a bit of advice at “two weeks to go”...................

Dear All:

This is a bit of advice at “two weeks to go”...................

This is prompted by seeing where most of you are at this point.

I know that your are still designing !!! Design is never finished! The task is to take what you have and communicate it the best you can. A slightly improved design but not communicated well is of no use!!!!

The wise thing to do is to know when to stop.

Some of you are still changing the overall scheme (but not may) and some developing a part of your total design and developing in greater architectonic detail, both in thde computer in the computer.


That is important to do right now so that you have time to extract interior
(exterior) renderings of your project.

Such renderings to be of high quality and not done in the last moment need time. So no more design changes

to what you have now in the computer, no matter how possibly good the new ideas. Focus on presenting well what you have, not what might have, and run the risk of presenting it badly. (I can think of one or two exceptions)

You must give time to preparing your final presentation. The time is now!!!

The time for major changes to your design IS OVER.

It would be unwise and self destructive to change the basics of your scheme now. Your attention should be

shifted to the strategic task of making a good overall presentation of what you already have. That is to present a “thesis” in all its aspects: including your précis(short statement of your overall goals) research/film, synaestesia, project and quality of verbal and visual presentation.



You all must eave time to pull this together. As you hearde said at mid review,
“just a nice design of a building without a well argued and presented thesis question. And research back up will not do”

You all have to stop design now.(with the exception of minor improvements
that do not affect your time frame). That is it.

Any comments from us or others now must be about your overall
research and thesis as it applies to the project as it is now. Anything
that slows you down or redirects your attention from thinking about
developing what you have and the shape of your final presentation
not helpful at this point.

Please consult the list of requirements for the final presentation.
We (Marc aand I) should be able to help with those questions.


Good luck to all….Dan