Presentation Preparation

Since two of the four members of my thesis committee can't meet on Wednesday, Thesis Advisor M and I decided to change the date to next Tuesday. I've started to prepare a powerpoint presentation to describe what I want my project to be about, but I'm still having trouble arranging my thoughts coherently. I need to clearly show:

• What is currently on the site of the proposed bus loop
• How the SUB plazas and Grassy Knoll interacted with the old bus loop
• How it currently functions and what use opportunities it provides for students
• What the University Boulevard Competition proposes
• How the proposal does not offer adequate use opportunities to replace what is currently on the site
• That the interface between the aboveground University Boulevard Competition entry and the belowground transit loop is not optimal
• That for my thesis I want to design a interface between the competition entry and the belowground transit loop that offers the same use opportunities as the SUB plazas and the grassy knoll.
• Some of the information I want to take into account when I design it

In addition to this, I also need to adequately describe the microarchitectural articulations. I'll be going back to some earlier posts to find that information.

Clerical Work

I've got a full committee! I heard back today from another professor saying no, and stomped downstairs to complain to the professor running the thesis projects. He wasn't in his office, so I spent a few minutes yelling at Thesis Advisor M. After I had cooled down a little bit, she realized we hadn't spoken to a professor that taught here last year, who has worked with small-scale architecture (and incidentally is interested in my favorite modelling program, Maya). Thesis Advisor M called her right then and there, she accepted, and now Big D is part of the team! I'm so pleased: she's very outspoken and creative, and will be a great addition.

The committee is as follows: Thesis Advisor M, Big D, The Flame and R the Engineer. I'm really happy to have all of them. I sent them an e-mail with the following dates for meetings, but may have to move it around a bit to accommodate everyone.

• January 31
• February 21 (During reading week)
• March 14
• April 4

That leaves a week between the second meeting and my midterm review, and four weeks between the final meeting and my presentation. Somehow booking meetings makes this thesis thing feel a lot more real.