Helping 2013

Interviewed: Joseph Luna

04/24/2012

1. What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

Joey: I plan to do something involving criminal investigation because that is what I will potentially do in the future.

I told him to talk to Jaime Cervantes for help on his topic because he is doing something related to criminal investigation so he may help him out in order to get connections.

2.  What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning which is due prior to senior year?

Joey: I want to work with my local police station for 10 hours.

I told him that it is a good idea, and it would be better to get commitment from that police station were he would get the fifty hours for senior year as well as the 10 hours in the summer.

3. What do you hope to see or expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?

Joey: I want to get ideas for next year which can help me present and see the good and the bad things that they do in the presentation and carry the good onto my presentation.

4. What questions do you have about senior project?

Joey: Is there any specific way I have to write my essential question?

Make sure your answer is not too general and that every word in the essential question helps people understand what you are trying to find.  
I told him not to worry too much on his essential question because he will get a lot of help next year during class.

Fourth Interview Questions

For my fourth interview I plan on interviewing Erik, an architect from Cal Poly who specializes in environmental design in order to back up one of my answers to my E.Q. which is, "going green is most important to consider when designing a structure".

1.  What is most important to you when designing a structure?

2. Has the demand for sustainable architecture risen? If so, how have you adjusted to the demands?

3. Why would an architect choose to design a sustainable building rather than a conventional building?

4. In your opinion, which is the best piece of sustainable architecture that you have seen?

5. Which is an example of a bad piece of green architecture that you have seen?

6. I previously did an experiment where I compared a green roof to a conventional shingled roof by placing the two different platforms in the open to absorb heat from the sun and prove that green roofs will repel the most heat and thus cut energy costs for utilities like air conditioning. That being said, what other way do you believe a student like me could prove that sustainable architecture is important?

7. Do you believe it is more difficult to satisfy a client visually with green architecture?

8. Would there be a difference between rural and urban when designing a sustainable structure?

9. How would you make sure green architecture lasts as long or longer than conventional architecture would?

10. How would you get around a design when there is lack of resources that you would prefer?

11. What are you most proud of as an architect in environmental design?

12. What happens when a design does not prove to be as suitable as planned?

13. Do you believe grassed roofs will be an eventual substitution for shingled roofs?

14. How difficult would it be to transition a normal house into a sustainable home?

15. What is the most important factor to sustainable architecture?

16. What do you know about the history of sustainable architecture?

17. Is it hard for an architect who is used to designing conventional houses to transition into these new green houses?

18. Does "form follows function" apply better to green architecture?

19. Who's work do you admire the most regarding green architecture in the past?

20. What kind of research do you recommend I do in order to prove that green architecture is most important to consider when designing a structure?

Blog 11: Third Interview Questions

I plan on interviewing Dr. Fernandes. He previously did my first interview but I did not feel like I got enough information from what I could of had received from him, especially with his broad experience in the field of architecture.

1. What must you always account for when designing a structure? why?

2. Throughout your career what have you had most trouble with involving architecture?

3. What do you emphasize when designing a structure in order to make the people happy?

4. What do you emphasize when designing a structure in order to make your costumer happy?

5. When accounting for the surroundings of your project, how do you design in order to make your surroundings better?

6. What annoys you the most when designing a structure? Why?

7. How can surroundings degrade your project?

8. Does an architect get to choose the location of his/her design or is it all on the costumer?

9. What troubles you most when working with the construction team?

10. What design that you have done are you most proud of? Why?

11. What design anywhere in the world do you look up? Why?

11. What design do you feel is terrible anywhere in the world? Why?

12. How do you account for wear and tear when designing your structure?

Second Interview Questions

Service learning mentor: Coming soon!

1. What interests you the most about the construction of a building that made you pursue it as a career?

2. What is your educational background?

3. How does your educational background help you in your career while you are working on a structure?

4. What projects have you completed during your career that you are proud of the most?

5. If you didn't pursue your current career, what else would you see yourself as?

6. What. major obstacles have you had when pursuing your career? How did you overcome them?

7. What major obstacles have you faced during your career? How did you overcome them?

Interview Check!

I plan on interviewing Dr. Fernandes who is a licensed architect and also my professor at Citrus College. He has all the credentials you can ask for in an architect and is capable of providing me with the best answer and lead me into the proper path as a mentor. I will plan on asking him the basics about architecture first so I can get an idea of how it is going to be for me in the upcoming years and also see what I should start doing to get me ahead of the competition.