thoughts 9.11.06

Today we've hit yet another brick wall it seems. We've managed to come together and synthesize our ideas into one project, which is great. I felt pretty good about this one, but it seems that we've aimed too high. The issue for us as a group now is to work within a given restraints (budget, personal criteria, time) to make this unit that will best suit our needs. We were all pretty stuck today on where to move because we don't want to backtrack and waste time. I think we realized today that we've analyzed the structure and make-up of this project, but now we have to run some tests to see if what we are being is actually comfortable and whether it accomplishes its given task. I have also been thinking of other ways to approach the design ( are the sides merely faces, or can their surfaces be altered in a way that they maintain our previous studies while offering something more?/ Is the unit one solid, or can it be segmented to offer variance?) of the unit, given all the things we've learned so far. I think we're on the right track with this project and I hope to see a resolution that we can be proud of.