#pcx2023

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It looks like a long walk.

And it was.

Today we had a couple of site visits, one of them being in Charlestown, and the second one in downtown Boston.

Both sites being absolutely different in size, use , and stage. At the same time, while on these sites, we attended some schedule review meetings.

In between the two site visits, we had an info lunch. Where they presented on mass timber and sustainability approaches.

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As for the written reflection,

Its hard to grasp as much from this aspect in only a week, specially when you don't get to experience a 100 % of the work culture and everyone is kind of making their best to mentor and guide us. But with this in mind, there is a big sense of awareness on each other as colleges, teams, and contributions. This allows them to develop solutions or at least engage in conversations in concern, interest, and other work related stuff. They not necessarily comply as they all know their roll and responsibilities and are held only by the task assigned, so there is not need for a need of influence to get people to do things.

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01 Workplace (NBBJ)

N-aramore / B-ain / B-rady / J-ohanson

Being an 80 yo firm, with about 800 people working for them, NBBJ is a propose driven firm that doesn't just center on arch, but also in labs, workplaces, interiors, environment, landscape, m.planing and urbanism. Something interesting about their operational system , is that that their job does not end on the design, but on how they can serve the public in the most efficient way... including the transition period to the new workplaces.

One of the ways that they manage to accomplish all this is on the way that they fragmented themselves in studios and keep a different kind of climate for each on of them in this case Boston is mainly center on the public realm.

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Our day:

We were welcome in the morning By Anna-Katelyn-Christian, and taken to a little nbbj overall introduction. Right after that we were part of a Team Meeting – with Silvia/Alan/Jessica were they were going over schedule and memos of the state of one of their projects. After that meeting we accompanied Jessica to unbox some of the materials that she got for her interiors board, as well as color confirmation for some parts of her project.

Lunch break with Anna-Katelyn-Christian at tattes

Right after lunch we joined Leo for a Digital Design Initiatives introduction presentation and discussed about software and nbbjs approach to current and other technologies.

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Elizaveta Basov's Introduction

Hello everyone! My name is Elizaveta (Liza). I'm a second-year B. Arch student at the BAC. I'm very excited to see how the Perkins&Will office operates in Boston and learn how it is to be an architect in a global firm.

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Baha Dikmen's Introduction

My name is Baha Dikmen. I'm a first year B.Arch student at the BAC. I can't wait to learn more about the public spaces we create for well functioning cities and providing the best housing based on people's need. And I'm very excited for every creative moment at WINN Companies.