"ISSUU digital portfolio crap" or not, how do you show your work to prospective clients, employers, or firms that want to contract your services as a consultant? I've never heard of a firm even hiring a student level intern without a portfolio. If you're trying to get work long-distance, don't you have to have some sort of digital examples?
I have an event space, an office space, and 4 home remodels, plus a full time job. I can't imagine any scenario, though, in which I'd spend less time *telling* someone what I need them to do than I'd spend just doing it myself. I'm a draftsman at heart, I guess.
Donna, tell me about it. I need skills in other areas, so I can do the "drafting" part of these projects.
Apr 24, 16 11:10 pm ·
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Sponty,
I just take selective group of the drawings. Most of my projects are hand drawn and drafted by hand. My prospective clients haven't asked for me to show them my previous work.
Who the hell is wants to look at that stuff? It's class work and often are not CD-level.
Apr 24, 16 11:23 pm ·
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b3ta, what are you looking at needing?
It has to be logistically viable. I could be location-wise non-viable for project site work.
Apr 24, 16 11:29 pm ·
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Donna, tell me about it. I need skills in other areas, so I can do the "drafting" part of these projects.
B3ta,
Would you elaborate about you are needing?
I understand where Donna is coming from. I often draft things myself. It often easier to do it myself than to tell someone else what I need to have done.
I don't know why museums prohibit cell phone photography, and now sketching at that museum. Seriously, people will still go visit even if they see pictures online. Unless there are other reasons?
> Most of my projects are hand drawn and drafted by hand
>It's class work and often are not CD-level
goddamn balkans.
let me see if i understand this correctly: you don't have work to show anyone, because no one asks for it before you get hired. when hired, you produce hand drawn plans that are not up to CD level.
"Rick Balkans Building Designer, where nothing is drawn correctly and everything is contractor option!"
Draws mostly by hand, won't show work, work he has is student work. Asks architects on this website for work. Makes claims and speaks with authority as if he were very experienced and actually owned a business.
"Most of my projects are hand drawn and drafted by hand"
Good thing Richardaus Balkachinaultorino clarified that hand drafting is drafted by hand.
Apr 25, 16 1:24 pm ·
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Dangermouse,
Crap! Importance of proofreading there.
My post was originally substantially longer as you would expect from me. Prior to that last two sentences I switched context to referring to class work. I was deleting out a bunch of sentences and in the process deleted out an important context switch. I'll rewrite and correct the post below:
Corrected version:
Sponty,
I just take selective group of the drawings. Most of my projects are hand drawn and drafted by hand. My prospective clients haven't asked for me to show them my previous work.
As for class work, who the hell is wants to look at that stuff? It's class work and often are not CD-level.
If you don't have any digitized drawings, can we see some examples of built work? Even a street address would work, we can look at the street view on google...
why even acknowledged he is here? Engaging Balkins only makes this board worse.
Shuellmi, congratulations.
Mings, why come in on the weekends for a senior housing project? Or waste time at all? They'll all be dead soon. Build a warehouse building, subdivide it into rooms and shoot em up with strong sedatives, they won't even know the difference.
Apr 25, 16 2:15 pm ·
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Dangermouse,
Most of my projects involves interior design, additions, and such. Some of them, you don't have a street view in the immediate area of the property or otherwise in a position where you can view it.
129 W. Bond for example is one project. It's mostly interior but there is some exterior work done. Mostly enclosing the window bays.
Some of the others are interior oriented work. There is a project in the works right now that is new construction oriented design. Too early in the phase at the moment.
archanonymous, that is the most sensitive and caring thing i've heard all day. it's like the republican version of obamacare. it's not always an architecture problem; sometimes it's a death panel problem.
curtkram and anonymous just knocked it out of the park. We should just build large warehouses where everyone gets hooked up to the Inception machines forever.
129 W Bond Street - the infamous Community Theater project where we manipulated the building height and area of work dimensions so as to claim it is exempt and where you designed ADA bathrooms.
So let me get this straight; YOU are responsible for those awful vinyl double hungs in the front façade?
Apr 25, 16 3:48 pm ·
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That was a builder/client deviation. I specified wood sash/framed windows. They went vinyl to lower cost. I never call for vinyl windows.
looks like any typical strip club you'd find by the buffalo airport.
