amxwoodDec 9, 20216 min readCultural Implications of Intelligent Virtual AssistantsMany industries are driven by pursuit of client comfort. What “comfort” actually means can be different for everyone, depending on both...
amxwoodDec 9, 20215 min readUnderstanding Failure to Design SustainablyBuildings come down all of the time. Some are simply not pretty enough for people, and get replaced with the newest trend. Some collapse...
amxwoodMar 25, 20215 min readThe impact of COVID-19 on "studio culture"Prospective architecture students are warned about studio culture from the moment we start taking tours of college campuses during high...
amxwoodMar 18, 20214 min read3325 6th Avenue Design DevelopmentAfter ten weeks of my independent learning experience, I've reached what seems like a fair stopping point for my design project. The...
amxwoodFeb 26, 20211 min readCrawling Lodge UpdatesBack in the spring semester of 2018, I designed a project called the Crawling Lodge, based on the parts of a blender. More recently, I...
amxwoodFeb 26, 20211 min readFebruary 23 2021Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's "Summer Arch" program has allowed me to take a semester off from the classroom and given me the...
amxwoodFeb 26, 20212 min readLIDAR Scan ProjectThis past semester, the fall of 2020, the studio I was in gave us the opportunity to prepare an entry for a competition called The...
amxwoodJan 2, 20191 min readDECEMBER 18 2018Chosen for fall semester awards review I was chosen as one of the two students from my design studio's section under direction of...
amxwoodJan 2, 20191 min readNOVEMBER 19 2018Review for progress on project allows for development in drawing technique This was the last review before the development of the...
amxwoodJan 2, 20191 min readOCTOBER 25 2018A different perspective I wanted to take some images that depicted an earlier version of the design with more focus on the user. I...