The spring semester is already 4 weeks in, and I haven't had any free time to explain what they've been about. Both classes started out with the idea of human comfort and what we need to do to create comfortable living spaces while building them as a efficient and sustainable as possible. Thankfully they are now both of my classes are diverging, with the one class being more of a lab/project creation, and the other is more of an engineering/research course.
One thing that's becoming apparent is my lack of specialty within the program. I've thought of myself as a visual designer with a great knowledge practical construction methods. However, I'm discovering that every one of my skills are trumped in one way or another by a number of peers and it's quite discouraging. There are Architects and Interior designers who can imagine a space better than I could, as well as common knowledge as to how things should be designed. Then there are those with construction management and development backgrounds that far exceed the skills I've accumulated. It's a little discouraging, but also it's forcing me to try exceptionally hard to catch up and get a better understanding of the material. Things have already drastically changed within one year, I'm excited to see what can happen in the next.
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