One last photo...

This was the entire ride home...

Team Webb Building Dec. 21, 2010

Today was our last full workday and we arrived early; the first team in again! We had a quick meeting with Marsha over some of the ideas we had the day before and talked about what we could improve on before we prepared for our final client meeting before we head back home. We had a team meeting before lunch to discuss our client meeting and how we wanted to show the client the new information and designs we had worked on. We went to Moody's for lunch and had some wonderful home cooked meals and delicious desserts, such as peach cobbler, blackberry cobbler, coconut pie, apple pie, lemon pie, I am sure that I missed one. We came back and finished some last minute details for our client meeting. We met with Chad and Patti to discuss the new designs and room layouts; Lestar Martin sat in our meeting and gave us some suggestions. We finished our meeting and then discussed the outcome as a group over a scoop of ice cream from Skipper's. We came back and wrote our journals and then prepared for the lecture by Ray from Louisiana Mainstreet.

STARSTRUCK- Edward Cullen was in MINDEN and he sat with us!!

Lake Bistineau

Imperial Hotel

Team Imperial Hotel Day 9

Today was our last full work day in Minden. We began the day with a lesson from Frank on how to technically represent stairs and doors in plan as well as their regulation standards. We printed out our most recent plans and sections for our final client meeting today. Then Frank and Marsha took us all out for a home-cooked meal at Moody's! We all had a great time and a delicious dinner. Our client was very excited about our designs and gave us a few more things to think about before we stop designing. We are very happy with our progress on the Imperial Hotel. Professor Ray Scriber is here to give a presentation about the program that made all of this happen, the Main Street Program. We are all very excited to start our Christmas break after a half-day tomorrow!

Pictured above is Annette's horse, Comet! Merry Christmas!!!

Final Full Day: Team Crichton

Blog: 12/21

Today we had a very productive day. We are almost finished with the floor plans of the design. Laina and Josh were looking at modern interpretations of balconies to add to the courtyard elevation. Unfortunately after our client meeting, we were informed that many of our original elevation plans were not feasible for the rehabilitation tax credit. On the bright side, our client is very pleased with the work that we have done and is excited to see the final presentation.

Meet Team Members: Stephanie Parker & Michael Trahan



Stephanie, also know as Stephania, is a 3rd year LSU Architecture student. She enjoys camping, long walks on the beach as the sunset fades away into the ocean, and scrap booking.



Michael is also a 3rd year architecture student at LSU, but originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. He enjoys hanging out and putting excessive amounts of mayonnaise on almost all food, except cookies.

Sunday off in Shreveport

Since we got Sunday Funday off from school, we decided to head down to Shreveport and see what was happening over there....



Laina Andermann, Michael Trahan, Stephania Parker, and Stephanie Wong pose inside a small photo booth at The Boardwalk in downtown Shreveport.


After exploring The Boardwalk for a few house we headed Youree Lane, which is another popular area in Shreveport. There Michael and the 2 Stephanie's attempted to eat a 1lb. burger at Chee Burger Chee Burger. If you eat the entire thing you get your picture on the wall!



Michael and Stephania Parker prepare to eat there 1 lb. burgers.



Stephanie Wong gets ready to eat her burger.



Michael is well on his way to finishing his burger without a problem.



Happy plates (except for Laina's salad) are seen as all 3 students finish their burgers.



Victorious faces as the 3 students pose with the Chee Burger Chee Burger mascot, a stuffed hamburger.

Day 9: Morning Meeting, Holiday Lunch, Client Meetings

... the calm before the storm ...

Moody's Cafe - the very best food in Minden!

.... table no. 1 ....

... table no. 2 ...

Meanwhile....

The 4th years had a plan of their own...

And the 4th years leave their cabin unlocked.....

This is what happens when 4th year architecture students leave their cabin unlocked, and the 3rd years find some toilet paper.

Team Hardware. Oh yeah!

We were the first group in the building today....again. We continued to work out our design ideas with our interior courtyard, plans, and roof design. Each day our plans and over all ideas become clearer as we further develop our drawings and models. As of now we work individually on different things to present to client because we have such a big project and so much to design. Our last client meeting is tomorrow and we hope to develop a clear understanding of what our design ideas are and what we will present for our final presentation. Tonight there is a lunar eclipse around midnight-- the next one wont happen again till 2093 so you might wont to go see it. Stay thirsty my friends.

The image is of Lainy's pet cat Carlos.

Team Imperial Hotel Day 7

Group Blog
Members: Rob, Jessica, Shawn, and Annette

Frank and Marsha surprised us this morning with a Christmas game! It was a lot of fun and motivated us to work through these last couple of days before we get off for the holiday. We resolved the problems with our staircases and are now completing our final floor plans. We meet with our client for the last time tomorrow. Hopefully he will respond well to all of our design solutions. Then we can work on our renderings and models for the final presentation on Wednesday, January 5th at 5:30 PM. Everyone is invited to come to the Miller Building on Main Street in Minden to see our designs!

Team Crichton

Blog: 12/20

Today we continued to work on the spatial arrangements of the town homes for the Crichton building. The relationship of the poles to the walls was beginning to cause some issues that needed solving. In the end, we were able to add an additional town home, but had to sacrifice the single car garages. Now we are exploring alternate parking methods that involves the side street (Green St.) being converted into a one way avenue that would have angled parking to accommodate the future tenants. We also continued the development of the courtyard area as providing each unit with their own private lawn/patio area, coupled with the balcony design.

Meet Team Member: Laina Andermann

Laina is here in Minden, LA as a 4th year architecture student and the oldest student on the trip. Originally from the Gonzales area, she currently goes to LSU. Interesting Fact: Cheese is her favorite food, preferably pepper jack.

DBZ

Dr. Boz in his sweet, new shirt that reads, "Cowboy to the Core." Representin'.

Secret Santa Gets The Week Underway - Only 3 more days!

LSU in Minden

Pattie Odom Joins Us for Secret Santa

The Group

Shawn Mitchell alias Rudolph ....

Stephanie Parker and Michael Trahan

Rhett Parker and Stephanie Wong

Josh Smith, Laina Andermann, and Rob Pennington

Laina, Shawn with Rob and his new blanket!

Jeremy Bunner, Rhett and Stephanie

Shawn and Annette are skeptical about Jessica's new baking kit.

SNL Christmas DVD for Laina

Stephanie guards her popcorn

The prize .... a Minden Snowglobe for Josh

Sock Monkey for Annette

Jeremy's new breakfast dishes!