My Role & Experiences

Renovation: AGA Medical Corporation

Role in Brief:

Exterior Design, CAD, Modeling & Rendering, Photoshop, Award Submittal, Photography

Role Description:

I had the opportunity to collaborate to a large extent on the exterior design and addition. I was heavily involved with modeling the project both physically and digitally from the Conceptual Design through Design Development.

I was largely the on-site photographer for any “pre-construction” images and took several of my own photos after construction, which have been used for marketing purposes.

Lessons Learned:

The most significant lesson from this project was the role in which a designer has in presenting alternatives and allowing the client to see directly the impacts of value engineering alternatives and allowing them to make the decision that feels right for them and the project.

This was also my first experience with modeling with SketchUp and was very formative on my interest of using it as a design tool over something more polished like a modeler such as 3DStudio Max.

Award:

In 2007 this project received an Award of Excellence from the Minnesota Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties