The last day of design week started with feelings of slight worry and panic.
We hadn’t started on our poster, and had forgotten to do two detail drawings.
As a result, we jumped right into it, knowing that our deadline was 11 o’clock.
I went to the library computer pool to print off all of our precedents studies. After going back to the drawing studio we set to work finalising the poster and delegating who would say what in our presentation.
When 11 came we had our poster up ready to go, and waited to see who would be first to do their presentation. It wasn’t us, which was a relief as the first group always has the most pressure to perform under.
However, we were not second either. We wound up being last to present. And as every group went by our group got a little bit more anxious, knowing we’d have to present soon.
Once it came to us, we got up in front of our model and poster, and jumped into it. I found that once we were going, it went well. We knew what we needed to talk about, and only made a few mistakes. I also feel we handled the questions aimed at us quite well.
I definitely feel that the day went much better than I expected, and I was very proud of my group for how well we managed to present our design and put everything together.
I also feel that the design week, while stressful at times, was good fun, as it was something different and added challenges I had not thought to encounter before.
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Jon Lee – Gore – Day 4, 12/11/15
Day 4 wound up being the crunch day for our group.
We had this day to finish off as much as possible before the poster presentation tomorrow.
This meant that for nearly the entire day I was researching the price of materials to get all of our costing ready. Sometimes materials were nearly impossible to find, due to them not being the sort of thing regularly bought over the internet (such as windows and cladding) while other items were in an abundance.
It was also important to try and find as many deals for bulk orders as possible, to really help keep the costing down. However, after working on the costing for nearly 7 hours, I realised that our group was running over budget, which wasn’t good.
However, after redoing all the costing on an excel spreadsheet, I found that I had in fact accidentally added one item twice. This resulted in us being instead quite under budget, allowing for me to then add in the cost of many other sundry items, such as kettles and microwaves.
Overall, I found this day the most stressful, as I was incredibly tired and felt burned out by constantly doing maths.
Jon Lee – Gore – Day 3, 11/11/15
On the third day of the design week we visited Chichester college.
Arriving slightly after 10, we were greeted and given a brief talk by members of staff on safety and where facilities were.
We then proceeded to the workshop, where we met the rest of our group and proceeded to work more on our model while the Hazelwick members went to a room with a computer to do more research on accessibility and sustainable procedures.
Work was slow going at first, as we were caught up on the progress and made a plan of what to do that day. We decided on finishing and attaching the cladding, and designing the roof.
We made reasonable pace, and we also managed to get a better idea of how the real cabin would stand and work, as the model made it more of a tangible design rather than just a theoretical creation.
At the end of the day we decided to leave the model behind, so that any finishing touches could be done, such as adding in the window locations and connecting the roof to the wall plate.I felt it was a good day all in all, as we managed to get some good work done, and we also had a good time of making jokes with our group members.
Jon Lee – Gore – Day 2, 10/11/15
On the second day we started by having a Skype call with out group members from Chichester college. This call helped us all get in line with knowing what would be done for the model. We sadly couldn’t call the students from Hazelwick due to them having classes during the day, but we were certain that they were on the right track for their research.
I started working on the cost of all the materials that would be used while conferring with the group members about which materials should be used, such as the dimension of the wood used in the walls etc.
During this we realised we would most likely come out at around the same cost as a shipping container, while having more internal space.
After lunch we had another brief Skype call with the members from Chichester, who showed us the progress of the model at the time, and we got each other caught up on what we were all going to be doing next. 
We concluded the day with high spirits, with the whole group feeling we had accomplished a lot.I personally felt very pleased, as our group really had it’s heads screwed on right for that day, and we managed to get a lot done. I was happy with my costing so far as well, as it was showing we’d made a good choice in not going for a container.
Jon Lee – Gore – Day 1, 9/11/15
On the first day we were introduced to our group mates and were given an introduction by the client as well as our brief.
A large amount the day was spent getting to know the people we would be working with for the week and getting an idea for what we wanted to build going.
While originally considering the use of a shipping container build after the talk on container homes, we eventually decided on using a modular system using stud walls as suggested by Kaine and Jude.We ended the day by assigning what tasks we should each fulfil the next day and organising a form of contact between us all.
I felt that over all we made some very good progress, and we all really managed to click as a group. I was very pleased with how our initial design wound up being so good that we stuck with it.
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Al Gore.
Al Gore was the vice president of America while Clinton was president. He is now a fighter for climate change.