A DESIGN JOURNAL

Monday, April 25, 2011

Research Paper

What does the future hold for our cities as they look to evolve and become more and more sustainable. That was one of the main questions I was looking to explore with my research paper this semester. While this is a loaded question that in which I only grazed the surface, I had a lot of fun researching the topic and learned a lot from it.

Atlanta Trip

Inthe later part of the semester we has the amazing opportunity to travel to Atlanta and visi some of the top architecture firms in the area as well as in the world. They consisted of the following, Gensler, Ai3, ASD, Herman Miller, Tvs and more.

networking assignment

Throughout this semester we were required to attend two professional networking events where we were to meet with 5 professionals and get to know them. I attended an AIA event and a Virginia Tech, school of architecture and design alumni event where the Dean of the School of Architecture spoke on their Lumenhaus project built for the solar decathlon. Both events were awesome and I learned a lot from the professionals that I met with.

business plan

For our mock firm we were required to come up with a logo, a business plan and other marketing materials. These images are excerpts from the business plan, and they include our logo, letter head and organizational chart.

Personal Marketing Package

One of the main projects we had this semester was a personal marketing package that consisted of a resume, cover letter, business card, leave behind and portfolio. The images above are examples of my work from this project and an excerpt from my portfolio. Most of my pages are layed out similar to the one above.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Mock Firm Proposal


To compete in the international skyscraper competition in Chicago this year we were asked to submit a summary portfolio. This along with a resume and some words about ourselves allowed our instructor to place us in teams more appropriately.