Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

• For the 30 hours I plan on studying the blueprint for sustainable buildings and the benefits as well as the flaws. Hopefully this will give me more possible answers for the near future.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• I will volunteer with my mentor Erik Peterson.

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• This will give my topic more depth because it can lead to possible answers.

4.  Post a log on the right hand side of your blog near your other logs and call it the independent component 2 log.

Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
  (a) “I, Bryan Uribe, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
  (b) I completed my 30 hours with my mentor Erik Peterson 
  (c) Log of 30 hours.
• (d) Since my mentor was moving from the building that he was working, I was unable to really do any real research work with him but the conversations that we had the the research that he provided and helped me achieve made up for the lack of work. Since I was getting more time with research I decided to do my independent component on an essay or a breakdown on some of the sustainable buildings that my mentor, Erik Peterson, had showed me.
• INTERPRETIVE 

This was a superadobe building that Erik Peterson deisgned and that he gave me a tour of. The concept of building with the dirt on-site is a new yet efficient idea.

Here is how the structure looked during construction. Each bag is full of the on-site dirt.

This was the Western Christian School located in Claremont. It may seem like any other building but in fact it is extremely unique.

The Western Christian School looks similar to this structure because it is also built with straw-bales as a substitute for insulation and walls.

Learning about the different ways that a building can be sustainable from window orientation to the actual material that a structure is built from can drastically affect the sustainability of the structure.

• APPLIED                                                                                                                                                                        The component helped me better understand the foundation of my topic by allowing me to  connect the actual building with the blueprints that I had organized and asked questions about. Two specific examples of were of the Bridges Hall of Music for Pomona College in Claremont and The Super Adobe Building for Uncommon Good in Claremont. I was finally able to see how the blueprints corresponded to the final building. Erik Peterson also gave me tours of many of the buildings and explained the benefits and some of the flaws behind many of the different types of sustainable designing.

Lesson 2 Reflection

1). I made time which seemed to be a problem for some other students.

2). a. AE-/P+
     b. I met all of the "P considerations", I had two 3D cardboard props, and four published sources that were referenced.

3).What worked for me was the order in which I went because I got to see some examples while i still got to present so I could get it over with.

4). The thing that did not work for me was the projector blinking on an off the entire time that i was presenting which made it hard to focus and explain the content.

5). I think my answer #2 will be something to do with technology and the change that architecture has undergone because of it.

January:Extra Blog

This month was very different from the others because this month I was helping my mentor move out of the building that the firm was located. This affected my independent component because the volunteer hours that I was working were not completely relevant to architecture.

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

Third Interview Questions:
  -What is the most important factor when designing and building a "green" building?
  -What is the best way to intertwine landscaping with architecture?
  -How can green architecture and landscaping best be used together?
  -Is a green building more difficult to design? If so, in what ways?
  -How can an architect best meet a client's green needs?
  -What are some benefits of building a green building that you designed?
  -What are reasons that a client would not want to go green?
  -Who do you recommend going green to? (Individuals, organizations, or businesses)
  -How can an architect ensure that safety regulations are met as well as clients' needs?
  -When is a right time to turn green?

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 Hours Check

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?
Claremont Envirnmental Design Group

2.   Who is your contact?
Erik Peterson, an architecture for CEDG.

3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?   
So far I have 30 hours, I go once a week for two hours.

4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
I organized some blueprints from some previous jobs and organized them into either commercial, residential, or multi-unit. This allowed me to look at the work that was put into the job and the outcome of it.

Senior Project, The Holiday

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you over the break with your senior project?
-Before the break i sprained my ankle pretty bad which resulted in a brief pause in my internship because the building itself is two stories with several flights of stair. My parents wanted me to rest and to have a quicker recovery so that I may continue ASAP.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did and why?  What was the source of what you learned?
- Communication is very important in architecture because as the architect you must contact the different types of engineers in order to make sure that the building that you are designing is a safe and durable structure.

3.  If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
-Brooks Cavin is a founding principal of Claremont Environmental Design Group, Inc. He is a licensed architect and has worked in the Southern California area for over 30 years.