++ FINAL CRITS for studio were this past monday. final thoughts: when sustainability is involved or integrated into a design project, the stigmas attached to the "buzz" topic drive the feedback and the discussion from the critics. it dominates the design crit. which is frustrating when you spend a lot of time on other more pertinent aspects of the design such as techtonics and construction of the design. you know, the stuff which actually make it stand up. which by the way is not the green roof or the grasscrete parking lot. no, its definately the details in the construction which hold up a building. so when we have a tech crit or a final crit and we have been spending 6 weeks on it, well lets talk about that.

when studio professors ask you a question during the crit, do the already know the answer or rather they already know what they are looking for. its a sick game where if you don't say the "correct" answer, then you get a bad grade or negative feedback. its kind of like playing simon says, except simon never actually says and when you don't do what simon was thinking, then you are out of the game.

there is a definate differenceee in how undergraduate and graduate crits are posed. undergraduated being much more speaking by professors, almost another excuse for them to hear themselves talk or lecture, while graduate presentations hinge more on discussion and cross-dialogue between studenst and professors. ... or maybe hank just likes to hear himself talk.

oh yeah and go to boston on the weekend of july 4th. its r.gill's birthday and she wants visitors. ++