Apr 25, 16 5:12 pm ·
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JeromeS,
What do you think I was starting with? It's a theater, they didn't want a lot of windows. N.S., a strip club also doesn't want a lot of windows, either for a different reason. For live performance theater, it's about controlled lighting conditions. You don't control sunlight and the sun going across the sky. Therefore, you control your lighting conditions by blocking out light into the space.
I have photos of it as a laundromat. Before that, it was some electronics store. Before that, it was a plumbing shop.
Well you could have went with a simple storefront to make it more inviting, and not look like an adult bookstore. Or use vinyl single hungs, or single hungs for that matter. And I certainly hope you aren't walking directly into the performance space.
I'm really impressed at Rick's ability to zero in on the tiny facet of the argument that is least pertinent to the overall point, and then counter only that bit, at great length.
Spent the day reviewing 2nd year studio projects at BSU for the Indiana Hardwood Association Competition. It's fun to award prizes, but it makes me feel badly for everyone who doesn't win. I'm a softie.
At the risk of humbling myself profoundly, I ask this question, primarily because I don't have experience with this material as an interior finish.
Using OSB as finish material on the face of a counter, what would be your preferred method of attachment? Keeping in mind I'd rather not see the fastener. I'm thinking it's pretty easy to conceal because of material, but I'm not millworker...Also, sanding the face and using a clearcoat finish.
z-clips on the back. you ain't sanding OSB and clearcoating it...but at a very high end showroom for Italian fixtures they did a heavy coat of paint on panels that appeared to have countersunk screws (if you looked closely).
Thread Central
Yes.
lets see your portfolio
Olaf,
I don't have my work packaged into a 'portfolio'. I don't do that ISSUU digital portfolio crap.
and? no one asked for ISSU. lets see sample dwgs
"ISSUU digital portfolio crap" or not, how do you show your work to prospective clients, employers, or firms that want to contract your services as a consultant? I've never heard of a firm even hiring a student level intern without a portfolio. If you're trying to get work long-distance, don't you have to have some sort of digital examples?
I have an event space, an office space, and 4 home remodels, plus a full time job. I can't imagine any scenario, though, in which I'd spend less time *telling* someone what I need them to do than I'd spend just doing it myself. I'm a draftsman at heart, I guess.
Donna, tell me about it. I need skills in other areas, so I can do the "drafting" part of these projects.
Sponty,
I just take selective group of the drawings. Most of my projects are hand drawn and drafted by hand. My prospective clients haven't asked for me to show them my previous work.
Who the hell is wants to look at that stuff? It's class work and often are not CD-level.
b3ta, what are you looking at needing?
It has to be logistically viable. I could be location-wise non-viable for project site work.
Donna, tell me about it. I need skills in other areas, so I can do the "drafting" part of these projects.
B3ta,
Would you elaborate about you are needing?
I understand where Donna is coming from. I often draft things myself. It often easier to do it myself than to tell someone else what I need to have done.
You have an excuse for everything. Stop making them.
The V&A has banned people from sketching in their exhibits, hahahahahahahaahahahhaaha.
beta, check your email.
case the joint
> Most of my projects are hand drawn and drafted by hand
>It's class work and often are not CD-level
goddamn balkans.
let me see if i understand this correctly: you don't have work to show anyone, because no one asks for it before you get hired. when hired, you produce hand drawn plans that are not up to CD level.
"Rick Balkans Building Designer, where nothing is drawn correctly and everything is contractor option!"
The insanity never ends.
"Most of my projects are hand drawn and drafted by hand"
Good thing Richardaus Balkachinaultorino clarified that hand drafting is drafted by hand.
Dangermouse,
Crap! Importance of proofreading there.
My post was originally substantially longer as you would expect from me. Prior to that last two sentences I switched context to referring to class work. I was deleting out a bunch of sentences and in the process deleted out an important context switch. I'll rewrite and correct the post below:
Corrected version:
Sponty,
I just take selective group of the drawings. Most of my projects are hand drawn and drafted by hand. My prospective clients haven't asked for me to show them my previous work.
