Every lab room has 7 teams. I have a separate post for each team with quotes from the status reports. I would like the students to speak for themselves so I have picked out a selection of comments to show the variety in design approaches.
project management:
“ Once there are three different concepts, costing and sustainability will work closely with these groups and lead them to one idea based on all the pros and cons.”
“Some anticipated roadblocks in the near future include but are not limited to upcoming midterm examinations.”
“At the moment all groups are on schedule and there has been excellent communication between teams. Each team is also making certain that the labor is being divided equally. Some resources that the teams have been utilizing include: Google Earth, the City of Calgary webpage and www.treehugger.com. Groups are also phoning contractors, realtors and city to further their research.”
“Project management has set out deadlines for every major developmental step on the project to ensure that groups stay on track and ideas are constantly integrated as the project progresses. As of March 13, all groups are on target for timely completion of the project.”
“The lab also chose its target client as families, single women and students. This decision was made as a lab by vote. These clients were chosen to present a realistic challenge and also address a major need in the homeless community. Families need a strong home environment and our lab felt this was something that could be addressed in conjunction with the needs of single women and students.”
“A lab-wide Gmail account has also been created to send all communications to and make use of Google calendar to schedule deadlines.”
image link:
http://caseydavis.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/house-cube.jpg
useful websites:
http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_780_237_0_43/http%3B/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/Development+and+Building+Approvals+and+Land+Use+Planning+and+Policy/Land+Use+Planning/Current+Studies+and+Ongoing+Activities/Transit+Oriented+Development+TOD/Transit+Oriented+Development+.htm
http://www.aiasdrg.org/sdrg.aspx
http://www.treehugger.com
