Week 8 : 16 hours 10/26  – 10/30   Isle of Palms – Sandlapper Design Group   Monday : 4 hours I started a new project this week in SketchUp.  One of the company’s Herlong owns is Sandlapper Design Group and they focus the majority on renovations/remodels.  The clients bought an existing beach front house […]

Week 7 : 16 hours 10/19 – 10/23   3213 Middle Street Project – Sullivan’s Island   Monday : 4 hours I worked on a final render for the clients with a few minor adjustments.  I processed a higher quality image for the renders, and while they inevitably took longer, they are very crisp and […]

Week 6 : 16 hours 10/12  – 10/16 3213 Middle Street Project – Sullivan’s Island   Monday : 4 hours I worked on adding details to the model today such as light fixtures, outdoor furniture, and plants.  I also re-evaluated the material choices, and edited those on Podium.  I have really learned how much time […]

Week 5 : 16 hours 10/5  – 10/9   3213 Middle Street Project – Sullivan’s Island   Monday : 4 hours I had a meeting with Cintra (interior designer) and Steve this morning on colors and materials for the house.  It was neat to be able to change colors and add textures while sharing my […]

  Week 4 : 16 hours 9/28  – 10/2   3213 Middle Street Project – Sullivan’s Island   Monday : 4 hours I worked on a detailed render (rather than the sketch look) for the client on the 3213 Middle Street project.  I used a program called Podium that is an extension to SketchUp.  I […]

Week 4 : 16 hours 9/21  – 9/25   3213 Middle Street Project – Sullivan’s Island   Monday : 4 hours I spent time today researching and looking through a few extension programs for SketchUp.  I have always just used different styles of the drawing exported from SketchUp, (casted shadows, rough edge lines, color, etc.) […]

Week 3 : 16 hours 9/14  – 9/18   3213 Middle Street Project – Sullivan’s Island   Tuesday : 4 hours I returned to the office today. It was great to see everyone (at a distance of course)! I met with Steve, my boss, and we talked over some changes and updates that needed to […]

Week 2 : 16 hours 9/7  – 9/11   Hope’s Sparrow – Flatfish & Program Learning   Monday : 4 hours I worked learning a new program that works with SketchUp called Layout.  I will be using this to work on Design Review Board submittal documents.  It’s a really interesting program.  I started by going […]

This week was a great week at the firm!  Monday, I continued working on elevations for an existing house on Sullivan’s Island.  I also took about thirty minutes to confirm some measurements there.  It’s so nice because the house is only a couple of blocks from the office, so I got to walk over.  I […]

This week, I moved on from the Albrecht SketchUp model, and I am very pleased with how it turned out! It’s the first project that I have ever been that detailed in on SketchUp. On Tuesday, Steve Herlong and I walked over to a house on Sullivan’s Island about 3 blocks from the office and […]