Since my last post, I promised to give an update on the chair we had to make. We finished our chair in time and received our grades on it. We got a twelve out of twenty which is fine for me because it was an absolute pain in the ass. The chair is called 'Alfa' because the loop the frame makes looks a lot like the alpha sign. But now I am in the middle of my exams and I am actually glad I've got to learn my courses now. I've missed the studying part because we had so much evaluations and now that I think about it, the school year is almost over as well. After this year, I'll probably get my diploma and I'm officially an Interior Architect, how crazy is that! Although I'm not going to get a job immediately. After these three years of doing what I love to do, I'm going to study one more year for my master degree and hopefully be ready for the real work. But first I've got to succeed in these exams and the hot weather is not helping at all. I can't wait for the summer holidays to begin! See you guys soon!

- xoxo -

Chiara

Pictures were taken by my partner and I

As it is the beginning of the exams at school, the stress is back again. Two weeks ago, we had an important jury for our final project. That jury was only counting for 25% of the total points we get at the end of the school year. For this project we had to work in groups of two. We had to come up with a concept for a library in an existing church in Kortrijk (Belgium). This is only the first part of the assignment. The second part is also a library. This time we had to again start with an existing building and come up with a totally new interior for a library for children. The jury for this part is only in ten days! You would think we would have time enough to make a 3D, all the construction plans etc. But this Wednesday we have another jury for a course called furniture design. 

Again, this assignment was in a group of two. My partner and I made a lounge chair out of rusted rebar as a frame. 

For the seating and the back of the chair, we came up with a pattern that we created with cotton rope. Our chair isn't finished at all and because of that, my stress levels are raising! I always try to be ready three days in advance but this time we had a lot of problems because the frame was bending when pressure was added on the rope. So because of that we had to go back to the joiner to add some rebar in some places. 

We still have to make some pictures of the finished chair for our presentation for the jury and the plans of the chair are also not finished yet. Can you imagine how stressful all of this is? Those two projects together... If you have any tips on how to handle the stress or how to stay calm, please let me know. I could use some relaxation tips. Also leave a comment on how you are doing. Do you have exams and how do you handle all of this? I'll be updating you on how our chair looks in the end and how our jury went.

- xoxo -

Chiara