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Neil Denari 03/15/17 Lecture @ SciArc

At the end of the lecture, Neil used this diagram to explain how he limits his design forms to a select few geometries.  Using, Johnny Ramone as an example, he argues that discipline is not always about becoming a master of everything within a given field, but can be about working strictly and rigorously within a given ideology. In turn, rigor will take you places no one has been before.

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NMDA / Los Angeles

I have been in Los Angeles for a week now, and I just finished my first week at Neil Denari’s office in West LA.  I tried not to expect too much when I started work on Monday, and I have been pleasantly surprised with the level of work that they have entrusted to me!

Throughout the last week, I’ve worked on a context and site model for one of their new projects, drawn a set of plans for Neil which he used in his lecture presentation at SciArc on Wednesday, helped the other interns photoshop some renderings for a fifty percent design meeting that Neil had with a client on Friday (which apparently went well!) and began working on a digital re-modeling of a project that has recently undergone several changes.

More importantly than the work I have been able to assist the office with, this first week has been a great learning experience as to how a small and very talented design office operates. To use a quote from Neil in one of our conversations: “This program is less about you doing things for us, and more about you becoming an autodidact of sorts; being able to learn about what we do and why.”  I’m very grateful for my reception at the office, and for Neil’s willingness to teach over the limited time that I have here.

I look forward to next week, and for the opportunity to be a tourist in LA over the weekend!

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Nick Michl/ Brooks + Scarpa/ Los Angeles

Tomorrow starts my first day interning at Brooks + Scarpa in Westchester of Los Angeles. What brought be to this firm is first the location on the West Coast, which is where I hope to eventually be. Also, I am a fan of the smaller size of the firm, their style, and how they work with many different types of buildings.

I am very excited for tomorrow and hope to learn about the workflow of a firm and more about west coast architecture.

Lets do this! 

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The first few days at the firm have been filled with amazing lessons on fabrication, design thinking and teamwork. Although we may never get the oil off our hands after these two weeks, we would have it no other way. 

-Thomas + Irvin

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Oyler Wu Collaborative // Irvin Shaifa

Tomorrow I’ll be heading to Los Angeles. It’s perhaps my first time being that far out west. I will be interning under Oyler Wu Collaborative. What interested me in this firm in the first place is the work ethic to office size ratio. I have no idea what to expect in terms of the ins and outs of such a consistent firm but hope to learn from that attitude and reflect in in my own work ethic. 

“Cali here we come man.”