Term One

So now we have broken up for the Christmas break, I want to share what this first term has been like, both ups and downs.

First of all I have met some great people in the course. Even though in the introduction week was full of those awkward “ice-breaker exercises” you really don’t get to know people until you are all working together, having all the same problems and getting through them together. Now at the end of term one I have now a group of very good friends who have each other’s backs.

In terms of work, it has all been very enjoyable and easy to manage (that’s if you've not been going out every night…). I feel that the work that we have done is all just a warm up, it is preparing us for the bigger projects which are just over the hill that is the Christmas break. Already we have been given the next project of work entitled “LifeBox”. This project, introduced to us all in the final week has us working in coordination with a First Year Architect of our choosing, taking their work on the “LifeBox” and developing the idea into a fully functional and detailed final design. I can see this project being very fun or very complicated; you’ll just have to wait until next term to find out how it goes.

My most enjoyable project of work this term would have to be the “Make or Break”. Everyone in their individual groups became very competitive in what they buildings, seeing who could build the strongest structure or the have the most aesthetic design. When it came down to the final testing day everybody was looking forward to seeing whose would break and whose would work; im thinking that from the way everybody was acting the majority wanted to see some intense breaking of structures.

This may sound corny but this term there hasn't been any downs. The work has all been pretty enjoyable and by the end of term you feel that you've been friends with some people for years having a lot of funny and embarrassing moments. All-in-all, I am looking forward to the break being back home on the Wirral (missing the sea!!) but I am also very excited for what next term will bring.