First Week

Well I survived the first week of school. Its been an interesting experience so far. I have two extensive design studios this summer. One focuses on analog/hand means of expression and the other is digital expression. I have had to do lots of sketching and its always intimidating to show that to the rest of the class but I have been surprised that I am not as bad as I thought I was.

My class has a total of 8 people. There are two girls Mikaela who is from Sweden and Laura who is an economics major who finally decided to do what she really wants to do. They are both fun girls and really cute. My teacher joked with the guys that they should be thrilled because we have the highest concentration of cute girls in architecture ever. It was pretty funny. Everyone in the group is really easy to get along with and we have a lot of fun together. Friday we went out to Antelope Island to study different landscapes and how they determine design. We had a great time.

The worst part thus far has been the commuting I am doing. I drive to the U and then usually run errands downtown for my projects then I go to work which is on the west side of the Valley, then I head home. I will be glad for this Friday to roll around so I can quit. However, I have been managing my time pretty well and I might try to do some work-study on campus to cut down on the amount of loans I am taking out.

So the projects I have been working on thus far are a perspective sketch of Huntsman Cancer Institute, a brochure of HDRI images of Salt Lake City architecture, research project on Rick Joy a famous desert architect, and also we are designing a modern art structure on Antelope Island. Marc has been great with taking care of me and making sure everything with the house is taken care of. I also have been attending an institute class in the morning before going to class. Its something I have never done but I felt like it was really important for me to do this and I think it has helped a lot with my sanity so far.