Day 21: Project development 2

This was Gijs' last day in studio and the students effort to refine their project at the level of the master plan continued. In a number of cases some rather useful models were made that tried to sort out the form of the project at an overall scale. Others worked through digital means to try to solve the problem of the form of the project and its relationship to the site. This effort will continue as we move into the final 3 weeks of the quarter, but there is some satisfaction that the projects are reaching a point of clarity at a time where the students will be able to fully represent the range of their concerns and selectively develop some areas in detail. As instructors we have noted that some projects have this capacity for detail and some do not. Rather than a criticism it is an observation that some projects rely more on detail and others provide a more general response. It was hard for Gijs to leave at this point, as it was also for Claudia, but the students have gotten some great input from them and we are all grateful for their participation in the studio.