INTREPID is my senior thesis project. Limitations were 8,000 sqft or less. This project was over a course of only 20 weeks start to finish. From developing a thesis, research, locating an appropriate building with correct zoning and codes, space planning, reflected ceiling plan, materials and finishes and much more.

Imagine: You are walking alone to your car after having dinner with some friends when a man walks up to you, shows you a gun and attempts to pull you into a car; what would you do?

• FBI reported 16,808,538 background checks for gun purchases in 2012, beating last year’s record by more than 350,000. Many of these people are uneducated in firearm handling and self-defense.
• “Most people who want to take a class is because they want to purchase a fi rearm but have never shot anything in their life. I teach men and women both, but twice as many women than men. My students have said most instructors they have found are men and they would feel intimidated by taking a class from them.; therefore, they chose to seek me out. As men often have a more intense teaching style.” -Teresa Winkel, Firearms Instructor
• In a survey I conducted 29 out of 40 women stated they have never had any self-defense training. When asked why a repeated answer was, “I would like to, I just don’t know where”. When asked how they felt about guns I received responses such as:
• “Educational needs for more people”
• “Dangerous (if not used properly)”
• “Need practice”