SUMMER INTERNSHIP ATLANTA 2015
WRITTEN REPORTS June 1-26, 2015 Total Hours: 160
Week 1/12
Day one began with a welcome into the firm by Human resources. After receiving a debrief of general employee information, resources benefits and a tour of the office introductions took place between the intern and the professionals. They met to discuss the direction and goals of the internship and also introduce the current projects. They proceeded to a meeting and assigning the intern with site analysis and concept development. During the week the intern was subjected to Revit Training sessions that lasted for a week 4 hours a day, covering workflows in the office and general tutorials. He produced a topography contours for an ongoing project and setting up renderings for the said project. He was invited to a Lunch+Learn by Hydrotech, a green roof company. He was also given a tour of remodeled residential homes in the Atlanta area by the Interior Design Principals in the office.
Week 2/12
The intern took the finished topography contours and proceeded to model a 3D model of the site. He coordinated the building to fit into the site and cleaned up the geometry to prepare for fabrication. Learning+Development was Early Stage Modeling. Neighborhood meeting took place giving overview of the office currently, and the direction in the coming month.
Week 3/12
The digital model was fabricated using CNC router. Production of design books for HigherEd projects began, organizing and reviewing files, photography and construction documents for publication. Lunch+Learn of the week was Barrier-One, a concrete additive mixture. Learning+Development was Integrated Project delivery teaching about Newforma, Blue-beam and techniques to optimize workflow. A breakfast was organized among principals and interns to make introductions, advice and networking. There was opportunity for Q&A.
Week 4/12
The design book for a project was finished and sent for test print. The intern interviewed the CEO of the firm gaining knowledge on leadership and problem solving. Learning+Development session with marketing principal was set in place for young professionals to introduce them to the business side of the firm. Rendering from the ongoing project has been resumed. The intern learned Vray and got access to the firm’s resource libraries including Rosetta Stone License to begin learning another language.
June 29-3, 2015
July 7-10, 2015
Total Hours: 40
Week Hours Total: 36
Total Hours to date: 200
Total Hours to Date: 236
Week 5/12
Week 6/12
During this week Ricardo was brought into the team to help prepare for an upcoming an international project pursuit interview. He participated in several team meetings with the principals, landscape architects and coworkers discussing the direction of the presentation and interpreting the project scope. After team consensus he was delegated with another team member to produce a digital animation of the presentation portraying the schematic ideas to be presented. They were also in charge of making a physical model of the site and of the schematic configurations that portrayed setbacks and programmatic features. The model was made digitally and then 3D printed. The programmatic components were hand painted and the setback envelope was hand modeled. After completion of the model they helped prepare material for the interview to the specific interests of the clients and invited to overview the final product before presentation.
The project bid interview took place on Monday and the client was impressed with the work presented. He reviewed and organized drawings from projects showcased at the interview, from hand drafted drawing, digital visualizations to original sketches. Ricardo learned about working as a contributing team member on a project and how Perkins+Will secures projects. He resumed his rendering assignment for the Camp Dining Hall facility learning about V-Ray for 3DS Max. He explored more in depth specific material detailing and how to reproduce realistic effects. He was also given access to a resource library of components he could use and reference to create his own custom components.
Ricardo began reviewing ongoing projects and organizing them for marketing documentation purposes to facilitate the production of published material. The principals and associate architects met with Ricardo to review the book he produced of one of the projects and gave him feedback to edit. He accessed hand drafted renderings and digitized them to include in the future publications that will be used for client meetings, pursuits and marketing endeavors. The book consists of photography, construction documents, renderings, models, videos and conceptual work involving the project giving Ricardo a holistic insight on how projects are produced from start to finish. The value of this assignment is being able to see this process on a variety of projects of different disciplines.
INTERNSHIP GOALS ACHIEVED
1. To work as a contributing team member on projects.
1. Camp Southern Ground, LDS Bangkok, University of Kentucky
2. To learn how firms or organizations secure and complete projects.
2. Katie Pedersen: Project Manager, Dan Watch : Marketing
3. To participate in meetings with clients/developers/neighborhood groups. 4. To observe how the LEED project checklist works. 5. To find new materials and furnishings resources for projects. 6. To improve my ability in taking field measurements on site. 7. To enhance my knowledge of rendering using different software such as 3D
Director 3. Weekly and Monthly 4. LEED study materials, University of North Texas Union 5. Product representatives came in weekly 6. Visit to Museum One Place construction site
Max, Rhino and Photoshop.
7. VRay for 3Ds-Max, Rhino digital fabrication and documents
8. To gain experience in the production of construction documents.
8. Site Topography
9. To apply my knowledge of Revit (or other BIM software) in design develop-
9. Camp Southern Ground Dining Hall model development
ment and documentation. 10. To observe construction progress at project sites.
10. One Museum Place 11. Lunch and Learns regurlarly scheduled biweekly including
11. To increase my knowledge of architecture/interior design/historic preserva-
concrete, carpet, green roof, landscaping, ultracompact facades
tion by attending lunch and learn lectures in the firm.
etc.
12.To gain exposure on different markets such as branded environments,
12.The Atlanta Office has Branded Environments, Healthcare and
healthcare, urbanism and education
K-12 on top of Higher Education departemnts.
13. To learn about new innovative architectural systems
13. Lunch+Learn fro concrete additive, green roofs, pvc free vinyl
PROJECT SAMPLES
DESIGNBOOKS
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS UNIVERSITY UNION
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS PHILADELPHIA TEMPLE
STUDENT EVALUATION As a summer intern at Perkins+Will Higher Education division, I was responsible for the book design and organization of completed and ongoing projects with the purpose of having them as a presentable reference for the firm and potential future clients. The books goal is to provide a holistic understanding of the project from design concept to completion. I was able to get a extensive comprehension on the Texas A&M Memorial Student Center, University of North Texas University Union, Philadelphia Latter Day Saints Temple and Case Western University Student Center. Additionally my duties included to provide support in digital and analog model making (study and presentation) for a pursuit and current projects. I was brought into Camp Southern Ground Dining Hall project for model making and renderings, Latter Day Saints Temple pursuit in Bangkok for presentation models, Moving in the Spirit Dance Studio for study models and University of Kentucky Student Center for topography modeling. The documentation provided to Professor Jones consisted of weekly written reports that gave a description of the tasks done throughout the week and included the internship goals that were achieved. Images were attached when possible to support the report. An hour count was included to keep track of the requirements. On top of the weekly scheduled communications Professor Jones and I had a midterm review interview over the phone assessing the effectiveness of the internship to the date, goals achieved and advice on how to pursue any pending or new goals for the remainder of the internship after the required hours were achieved. The benefits of the internship in terms of career preparation are more than I bargained for. I learned about the business side of architecture such as pursuits, marketing and liability. Additionally I learned more in depth about concept design, design development, construction documents, construction administration, and project management. Great exposure to numerous Lunch+Learns of several architectural systems and construction materials.