The end of the beginning.

I come bearing both good news and an apology. First I am very sorry I have been such a slacker about updating. I will do a much better job next semester because one of the requirements of my extended stay in Mississippi next semester is that I document progress on a weekly basis. That leads me into the news, rather than returning to Blacksburg in the Spring I will be continuing to work with Southcoast Design/Build. (The fourth year faculty asked me to make it very clear that my extended stay is a very special exception.)

Now allow me to get you more acclimated to life in the small coastal town of Pass Christian, MS.

This is the apartment where Kyle, Julius, and I lived this semester, located 3 miles (a short bike ride) from studio. I think it looks like a nintendo. My guilty pleasure of the semester was going on midnight, barefoot runs on the golf course behind the apartment.

This is studio, located in a house in "downtown" Pass Christian. 

This is the house where we will be living next semester, located just three doors down from studio. It has already begun to be affectionately referred to as the "Speed Square Manor". I am very excited about the large front porch.

This is Ms. Dang, the client we designed for this semester. Construction will begin on her home first thing in January. In this photo she is teaching me how to gut and filet fish. 

Here is the Green's home we were building this semester. It is completely water tight and leak proof. The end of the semester included metal panel roofing and fiber cement cladding.

I spent my final day of the semester making camera obscuras in one of the studio bedrooms. 

In other news, do you ever wonder what happens to your models after the semester is over? Do they become relics preserved in time or something else entirely. I came home to find my rainmaker site model has been ranked as one of the more interesting places in the house.

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