Architekton

Today was a HUGE day for me. We received our first architecture studio assignments! Excitement rushed through me as I took the fresh-off-the-copier paper from Professor Ruff. My mind raced, my hands quivered.....

And then my jaw hit floor.

The paper stated as follows:

You are asked to make a construct that measures 9"x9"x9". You are allowed to use one, two, or three materials...intelligently. The materials used may inform the concept, character, and construction of the architekton. Is there an idea about your choice of materials - why those materials, how do they related to each other - do they affect the concept of the construct?

Ok, the first thing I thought was, alright, the first assignment. No sweat, Elliot, you can do this. I read the sheet a second time. Then, another thought: "Wait. What?!" The assignment is so abstract, so open-ended, that one can interpret it in any manner they see fit. The last line hit me in the face like a tiger mauling a zebra: Due: 27 August 1:00...

First of all, I blinked a few times, just to be sure that my eyesight was working properly. I pulled my jaw from the floor and it promptly fell down again. A two day deadline. What in the world. I truly felt like those guys in the Twix commercials: Need a moment? ABSOLUTELY. Nothing the professors said after that registered in my mind. Once class ended, I packed my belongings and drifted (Yes, drifted, because I was just that disconnected) to the bookstore. Still bewildered, I purchased matboard, wooden sticks, and an X-Acto knife for 30 bucks (School expense, so that's on the AmEx. Sorry Mom). Struggling with the gargantuan matboards and sticks, I returned to my room.

I flipped. Completely.

Then, however, I remembered something. I went to an IB school! If I suffered through four years of what truly was the Inferno, then I could survive anything. After convincing the Orientation Leader that my roommate (also an architecture major) and I just had too much homework, I got to work. I currently have an idea sitting on my computer screen (Thanks Google SketchUp!) and am somewhat ready to get to modeling. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that all of the necessary modeling supplies were locked away in my desk, in the architecture building, on the other side of campus. Oh well, guess I'll have to hit it hard tomorrow..

In the words of my fellow IB and architecture school comrade, Taylor Keefer, "welcome to the hazing period of architecture school."

-----The ArchiNerd-----

Skill Crane

Block Breaker

Black contrasting wood