Day 7
Today we would be 112' above the ground.. sounds scary doesn't it but I don't think i'll get over the fact that I was that high up and I wasn't moving or riding a roller coaster. We went up the tower to take measurements of the floor so that we can design it when we get back to New York City. It took about 15-20 minutes to climb all the way to the top but once you do and you're up there it feels amazing. Dani, Baljinder, and myself climb and we loved it. I started calling the howler monkeys the same way the tour guide at the Belize Zoo did the first time. I failed but at least I tried to. Patricia and Professor Lia were downstairs taking measurements of the base and the foundation so that we can out information together to produce a nice model for Jacob. We came back down and went back to the kitchen and dining, there we sat for a long while producing ideas about what to do with the tower and what programmatic activities we can include in the tower. That evening we presented a section of the tower and explain each individually what we thought would be appropriate for each floor.
Patricia's Blog
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| Tower ideas presentation |
Baljinder's Blog:
Tuesday January 13, 2015. Today after breakfast we went straight to working on our designs. We had a short trip to the Hicattee Turtle Pond where Marcelleno and Tom gave us a brief overview on how they have been designing the structures around the BFREE property.
After returning from the small lecture/workshop we went back to work.
We sketched away our ideas with Prof. Lia intervening and critiquing our designs. The help was greatly appreciated. We believ that Prof. Lia is an awesome professor and guidance.
Marcelleno popped in to see our designs for the kitchen. He gave us advise and told us to use the most practical design.
A short while later we had lunch.
After eating we discussed Marcelleno's ideas and how they benefited our design. We decided to come up with revised designs and proposed ideas for the night that we would present to Jacob our client. Jacob always seemed to be interested in all the ideas we suggested, if not confused.
Walkiria and I were determined to dry our clothes so when we say the sun up, we ran to the Bunk House to put our clothes out to dry on the tree by our house. And met some chickens along the way.
We had hope that our wet shoes would dry.
I called my mom before dinner to let her know I was okay and the events up until now. She missed me.
Of course it started to drizzle so I had to hang up and run back to the clothes before they got wet. At least they were drier than 4 hours ago.
The group went back to hard work.
Beyond the dry clothes we joined in for dinner before we had to present our final sketches to Jacob. We were going to leave BFREE after breakfast the next morning.
Dani's Blog
Today was a work day (terrible, I know) so we spent a majority of the time at the dining hall sketching away. For a "break" we toured BFREE again and talked to the carpenter staff on site. We heard from them on the quality and way they construct everything from structural to furniture on the site, and brought us back to the Hicatee pond. Here we heard more about the future plans Jacob has for BFREE, and learned how to sketch on leaves in a pinch (Professor Lia will never cease to amaze me).
After our lecture "break" was over, we returned once again to the dining hall to spend the rest of the day working. After dinner and presentations for Jacob (and the other guests at BFREE) we had our beds calling to us once again.
After returning from the small lecture/workshop we went back to work.
We sketched away our ideas with Prof. Lia intervening and critiquing our designs. The help was greatly appreciated. We believ that Prof. Lia is an awesome professor and guidance.
Marcelleno popped in to see our designs for the kitchen. He gave us advise and told us to use the most practical design.
A short while later we had lunch.
After eating we discussed Marcelleno's ideas and how they benefited our design. We decided to come up with revised designs and proposed ideas for the night that we would present to Jacob our client. Jacob always seemed to be interested in all the ideas we suggested, if not confused.
Walkiria and I were determined to dry our clothes so when we say the sun up, we ran to the Bunk House to put our clothes out to dry on the tree by our house. And met some chickens along the way.
We had hope that our wet shoes would dry.
I called my mom before dinner to let her know I was okay and the events up until now. She missed me.
Of course it started to drizzle so I had to hang up and run back to the clothes before they got wet. At least they were drier than 4 hours ago.
The group went back to hard work.
Beyond the dry clothes we joined in for dinner before we had to present our final sketches to Jacob. We were going to leave BFREE after breakfast the next morning.
Dani's Blog
Today was a work day (terrible, I know) so we spent a majority of the time at the dining hall sketching away. For a "break" we toured BFREE again and talked to the carpenter staff on site. We heard from them on the quality and way they construct everything from structural to furniture on the site, and brought us back to the Hicatee pond. Here we heard more about the future plans Jacob has for BFREE, and learned how to sketch on leaves in a pinch (Professor Lia will never cease to amaze me).
After our lecture "break" was over, we returned once again to the dining hall to spend the rest of the day working. After dinner and presentations for Jacob (and the other guests at BFREE) we had our beds calling to us once again.
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