Moving ON!

There are so many good things that I have been involved with over the last 12 years; From large projects such as the Stanford Linear Accelerator phase two buildings, to the 8 classroom pods for seven different schools in the Fresno Unified School District. I have been lucky enough to work with some great people; people who have the same overall philosophy that I have...we do school planning and design to better the environment for learning for both the students and the teachers. And if it is not a school project, it is still an environment that people occupy, raise a family, grow old, drink and dine, have conversations and work. As architects we affect every segment of the population, poor, rich, young and old. 

Over the course of this last week I have contemplated where do I go from here? The last three years has been intense; building an educational studio and finding projects to plan and design in an almost none existent economy.  I leave behind some great talent, some great friends and some terrific projects. I love what I do; I enjoy having the opportunity to create environments that people can be excited about and I love working with great people. 

I have a strong connection to the beginning of a project, the program development, the definition stage. Where the base line of a project is set. Too many times this stage does not get the attention that it should. Time and time over I have seen a better end product when stakeholders have spent the time to thoroughly define spaces and functional relationship before design begins. Put down the "pencils" don't start drawing solutions until you have defined the issues. As I develop this blog, I hope whomever is looking on will add to my comments. You don't have to agree...just carry on a decent conversation!


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