Yeah, this narrative style is much better. On Thursday and Friday, we developed the floor plan more. We met for 5 1/2 hours on Saturday, and again on Sunday, to knock out the floor plan. We're really happy with the intuitive circulation, but haven't done much recently to develop the experiential qualities. When we stopped working on the plan Sunday night, we were both pretty worried about how the building's length (from north to south) would fit on the site. To study this further, Julie started making a 1/16" model to fit in the site model.
When we placed the model in this morning, we were both really relieved to see that we had overestimated Allen's width, and that the line of site from the intersection/sidewalk node to the library had been preserved. We'll still probably try to shave off a few feet in that direction, but squashing the building in that direction isn't nearly as important as we first thought.
We met with Prof. Monson at about 5:00 pm, and confirmed that some of our individual room sizes were working, and had enough room for wheelchair access. He didn't exactly examine our floor plan closely, but Julie and I are both comfortable with that, so it's just as well. We re-examined the building within the site model, and everyone seemed happy.
Tonight, I'll examine mechanical systems. Tomorrow, we're planning to spend most of the day developing our interior performance criteria, and drawing the floor plan in CAD.