As most of the work was completed yesterday, today was a day of cleaning up and preparing for the handing over ceremony- this was also to involve the children and teachers, even us the students into the design by getting everyone to paint their hand print on the wall and also using the rocks painted by the children to decorate around the pergola.
My main learning of this day was our feedback session. John – the architect spoke about one of the things which we left out which was SITE ORGANISATION. This was us establishing where everything should be and how it would work on site. This is mainly management but enables smoother working conductions.
We spoke about site setting and accuracy of measuring, one needs to do this well and has to be checked more than once before construction occurs. Equipments have to be used correctly and also use one’s eyes to see and check things.
SUSTAINABILITY- this topic came about when we spoke about materials. The ideal conduction is any site is to source materials from the area; this boosts the economy and works well to bring about sustainability. When designing, one needs to think about such things as to design and built a sustainable building/structure. It is advice that we research and find out many materials with the best characteristics for the job.
This also showed me the difference between commercial building and design build projects. What we did in 8-9 days would have taken about 2-3 days commercially due to costs and more factors that arise. There was a great deal of attention to detail and perseverance during our project and it paid off in the end, we did great and the project was a success, everyone was happy.
UNTIL WE BUILD AGAIN...:-)