As for class work, who the hell is wants to look at that stuff? It's class work and often are not CD-level.
If you don't have any digitized drawings, can we see some examples of built work? Even a street address would work, we can look at the street view on google...
why even acknowledged he is here? Engaging Balkins only makes this board worse.
Shuellmi, congratulations.
Mings, why come in on the weekends for a senior housing project? Or waste time at all? They'll all be dead soon. Build a warehouse building, subdivide it into rooms and shoot em up with strong sedatives, they won't even know the difference.
Dangermouse,
Most of my projects involves interior design, additions, and such. Some of them, you don't have a street view in the immediate area of the property or otherwise in a position where you can view it.
129 W. Bond for example is one project. It's mostly interior but there is some exterior work done. Mostly enclosing the window bays.
Some of the others are interior oriented work. There is a project in the works right now that is new construction oriented design. Too early in the phase at the moment.
archanonymous, that is the most sensitive and caring thing i've heard all day. it's like the republican version of obamacare. it's not always an architecture problem; sometimes it's a death panel problem.
curtkram and anonymous just knocked it out of the park. We should just build large warehouses where everyone gets hooked up to the Inception machines forever.
129 W Bond Street - the infamous Community Theater project where we manipulated the building height and area of work dimensions so as to claim it is exempt and where you designed ADA bathrooms.
So let me get this straight; YOU are responsible for those awful vinyl double hungs in the front façade?
That was a builder/client deviation. I specified wood sash/framed windows. They went vinyl to lower cost. I never call for vinyl windows.
Doesn't matter wood/vinyl - It's still a turd.
So let me get this straight; YOU are responsible for those awful double hungs in the front façade?
looks like any typical strip club you'd find by the buffalo airport.
JeromeS,
What do you think I was starting with? It's a theater, they didn't want a lot of windows. N.S., a strip club also doesn't want a lot of windows, either for a different reason. For live performance theater, it's about controlled lighting conditions. You don't control sunlight and the sun going across the sky. Therefore, you control your lighting conditions by blocking out light into the space.
I have photos of it as a laundromat. Before that, it was some electronics store. Before that, it was a plumbing shop.
Well you could have went with a simple storefront to make it more inviting, and not look like an adult bookstore. Or use vinyl single hungs, or single hungs for that matter. And I certainly hope you aren't walking directly into the performance space.
I'm really impressed at Rick's ability to zero in on the tiny facet of the argument that is least pertinent to the overall point, and then counter only that bit, at great length.
Maybe you should give tort law a try?
I don't think that ripping this building to shreds is productive. It's complete, and advice wasn't asked for and will likely be a waste of time.
When has this thread ever been for productivity?
Thread Central:
On a brighter note - permit set finished! Seniors are going to love living in this building.
Josh, the real challenge is to make them love dying so we can recycle them into food faster.
olaf highly recommends tintt.
olaf, are you recommending we turn tintt into food, as a response to arch's comment above yours?
Would tintt taste like mintt?
no to her previous email to beta post...but thats a funny intepretation nonetheless
That *is* a funny interpretation!
Spent the day reviewing 2nd year studio projects at BSU for the Indiana Hardwood Association Competition. It's fun to award prizes, but it makes me feel badly for everyone who doesn't win. I'm a softie.
Using OSB as finish material on the face of a counter, what would be your preferred method of attachment? Keeping in mind I'd rather not see the fastener. I'm thinking it's pretty easy to conceal because of material, but I'm not millworker...Also, sanding the face and using a clearcoat finish.
z-clips on the back. you ain't sanding OSB and clearcoating it...but at a very high end showroom for Italian fixtures they did a heavy coat of paint on panels that appeared to have countersunk screws (if you looked closely).
If its to be a counter, why not a laminate it to a substrate the way you would P-Lam. Then youll have something you can screw to from underneath.
As to finish: a resin epoxy that will float out the surface irregularities and yield a flat surface
I clear coated OSB but it was as a column surround. Came out great in that application. No sanding.
jeromeS, thats fine and i am sure you are aware my point was "sanding and clearcoating"....sure you can, but i am not recommending it.
I wonder what the aesthetic appeal of OSB might be?
Examples?
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