Mr Jacksons handin part B

Precedent study

Week 2 of my life as an intern @ Archescape Architects

Amongst the many projects that Archescape Architects were awarded, was a project in delft the project was to work on the Community Health Center. The projects consist of the renovating/upgrading of the pharmacy, as well as designing and constructing a new ARV treatment unit.

So on my first week we (my boss Mrs. Zainab Fakier and I) prepared for the stage two meeting with the client (Department of Health) so we had to pin up work in a boardroom in Parliament (for a major crit session)

Zainab (my boss) presented her work and the clients were very impressed and I was blown away. Now I understand the importance of the crit sessions we endued in 1^st year. And surprisingly she too had to follow similar steps as we did in 1^st year namely, reading and understanding brief, researching precedent and compiling a site analysis then concept and design concept then present it all for her clients and get their input then back to the drawing board n prepare for stage 3 submission. Wow funny how one didn’t think such small detail in a project was so important in industry.

That was the highlight of week 1 in industry I feel im going to learn soo much from Zainab, because she handles the whole company on her own so I have the opportunity to get one an one explanation and teachings on activities around the office. I am not only exposed to the basic architectural drawing skills but also the business aspect side, setting meetings, meeting clients, working on data bases and sending emails n formal letters to companies, and not to mention going to site.

I cant wait for week 2 J

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