Blog 11 - Lesson 1 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your lesson, and why?
Well, to be honest, I am not proud of anything. Why you ask? Because in my mind, I did terrible. I didn't do as good as I practiced. I forgot information and blanked out for a little bit.

2. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson? Explain why you learned that grade using evidence from the component contract.
I would give myself an AP. I don't think I met time or even had enough content to fill the 7 min mark. 

3. If you could go back, what would you change about your lesson?  How can you use that knowledge to give a better Lesson 2?
What I would change about my lesson would be pretty much the whole thing. My hook was wack, my presentation was dull, and I seemed lost at times. Now that I know where I am at a 9 min presentation, I can do better by adding information I forgot and expand on details that I quickly skimmed through. 

Blog 10 - Interview 2 Reflection

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else?  Are you shadowing?  Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic?  If so, what?  Are there other people who are experts in the location?  Etc...)

I haven't spent a lot of time with my mentor. He has a busy schedule to keep and it's been tough getting a set date to mentor under him. He has bigger priorities to attend to and I am fine by that. There are other professional architects that I can shadow under in my mentors firm. 

2.  How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you? 

How I found my mentor was through my dad. He was actually pretty excited for me to get into architecture. 

 

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?  How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person

I will say, my relationship with my mentor, will be at a solid 7. Like my mentor doesn't dislikes me, it's just that it is hard for my mentor to find time for me. Even though we don't hang much, we are pretty comfortable with each other. Hopefully, I can bring up the rating. 

4. What went well in this interview?  Why do you think so?  What do you still need to improve?  How do you know?  How will you go about it?

What went well in my interview was that my interview had a lot of information. I could tell he had a lot of information but didn't want to continue because he was taking to much time. What I need to improve it getting more information about my topic. There is a lot more to my senior topic to fully understand it. I will go about this by doing more research and trying to find more than one mentors. 

Interview 2

Blog 9 - Advisory Prep 3

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).

I have a mentor but my status with my interview is still pending. I am figuring out which date would best serve my mentor and I. 

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons. 

An area in my topic that I am guided towards may be the designing part of architecture. There are a lot of factors that need to be considered in designing a building. A specific area in this could be the acoustic system on a building. I am interested in this because sound can vary, you need to design a room where it best fits the users needs. Another specific topic I can possibly focus on is the lighting system. Lighting is unique and there are different techniques used. 

3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?

What kinds of research that will help me that will gain more depth would be actual books about my topic. Article are wonderful, but I feel book will provide more information for me. I can get books where anyone else gets books really. I can either go to the library or if they do not have a particular book, I can possibly rent one online. 

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.

How can an architect successfully incorporate building regulations and a clients demands? 

Blog 8 - Independent Component 1 Proposal

I have some ideas on what I can do for my independent component. My first idea is that I can build a scaled model of a building or complex. My second idea is to help my summer, architecture professor build his house. Right now, he is building his house in Pasadena and I can possibly help him out with that. Building a model of a design is just as important as the designing of a building itself. A model helps visualize a scale model of what the architect envisioned. It gives me a prospective that a computer can not. They are not delicate things to mess around with. They are scaled down and properly measured so the architects know they are meeting the requirements they agreed to. It also helps them decide what needs to be changed and what works. Construction is also just as important as architecture. Architecture like to supervise the construction process because they want to make sure, what they design is coming out the way they want it to. They both go hand it hand together. Architecture is the idea that forms and construction is that magic that brings that idea to life! 

How I plan to meet the expectations of showing 30 hours of my independent component is taking pictures! How much more proof do you need to have than having a primary source? I can take a picture of myself doing some work. And obviously log it into my Senior Project Hours log. 

Blog 7 - Second Interview Preparation

1.  Who is your mentor and where do they work?  If their workplace does not reflect their expertise, what makes them an expert?

My mentor is Mr. Chung and he works at CMC Architects and Engineers. Their work place does reflect their expertise. His office and building space is filled with rolls, folders, and cabinets of blueprints and architectural plans. 

2.  What five questions will you ask them about their background?

Where did you get your architect licenses at? What college(s) did you attend to learn more about architecture? How popular would you say your company is, how well known are you? Is CMC Architect and Engineers are large company or is it a private, locally owned type of business? Did you have a mentor yourself or did you just learn on the way? What other types of activities have you done that relates to your career field? Have you done any other type of profession other than architecture? 

Blog 6 - Advisory Prep

1. What has worked well for you concerning senior project this year?  What has made it a positive experience for you?  

To be honest, it is still too early to decide what is working well for me or not. I haven't done much for my senior project yet so whether something is working or not, I would not know. There has been no positive experience for me nor has there been a negative experience. I guess you can say I am at a neutral state regarding my senior project. 

2. What are you finding difficult concerning senior project?  How can you adapt to make that portion work better for you?  How might the senior team help?

What I am finding most difficult concerning my senior project is that I don't know what to focus on about my topic. Yes, I have ideas on what to do, but I am unsure if I want to actually do some of those ideas. It is not a matter if it is hard or not, it is if it is interesting for me to actually want to do it. I have no idea how to adapt to make that portion work better for me. Maybe I can just suck it up and just pick something, but then again that would suck for me. How the senior team can help is maybe, I don't know, do my senior project for me? That would be fantastic! Just kidding! They could just give me more time for me to decide how I want to further pursue my dilemma, that would be wonderful. 

