Week 07 Reflection

This week after focusing directly on the development and use of low embodied energy materials in Ireland I was able to garner an idea of the steps behind this processes and the potential materials which might be best suited to implement this into Ireland's construction industry.

Our tutorials at the end of the week were

in the form of group pin up presentations and the continuation of this each Friday for the coming weeks acted as welcome practice sessions for the final reviews. It was also

very interesting and inspiring to listen to the reviews of the others in the group and get a sense of where everyone was at.

During my review it was suggested that I look more closely at the qualities and aesthetics of the materials and how they would work together in a more architectural sense, rather than solely focusing on the technical abilities of the materials. This was something I had noted as important during the week and so I hoped to have a piece of work which looked more closely at these qualities ready for final reviews. It was mentioned also not to forget the spacial implications of each of the materials and to let the resulting design reflect the materials from which it is made. This had been a

point I had struggled with in week seven as I was unhappy with the fact that my material section more closely resembled conventional construction methods rather than reflecting the innovative materials from which it was built.