Assessment Step 8

Much better! I must say the Unit as a whole has certainly improved on this Step. Congratulations to all of you, and specially to those Teams who where having more difficulties on lastest stages. The difference is pretty obvious: you've finally decided to work a little bit, both individually and as the teams you were supposed to be. I hope benefits of this type of attitude are clear for all of you as they are for us. That'll mean you've really learnt something.

Of course there are still differences between the quality and quantity of the design developed by each group. And by each Team Member, certainly. But as I said, every Team has improved as has most individual work. Anyway, don't relax just now, because there still some work to be done, preparing presentations for next Monday and completing and/or correcting your documentation for the jury on May 30. All comments made to each Team and Team member should be included in the Final Semester Documentation presented on the Jury. If you have any doubts about what we expect from each one of you, we can repeat our indications next  Thursday during our normal class.

As on previous steps, we'll now make our Team and Individual assesment:

TEAM WORK

Design Team 1: Excellent. Great work during all semester with a really difficult proposal. We feell specially proud of your behaivour as a Team, making members who might have started with much less confidence on their individual skills, complete an excellent semester, really improving their work. Well done. You just need to complete a few things... Do it!

Design Team 2: Good work. Still some too big differences between the tasks developed by each member. It's time that people who have contributed less to the team, work hard and really complete a very truthful and interesting proposal.

Design Team 3: Good work also. Pity you've lost one member, but the proposal has finally found it's way out, after a few weeks where you seemed a bit lost. Now that you can see it, run to the finish line.

Design Team 4: Again, good work. Very good final weeks. But you need to complete the proposal. You started late. You've caught up the rest. But now you have to finish well. Don't stop.

Design Team 5: Good improvement. You seemed almost completely lost last steps, but now you've found and appropiate way to complete your design. We think you've finally solved your initial difficulties. Congratulations. But now, really complete and correct all those aspects we've spoke about these past weeks. Everything with "fit" in your design much better right now.

Design Team 6: Really good work. Difficulties with team work, late proposal, new model,.... But you've got there. If you are able to complete it you'd have designed a very good project against all kind of difficulties. 

Design Team 7: Good work. It should be excellent, but it's not. At the moment. We know it's difficult, but you must kind of press the pause button for a second and re-think, re consider, re-visit the initial model, and then decide the very special and particular values of your proposal. After that, design to achieve those goals. You've done the difficult part: Understand the possibilities and behaviour of the type of morphology you choosed. You must now explore and design with it's strenght. Don't walk back to previous or different type of buildings. Anyway... very good effort.

Design Team 8: Good improvement for you also. For a moment we thought we had lost you. You've sprinted well and you might make it. Complete your design and work as you've done these couple of weeks. Just a little more,come on!

INDIVIDUAL WORK

As on previous stage, we'll assess by tasks, rather than teams. We think you'll have a clearer idea this way:

Models:

Excellent: 1, 2, 4, 6

Good Work: 3, 7

Enough: 5, 8

3D Images:

Excellent: 1

Good Work: 6

Enough: 2 (complete and print), 5, 7

Must improve: 4 (solve your problems), 8, 3(out)

Plans, Sections, Elevations:

Excellent: 1 (but complete documentation requested or I'll personally kill you: All plans and elevation)

Good Work: 3, 4, 6, 7 (anyway, all four have to complete documentation)

Enough: 2, 5, 8 (quite a lot of work to do for the Jury)

Concept:

Excellent: 1, 3

Good Work: 2 (messy, clarify your ideas and presentation)

Enough: 4, 5, 6, 7 (have a look at previous examples. Remember, concept panel, not resume panel)

Must improve: 8 (not really presented)

That's it. see you on Thursday to solve any doubts you may have about these or any presentation step's topic.