One of the most important lessons I have learned from my Senior Project thus far has been how to manage my time when I have no structured schedule guiding my work. This became clear last week when I felt that I was forced to rush my homework assignment at a pace that I was not comfortable with because I had underestimated how much time it would take me. I realized that the project I was required to work on that week was far more complex than it appeared when I read the assignment on Canvas. This lesson taught me how much of architecture school will likely involve assignments that are much more difficult than they appear. Designing a cube, for instance, may appear simple. However, it is important to take into account how much work may go into making this cube, especially if you want to be sure that the angles and other measurements are exact. I have learned since to structure my time more accordingly and schedule how and when I complete assignments more ahead of time. This lesson may appear obvious, but it was extremely impactful in my learning experience. I have spent my entire life following a schedule. This is the first time I have been able to make my own.

This does not relate to the Critical Reflection #2 prompt, but I wanted to let Mark and all whom it may concern know that I have decided to make a change in my project–I will speak more on it in my cohort meeting this Thursday. I have decided to shift from redesigning my family’s barn to recreating my 2D drafts I make in my design class into 3D digital models on SketchUp. The barn project was too abstract and I hardly have any time to travel there and measure it (I was never 100% sure on how I would, considering how tall it is!). Translating my drafts into digital 3D models will be a wonderful challenge that will relate to what I am already spending so much of my time doing. I may even attempt to 3D print them at some point if possible!