excitement

yesterday i spent the entire afternoon deliberating over elective choices. Uni begins again on monday, and we (first year) are now faced with our introduction into a vertically intergrated design system, where we are learning (and presenting!) along side second and third year students. This is going to be intense!

So, yesterday we listened to the tutors offering their design studios with empahasis ranging from; the outcomes of design amongst volcanic activity in western victoria, liberation from the oppressive work place, building vertical gardens in urban environments, computer based design and algorithms, The effect of the body within architecture and the list went on for 15 studios! so much to choose from! I laid down my 4 preferences, and am actually happy with whichever studio ends up taking me through for the next 13 weeks.

After all this my friend Simon and I decided we hadn't yet had our fill of architecture for the day and went to the Architecture Institute of Australia AIA jury presentations, where representatives talk about why certain buildings were selected out of the hundreds of newly built designs. It was so great to hear Architects heckling eachother! Arguing over what makes a good building, and what makes a buliding utterly awful! good to hear the disputes never end.