Summer Workshop RA

This was my third year working as an RA for the Cal Poly Summer Architecture Career Workshop. I attended the program when I was a junior in high school and it was a big influence on my decision to come to Cal Poly. Being an RA for the program is a great opportunity to give back to the next generation of architecture students. The RA’s organize evening and weekend activities for the students and are great resources for their questions about college applications and college life.

 

One of the highlights of the workshop each year is doing a site design project with the students in Poly Canyon. It’s a fun way to show them the structures here and teach them about passive design responses to sun and wind.

 

Site design project presentations in Poly Canyon. The students work in small groups to design a house in a few hours, focused on responding to sun, wind, and view.

 

Final showcase, photo by Josef Kasperovich. Every year, I am amazed at how quickly the students begin to sound like architects. These four weeks are so fast-paced and packed with important lessons. Their final projects blow me away every year with their attention to detail and thoughtfulness.

 

If walls could dream… they’d dream of influencing the next generation.