In the easter holidays I did work experience for a week at an architecture firm in Teddington called Architecture WK The Powder Rooms.
It wasn't related to any of my college projects, was just something I did in my spare time for my own interest. I will be studying Interior Architecture at university next year.
I was given the measurements and plans for a small house and my brief was to add a loft extension and also to extend the back of the house.
My final presentation sheets, I used Google Sketchup to create my model and Photoshop to add clouds/background and make my presentation look more polished and professional.
I had never used Autocad before so I found it very challenging to use the program for the first time. My task was to re produce the floor plans and elevation, I also had to use a scale ruler to work out the scale in 1:100 and also 1:50. The program works in millimetres and I took me a while to get the hang of firstly measuring the drawings with the scale ruler, converting the measurement into millimetres and then using Autocad to draw up the plans on the computer. Everything had to be correct to the millimetre so it was very precise and took a long time.
I am really proud of the work I produced as I had not used Sketchup much in the past, I now feel that I have a reasonably good understanding of the program. I'm also really pleased I had an opportunity to use Autocad as it is a program I will be using at university.
Doing work experience confirmed in my mind that I have chosen the right course to study at uni and I think it was a really worth while experience.
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