I did my work experience at MVK architect's
office. My employers day started at nine and finished at six so
that was the schedule I followed while working there. The address of
MVK architects was 19 Fitzwilliam square, which was a very pleasant location
overlooking the park, though it took some time for me to find on the
first morning- I cycled around the square approximately 34 times.
Using the intercom for the first time to
let my employers know i had arrived (a bit late) was a very intimidating
experience but one which I soon got used to as i had to contact them through it
at least twice a day.
Michael and Victoria Kavanagh were very
welcoming and had set out a schedule for my week. My first day was dedicated to
model making, which is part of an architects work. the model was of an old
cottage, a renovated school house, in county Galway.
After my first three or four attempts, Mr Kavanagh found that my model was
almost recognisable as the cottage mentioned above.
On the next day, Tuesday, I embarked
on a new project (had two main projects for the
week). This project was design based. A site very near to
the old school house I was modelling. This site was really a ruined cottage
with sheds which Mrs Kavanagh was interested in renovating and extending.
This involved locating historical and modern maps of the site and getting them
to scale (using the office photocopier, which is almost as confusing as
the school one) in order to compare and trace them before getting started
on designing. in the afternoon, Mrs Kavanagh took me with her to UCD to see a
presentation by her 1st year landscape architecture students.
I went to UCD again on Wednesday with Mrs
Kavanagh to see another presentation, this time by fourth year
students, on urban forestry. I talked to some of the
students and they showed me their portfolios for the year.
I found these university trips to be very beneficial for me
as they gave me an impression of the process of becoming an architect.
Thursday and Friday were dedicated to finishing my model and plans for
the ruined site. I have the evidence of these completed projects in
hard copy.
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Isabelle at MKV Fitzwillia
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I found my employers, Michael and Victoria
Kavanagh to be very helpful and kind. they gave up a lot of their
time to help and guide me and always kept me busy with interesting
and captivating work. I'm really glad to have done my work experiance here even
if I don't follow a career in architecture, I feel I now have
a great appreciation of the art of structure design. I owe this to my
employers.
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