Another really busy day – getting up at 7am to meet and start work again. I'm really happy about how we are working together; Abdul is doing some really great hand drawn graphics; Meli is researching local materials and compiling images; Jane is coming up with the energy and water strategy while I have been working on some house and site images and the permaculture design. Our hard work has paid too, we managed to get finished an hour before the presentations began which gave us an opportunity to grab some fresh air and visit the beach once again. This really helped us stay calm beforehand and gain some perspective before delivering our work. It was really interesting to see the contrasts between the different groups work. They definitely progressed since the last time, and they took a more conceptial direction that ourselves. They did seem a little disorganised, but they had clearly given a lot of thought into their design concept. It would have been interesting to mix our groups up and see what we would have come up with if we had more time and combined their concepts with our more holistic approach to the site. I found their designs interesting, if a little unpractical and expensive to construct. But as Pano put well, in Findhorn you come up with the ideas first, then how to build them.
I felt our presentation went well – we covered most bases (although ran out of time almost) and we all participated in delivering the project. We all had each others backs though, interacting when we felt that someone had missed something out and dealing with any quesitons thrown at us. I think given the time allocated we did a pretty good job, and it did really feel like a team effort which was important. Having members of the community there really made the project feel a bit more real, and their feedback was very honest. I think everyone felt quite numb afterwards, but our course leaders did an excellent job of re-energising us afterwards. Giving us our marks too was a really great reward, it's good to know quickly that all our efforts have paid off and that in some way we have given the community some ideas to play with in exchange for all the ideas they have given us.
I felt our presentation went well – we covered most bases (although ran out of time almost) and we all participated in delivering the project. We all had each others backs though, interacting when we felt that someone had missed something out and dealing with any quesitons thrown at us. I think given the time allocated we did a pretty good job, and it did really feel like a team effort which was important. Having members of the community there really made the project feel a bit more real, and their feedback was very honest. I think everyone felt quite numb afterwards, but our course leaders did an excellent job of re-energising us afterwards. Giving us our marks too was a really great reward, it's good to know quickly that all our efforts have paid off and that in some way we have given the community some ideas to play with in exchange for all the ideas they have given us.
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