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We had a modeling session today. I taught them what plan, elevation, and section are, how they are drawn, and how they can be used to model. It was my mistake to just assume that they would somehow do the model, get started, and learn as they go. The short modeling demonstration seemed to be helpful for the students. They were much more comfortable with handling the material and started(!) cutting and attaching. We also went over how to use the scale, how to measure 1'0"=1/64" map and turn it into 1/8" or 1/4" scale.

Group1: Andrea, Jesse, Charles, Allie - Veteran's Park play area. Lighting and landscape of play area. Andrea, who is the leader of the group has been absent for a while, so the team seemed to be lost, but hopefully Charles and Jesse will work it out.
Group2: Hye, Cooper, Edi, Paul - Venice~Washington on Sepulveda. Parking structure+Park. It looked like Paul was in charge of the project. I wished they'd experiment more, but it's heading towards generic form. They pretty much just started modeling, so we'll see next week.
Group3: Jennifer, Allison, Veronica, Rosu - Overland and La Ballona Creek. Landscape connecting the library and creek. This group will be working at 1'0" = 1/4" scale. I need to get green transparent sheets for them to make trees.
Group4: Phillip, Grace, Breana, Melony - Culver Center. Increase public area for people to gather around. They started working on their model. They need basswood sticks.
Group5: Uvaldo, Madi, Javier - Downtown Culver City. Monorail and airwalk. I asked them to do some research on monorails, but I don't think they did that. I was surprised by Uvaldo's catch on craft. Madi and Javier should help him model rather than relying on him.
Group6: Froi, Kenny, Jason, Evan - Shade area for skaters. They are trying to figure out the section drawings for their project.