Blog 5 - Interview 1 Reflection

Link to Interview: https://soundcloud.com/lillego16/1st-interview

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  Is there anything I would do differently for other interviews?
The most important thing I learned from my interview was how important the design of a building is. This interview actually helped me know what I want to focus on in my senior project. What I would do differently for interviews is to formulate questions to help focus on my senior project. 

2. Did I get additional resources and contacts?  What is the most useful?  Why?

Yes, I got additional resources and contacts. The one that would be the most useful to me are the resources. Resources would be more useful to me because they would be more reliable to get to rather than relying on a contact that may or may not want to talk to me or even have time to talk to me. Resources are more accessible so getting information would be a lot easier. 

3. What makes my interviewee qualified to help me? 

What makes my interviewee qualified to help me is that my interviewee is a licensed architect. This person has been in the architect field for over 30 years. They are also an employee under my mentor and work for the same company. 

Interview 1

Blog 4 - House Advisory Prep 1

What I hope to accomplish through senior project topic is gaining experience of being an architect. Architecture is not as easy as it seems, drawing building and designing structures because they look cool. There are a lot of factors that need to be accounted for and through senior project, I hope to gain as much knowledge about the field as possible. What I also look forward to is be using the AutoCAD system. It is a software that aides the user in making designs and would be awesome to work with.

Blog 3 - First Interview Preparation

1. Who do you plan to interview? Why?

Who I plan to interview is my mentor, Mr. Chung, because he is a professional in the field. He has done both sides of architecture, the production side as well as the business side. He has a lot of experience and knowledge about the field and will provide helpful information. One person whom I would like to interview is my summer professor. He is also an architect and has been in the field for a long time. He is very knowledgeable about the field and is still working as an architect.  

2. Five question will be assigned to senior to ask. What additional questions do you plan to ask? Ask open-ended questions. What are open-ended question? 

Do you think architecture is going to continue to develop and evolve for the needs of society or will it reach a point where it will not advance? What is the best aspect of architecture? Is architecture a field of work worth going into? Do you regret any decisions of becoming an architect?

Blog 2 - Summer Mentorship

1. List the contact name, phone number, and organization of the person with whom you volunteered.

Mr. Chung (818-468-2505) at CMC Architects & Engineers

2. What qualified this person as an expert in your topic choice?

Mr. Chung has graduated an architecture school in Korea. He went to UCLA and has been in the architecture business for over 30 years. 

3. List three questions for further exploration now that you've completed your summer hours.

What is the business side of architecture? How stressful can architectural whether it is the business side or designing side? How would an independent architectural firm get more well known? 

4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

The most important thing I gained from my experience is knowledge about the field. This is important because it gives me an over view about the topic I chose and a possible career path that I could be interested in pursuing. 

5. What is your senior project topic going to be?  How did mentorship help you make your decision?  Please explain.

My senior topic is going to be on architecture. My mentorship did not have much of an influence of which topic I want to do on my senior project. I chose architecture because every other place I tried either rejected me or did not reply. 

Blog 1 - Senior Final Lesson/ Interview Reflection

 
 
1. What three lessons were most helpful for you to see, and why?

Three lessons that I learned that were most helpful to me was to be different, be engaging and interactive, and to not procrastinate. What I mean about being different is to be unique about my presentation. Being unique gives the presentation a different feel, where the audience isn't sitting through the same thing and are bored. To be engaging and interactive was one of the most helpful things because it kept the audience with you. They wouldn't be lost in their train of thought, rather they are actually learning something because of what I had to say was either something new or interesting. Not procrastinating is a big lesson I learned. Procrastinating can cause a lot of stress and the quality of my work can plummet, ultimately affecting my chances of a good grade. Something I do not want.

2. List one thing that you learned about the senior project in interviews that will help you get off to a good start?

One thing I learned about the senior project during the interviews, was to find multiple mentors early. One of the toughest part of senior project is finding mentors that are willingly to mentor me. Finding many mentors early will ensure me somebody that I can refer to if I need help. Finding a mentor can be difficult because some may not reply, some may take a while to reply, or some may even reject me.

3. What topic(s) are you considering, and why? 

The topics I am considering are optometry, video game design, and architecture. I choose optometry as one of my potential topics because I think the eyes are one of the most fascinating parts of the human body. I want to learn more about them and plus, I have the best eye sight in my family. Video game design is another topic I am interested in, is because of course I enjoy video games. They are my hobby and being able to understand part of the development is pretty cool. Lastly, I choose architecture as a potential topic is because it evolves engineering. Engineering is one of my career paths and architecture is an idea that seems interesting.

4. What EQ do you think might be interesting to consider in guiding a project like this? (Please don't worry about any sort of formula...we want this question to come from your genuine interest).

Optometry: What is the most important factor to ensure returning clients ? Video Game Design: What is the most important aspect of video game design to include when creating a new video game? Architecture: What is the most important step when designing a building for a client?

5. What are some ideas you have about finding summer mentorship?

Ideas that I have that could find me a summer mentor is calling every optometry center. I can call hospitals or even optometry offices in Costco. I can call different video game companies that allow me to shadow someone without disrupting their work. I can also call family members and family friends that can hook me up with someone who can mentor me.