My SLO Summer
The following posts are about the Cal Poly Summer Architecture Career Workshop. I attended the program in 2013 when I was a junior in high school and I can't recommend it enough! It is a great way to get a taste of what architecture school is really like and see if it is right for you.
Summer Workshop RA
This was my third year working as an RA for the Cal Poly Summer Architecture Career Workshop. I attended the[...]
Sunset Over Day Two
Beautiful sunset over day 2 of the architecture workshop. Tried to capture it in a watercolor - almost there but[...]
Back At It
I'm back at Cal Poly as an RA for the Summer Architecture Career Workshop! I attended the workshop when I[...]
Final Model Virtual Tour
Remember my Final Project from Cal Poly's Summer Architecture Career Workshop? Well I finally got around to modeling it in[...]
Throwback Thursday: Meet the RAs
This Thursday, I’m throwing it back to just about a week ago, introducing you guys to the last two RAs[...]
Final Project
I can hardly believe that it's already been a month and that my time at Cal Poly's Summer Architecture Career[...]
Final Project Sneak Peek
Hello everyone! I can't believe it's already the end of the architecture workshop here at Cal Poly. I've met some[...]
Throwback Thursday: Apple Inspired Dining Room
For the last Throwback Thursday post, I'll be reminiscing on my very first post... Back in 2009, I designed this dining[...]
Investigating Site
On Saturday, we hiked up into Poly Canyon. In addition to seeing some of the old architecture projects up there,[...]
Motivation Monday: Success
Good morning everyone!It's the last week of camp and I can't believe how far we've all come. After pushing ourselves[...]
Earthquake High-Rise Project
This morning, we constructed high-rises that we put on an earthquake simulating shake table in the afternoon. We worked in[...]
Sail and Truss Project
Wednesday, we had another Architectural Engineering project. The professor showed us different methods of making spans, like with trusses or suspension,[...]
Five Cube Project
On Tuesday, we started Architectural Engineering with another cube project! Given a number, 1 to 5, we had to design[...]
Throwback Thursday: Warm Great Room
It's Throwback Thursday once again!I'm throwing it back to one of my personal favorite designs this week...the Warm Great Room! What's your favorite[...]
Meet the RA: Ariana
Today I have another wonderful RA to introduce you to, Ariana. She’ll be a fourth year architecture student studying in[...]
Sun and Shade Backyard Project
Today we had another guest professor, JoAnn, introduce us to sustainable design. We focused on sun and shade in our[...]
Urban Design Project
These past few days we've had a guest professor, Umut , teach us some basics of Urban Design. We started with[...]
Meet the RA: Chip
Hello everyone! I’d like to introduce you to another of my wonderful RA’s today, Chip! He’s a third year architecture[...]
Motivation Monday: Drive
Good morning everyone!It's sad to think that camp is halfway over, but we've learned a lot and make some great[...]
Throwback Thursday: Prefab House Design
It's Throwback Thursday number two!Remember this?My Prefab House Design!What are you reminiscing about today?This post is part of a series[...]
Meet the RA: Braelyn
Hello everyone! I had a fun first weekend in San Luis. On Saturday we went downtown to sketch and on[...]
Downtown Sketches
Saturday morning we went to downtown San Luis Obispo. Mark talked about how climate can influence architecture and how cities grow[...]
Photo and Light Projects
After our photo safari on Friday, we printed out two of our pictures and mounted them on cardstock. Then we[...]
Motivation Monday: Passion
Good morning everyone!We made it through the first week and that fearless creativity sure did help! Now that we're settled[...]
Watercolor Lesson
Today we had a watercolor lesson! Yay! I've been wanting to learn how to do watercolor for a while now[...]
Shading Lesson
Yesterday our drawing lesson was on shading. We played with value and texture in art and architecture. Our homework was to add shading[...]
Photo Safari
We had a guest professor today and he talked to us about photographing architecture by focusing on details and composition.[...]
Suspended Music Project
Yesterday we worked on a project in pairs to make something inspired by the rhythm and emotion of music. My partner[...]
Throwback Thursday: Pink Apartment Model
Welcome to my first Throwback Thursday post!If you aren't already familiar, "Throwback Thursday" is a social media "tradition" to post[...]
Materials Project
Mark and the RAs loved my double cube. I think what made it so successful is how you could tell[...]
Perspective Lesson
For our drawing lesson today, we learned about perspective! Yay my favorite! Our homework assignment was to draw our dorm[...]
Motivation Monday: Fearless Creativity
Good morning everyone!We made it through an eventful first night in the dorms complete with a power outage and a[...]
My SLO Summer: my experience at Cal Poly’s Summer Architecture Career Workshop
Hello everyone!I have very exciting news to share today!! Over the next four weeks I'll be participating in Cal Poly's Summer[...]