Week four was a week of finishing and touching up. Submittals that we had sent out to the engineers were returned to us. I logged these out, stamped them with the architect's stamp which acknowledges the architect's approval of the submittal, and sent them back out to the contractor.
Along with that, I finished the landscaping and roof plan. When the roof was finished, I spent my time working on the details of the landscape. I gave the rocks and trees shadows and colored the road that goes around the building site. I also gave the trees a less "graphic" appearance by putting a layer of linework of branches and leaves under the green color of the trees.
Two afternoons at lunch last week, the office watched short videos that I found very interesting. One was a lecture by architect and designer William McDonough. He talked about his philosophy of "cradle to cradle" design, which connects ecology and economics. He also showed designs of some of his work, including the world's largest green roof in Michigan and an entire sustainable city he's designing in China, all solar-powered, in which farmlands will be placed on the city's rooftops.
The other video was a lecture by architect Joshua Prince-Ramus who gave virtual tours of three recent projects: the Seattle Central Library, Museum Plaza in Louisville, and Dallas' Charles Wyly Theater. He showed how the design of the library came to be because of all of the limitations in place by the rest of the city (like where the highway was placed and where view in the city shouldn't be obstructed). In his preview of the Dallas Theater, he showed how the walls, stage, seats, and most everything else could be altered to fit the needs of what was being shown or displayed there.
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