two weeks...

so the first competition is over. the boards were submitted and we will find out in mid to late December how we did. The office is pretty dynamic, people move around and form groups as projects come together and then move as they are needed elsewhere. I moved my desk just a bit and now I am working on another competition. This one is in a completely different direction than the last. The project is a master plan development. The client is redeveloping what is now their port arear and turning it into residential, educational, cultural, etc etc.... its a huge area. Something like 2.5 million square meters of land.. not counting upward development. So we are working with a team of planners and engineers to develop the initial proposal and begin to give some definition to the areas they are calling out.
It will be a very interesting project to work on. The date is a ways off so it wont be too crazy, at least not for a little while. And it is nice to get in on the project at the ground floor. To have an understanding of what is going on and not be playing catch up in understanding the project.
I think this weekend will be spend working on my thesis book and running some errands for my apartment. Maybe grocery shopping. Get some of those things out of the way so I dont have to think about them during work. Hopefully get my desk set up here as well. And next week pick up the couch and things for guests to sleep on as they may arrive.