlls were given to Moises Morales. (This is for the construction of the base, if you can recall, Symbosis and Urbanistiq have this task assigned.)

-180 Dlls were given to Paola Muniz.

Basswood has been ordered and the order detail is as it follows:

During the meeting it was discussed that there will be given 4 sheets per person.  However, only 70 sheets were bought leaving that to an aproximate of 2 sheets per person.  

My proposal is that these 2 sheets are given to each person and in the case of needing more, those shall be requested to Paola Muniz.  She will keep the Basswood in her locker in order to keep track of the basswood we have.

In the case of more material needed to finish assigned areas

  1.These will be provided and the person has to ask only for the amount needed.

  2.If there is no basswood left but money in the overhead, more basswood will be bought at the local store and given to that person.

In the case of the material been misused or inappropriate model craftsmanship

  1.That person will have to wait for everyone to be done and then have the opportunity to receive extra         basswood if there is any left. 

  2.If there is no basswood left, that person will have to buy her/his own basswood to redo the model.

The idea of buying materials such as tacky glue and other materials needed is still being considered.  However, due to the uncertainty in basswood... there might be some glue bought (I.E. 1 bottle per group of 3)

To ALL project managers:  let me know if you guys agree with the logistics that I am proposing and if any of you have other idea let me know!! 

Minute of Project Managers meeting on 1/13/2010

Hello Guys,

In the meeting today we discussed the changes in the model building tasks of some groups.
Symbosis and Urbanistiq will be doing the base intead of visionary elements.  Visionary elements will now do what Symbosis and Urbanistiq was in charge of.  The site model base will be brought in next week.  However, the model building day is set up for the 27th of January.   (This date can be changed)

The budget for the model is as follows:

Base = 120 DLLS
Basswood = 180 DLLS
Overhead =  105 DLLS

Overhead is money left over in case more wood is needed, to buy glue, cork for the contours, etc.

The basswood to be used will be of a thickness of 1/32" and a dimension of 4"x24" which will be ordered online at the latest on Monday.

Thanks to all!!!

Next Meeting

The next PM's meeting will be Thursday.  

Project Managers, please confirm your attendance! 

Minute of Project Managers meeting on Jan 10th, 2011

This meeting served to decide:

• 1.       The scale of the model
• 2.       The area to be constructed
• 3.       Materials
• 4.       And, the areas to be constructed by each team

• The scale will be 1:30 leaving the model to a total dimension of 18.3ft by 4.7ft

Covering the area of:

 (West) El Paso St. to (East) Dallas St.

 (North) Wyoming Ave. to (South) Myrtle Ave.

(Click on Image to enlarge)

The yellow area will not be modeled. (To be tentatively modeled to give a faded effect in the model.)

The pink area will be left to each teams decision to build.

*The scale of the model was consulted with both professors and it is authorized

• The materials will be:

MDF sheets and 3/32x4x24 Basswood sheets for the topographic cork might be a possibility and to be revised still.

• The areas to be constructed by each team will be as follow:

DERIVED = El Paso St. to Campbell St. and topographical contours

Urbanistiq= Noble St. to Newman St.

Versa 1= Virginia St. to Ange St.

Versa 2= Lee St. to Dallas St and Highway

Geodesic= Langtry St. to Lee St.

Symbosis = Noble St. to Newman St.

Ikonyk= Ange St. to Noble St.

OGO = Ange St to Noble St.

Frank Beasley’s team = Base

During this meeting there were 2 persons elected to enact as final vote when there can't be a concise decision on  a particular thing.  For Prof. Barajas class Patrick Ondelacy and from Prof. Brown class Clarrisa Guevara.  Paola Muniz will have the 3rd vote if needed.

Minute of Project Managers meeting of January 5th, 2011

In the meeting three points were discussed concerning the site model.  

1. The materials
2. The scale
3. The area that will be shown

• The materials that will be used for the model is plywood and basswood (if contours needed, cork)

• The scale that will be used is going to be left to the best size. (1:40, 1:50, 1:60 are the tentative scales) the scale to be used will be known this afternoon at the latest.

• The area to be covered is shown in the image below.

(Click to enlarge image)

From North to South =  Montana Ave. to Magoffin Ave.

From West to East = Santa Fe st. to William st.

The next meeting will be held January 10th, 2011 at 10 am

Please be here on time.

In this meeting the group Derived will be present to discuss the ambition that each team has for the project so that design process can start from their part. 

 (The group named Derived refers to: Paola Muniz, Sammy Lopez, and Gabriel Gonzalez)