2/9 Center For Architecture Foundation

On February 9th I worked with Manny, Ella, Niles, Maya (P), Henry and Jack G. After Grace (the tour-guide who told us what to do) finished giving tours to the children and parents, we helped assist the families in constructing a custom model of a environment effecient building. The work was okay. I thought that we would have to give tours about the information that they talked to us about. But in the end I was pretty happy that we didn’t have to give tours because I knew that I wouldn’t be able to remember all the info they gave us within about 20 minutes. I felt kind of nervous when I came in, because I was about 10 minutes late and I thought that I had set a bad impression. During the work I felt that there was one person that didn’t really want us there. I think her name was Catherine, but I felt that she didn’t really give us a chance to prove ourselves to her. For example: when I grabbed my camera to take photos, she told me that I couldn’t take photos. In the end, Grace allowed us to take photos and recommended that we do so. Well during that lesson I learned about all the great architecture buildings, that in their own way are very green. One thing I learned about myself is that I don’t like to make people mad or disapoint someone. One thing I learned about the organization is that they don’t just focus on green buildings for our future or in our country. They also focus on foreign country buildings as well. During the activity I learned that you can also make greener buildings by using rain water as a resource, planting trees and bushes, solar panels as a way to make energy, and making the building an air purifier. I saved the photos I took, and transfered the photos I took from my camera onto the server. For the next session, I plan on taking more photos and coming up with some information about how the organization got started, who is in charge now, and why they signed up for the job.

-Calen McGee