Melvin's Senior Project: Independent Component 2

I, Melvin Rodriguez, affirm that I have done 30 hours of work that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work

I have completed 30 hours of work by doing activities recommended by Dr. Fernandes, an architect, and Henry, a student of architecture at Cal Poly Pomona. These activities include scale drawing, sketching, practicing on the CAD program (Computer-Aided Design), constructing a craft of my own, and understanding 3D objects and their volume. Doing these activities would cause me to get more familiar to architectural concepts, and thus help me understand my topic that much more. The minimum time was passed easily as drawing requires a lot of time and effort, the CAD program required hours of lecture from my service learning, as well as videos to better understand the program before I even began to use it. I also spent a few hours analyzing my house to see the measures and most accurately replicate the structure into the CAD program the best I can. Every day I naturally sketch so this accumulated into my hours as well. When it was all done I knew that my essential question was going to be that much easier to answer. Through the process of completing my independent component I saw that architects have to see things from another perspective. For example, a box is not a square, it is a cube, if you take one side of that box you will be affecting the four sides around the one that was removed. The other thing I learned was gaining a mental picture of a certain object that measures a certain amount, and use that measure when trying to scale a part of a structure. For example, When designing my own home through CAD, I imagined my 10 foot basketball court laying across my room and noted that my room might be a little more than ten feet wide. Last, but not least, I learned that dedication is important when designing a structure. While Henry was lecturing me he noted that the architecture studio is always open because students usually stay over night to finish their work. He said that sleep was something an architect has to give up in order to get the job done because there will be nights were the project is due the next morning.

Calendar: Architecture Independent Component 2

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