First week of private work

This week I was approached to design, draught and do tender drawings for a new second dwelling. I spent about three hours with the client, discussing ideas, likes, dislikes, wants and needs for the house, and by the end of it all a rough sketch plan had been produced. I also had to draught a garage addition with a louvered roof. And to top it off I had to do layout drawings for our new kitchen so that we could get quotes for the cupboards. It was a very, very busy week indeed. I feel that a 9-5 job is much easier than working from home, although when working from home traveling isn't an issue.

I also got to visit an amazing house on Simons Town's mountainside.

1st week back, and last week at work

On returning to the office on Monday, we found out that our architect's health was not so well, but nonetheless the week started, and I was given the task of doing a rider plan for a carport submission, as the architect involved in that project had passed on. Re-drawing the existing plans was quick, but in reality the building was slightly different as some of the work on the plans had not yet been completed. Google maps' street view helped sort this out quickly, and the drawing was completed with shadows to help show the different planes on the facade.
On Thursday we went to Kirstenbosch gardens as a site visit and took time to analyze Untamed, and the sculptures around the garden.
Today we went to the office to give our boss a parting gift; a book called "Living Buildings". I spent the week looking for a suitable book for our architect, and he seemed to love it. He was very thankful for us, and we thanked him for the invaluable experience that he gave us in our second year. And with that, my 10 month practical is complete, and I will spend the rest of the year doing private work, and preparing for 3rd year.