Today, I sat down with my mentor and discussed the topics found in Dana Cuff’s book, Architecture: The Story of Practice, in which she discusses architectural praxis. Praxis is the day-to-day practices that are apparent in each firm; however, the way an individual firm approaches the concept of praxis is uniquely based on its culture. […]

Author Dana Cuff defines Praxis in her text, Architecture: The Story of Practice: “architecture [is] a practice or collection of practices, an art.”   As I discussed the term praxis with my mentor, she stated that the process of practicing architecture is relatively similar across the board for the development of a project, like the standard of […]

Business & Marketing Choices While Design Division has their own website and Instagram, marketing is difficult because of their affiliation with the city. Due to the legality and political issues projects usually have, marketing for these projects becomes a legality issue. Thus creating an overarching problem of transparency of information to the public. The branding […]

Client/Contractor Relationships  The topic I’m choosing to write about and the topic of discussion between myself and Jacob has to do with client and contractor relationships. A lot of what is done within the office of the Real estate developers is in the details of contracts and the relationships that enable those deals to be […]

Project: Entitlement Research  Project Manager: Jacob Lindsey    Tuesday – 09.20.22 This was my last day compiling qualitative data into my presentation. I also was tasked to create a population density map for downtown Charleston. Axp. Hours: 4      Category: Programing & Analysis Wednesday – 09.21.22  I began my day finishing my graphic for […]

Projects worked – 22 Westedge(Novotech/Punchlist) Project manager – Nick Galizia   09/19/2022 – Monday AXP hours – 3 (Project development and documentation), 1 (Project management)   This week I started working on updating the drawings for Novotech Upfit on 22 Westedge. Coordinated with MEP and went over the schedule for the project.     09/20/2022 – […]

Contracts   Discussion included various topics under Contracts. I learned how contracts work and how it’ll help in conflict management. Contracts play a very important role in practice.    What is the difference between a proposal and a contract? A proposal is a document that describes the scope of work and services that will be […]

The fact that the architecture field is called a practice means there is an ongoing learning experience that occurs in each project. Each project requires adjustments according to project type, design, timing, contract type, and the complexities of the players involved in the decision making process. These adjustments are better made through ongoing practice and […]

Monday 9.19 (Total Hrs: 4) AXP: 4 PPD;  Today, I took the CAD file of the plans for 27 King and began modeling it in Revit. I finished modeling the first floor and began adding in details for the proposed kitchen Tuesday 9.20 (Total Hrs: 4) AXP: 4 PjM I set up views for the […]

Monday (9/19/22): Today, I worked on adjusting more drawings for 11.5 St. Philip Street. Total Hours (3:44) | AXP Hours – Project Development & Documentation Tuesday (9/20/22): Today I continued worked on 11.5 St. Philip Street creating CDs for permitting and finalizing sections. Total Hours (4:02) | AXP Hours – Project Development & Documentation Wednesday […]