April 27: FINAL PRESENTATION DONE

Today we finished all drawings, including editing the plans, diagrams, sections, elevations, and perspectives. We put the finishing touches on the whole presentation and were able to submit it to Bulgaria, in order to be printed out and turned in before the due date of May 7th. This project was incredibly instructive and inspiring, especially for me since that is the exact place where I grew up and spent all Sunday afternoons. The Sveta Nedelya Church was always a main destination for all Orthodox services in Sofia, throughout the whole year and it stands at the exact center of a Roman establishment, all of which adds to its significance as a holy and religious place in Bulgarian culture and tradition.

I was lucky to be a part of such an amazing team that is NC-office and would gladly work with them again. This internship helped me not only to work in the field of architecture and follow all I feel passionate about, but it also linked me to our own heritage and Bulgarian culture: a privilege i feel honored to have been a part of. Thank you NC-office for the incredible semester!

April 26: Model Pictures and Final Drawings

Today we took pictures of the finished model in order to edit them in a Final Presentation. We also continued working on all Final Design Drawings including plans, diagrams, sections, and elevations. I searched for scaled people we can use in our context perspectives and elevations, editing them in Photoshop and prepping them for use in the Final Presentation.

April 19: Final Model and Church Elevations

Today we finished the model including the plaza design. It includes several peeling platforms next to the church that create inhabitable layers of spaces similar to the layers of history we discovered the church to have. We put the finishing touches to the Site Model and our Final Design model. After concluding the building of a physical model, I finished all elevation drawings of the church so we can plug them into the Final Sections and Elevations.

April 12: Model

I finished up the Site model and all blocks I missed last week. I had finished a building at home and added it to the model. The only part missing was the Plaza design itself at this point.

March 29: Model

Today I continued working on the Site model. I learned a bit of how to draw projections and make gabled roofs for a model using both the elevation and plan of a building with such roof. I practiced by making one of the roofs a gabled roof and it turned out great. Continued making the largest buildings of the model.

March 22: Model

Today I continued building the different blocks of the Sofia site. I constructed 3 individual blocks of the model and took some material home to finish a building.

March 15: Model

Today I began construction and assembly of the Final Model. NC-office had already assembled the base and ruins part of the site. I was assigned several blocks and began building immediately. Using white matte board and white glue I began grouping buildings in the same block and constructing a single box with varying heights on each side. Later I established a method for building separate structures.