Final Feedback and Reflection

During our review we got a lot of positive feedback as well as some constructive criticisms.  Our reviewers felt that we were very successful in the consideration of the vehicle activity on Lee street but that the pedestrian gets lost in our design. One suggestion to alleviate this problem would be to switch the placement of the retail space and the auditorium on the first floor so that the retail space could then open up to the community park and to Tate Street. This would help to encourage pedestrian activity through the park and up into the building and feed off of the existing activity on Tate Street. 

One of the guest critics, Thomas, was an architecture professor at UNC Charlotte, and he gave us great feedback.  Our building had "problems, but good problems, not problems that make you scratch your head and say 'what were they thinking?' " as Thomas said.  He said that as interiors students, we executed architecture better than he has seen any architecture student handle interiors, which was probably the best compliment we could have received. 

I feel very lucky that I had the opportunity to be a part of this studio and I would personally like to say Thank You to Travis! Having a professor that is an architect that works in a firm on a day-to-day basis and has knowledge of how processes and projects go in the real world was very beneficial. I learned a lot this semester and have a great project for my portfolio. Its been a long semester but in the end totally worth it. 

I also want to say thank you to The Form Stormers! (Matt, Debbie, Kemena, Jessi, and Marianne) We had a great team and thanks for making it a great semester and for all your hard work.