Councilwoman Diaz said she heard about the Cal Poly student's proposal accidentally during a chance encounter on a plane flight to the Bay Area. — North County Times
I always tell graduating students to take their projects to real life and grass root campaign them. Well, so it happened to one Cal Poly, Pomona architecture student John Barlow, class of 2010 advised by professor Kip Dickson, when his project fell into the hands of interested Escondido City Council and the rest of the story is very inspiring for young graduates of design schools.
"City officials say a new proposal to have developers or venture capitalists build a cooperative wine-processing plant in Escondido could turn the city into a prominent wine-growing region."
See the pdfs of the project here.
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Hope someone saw fit to give the kid a job...
Yes, but more importantly, he will create his own job. I've found this story very interesting because as the model of architectural practice needs to change, so should getting into the field from places outside of the classic architect's apprentice in an office. This model has been keeping the profession at bay and the pattern needs to be broken.
Self starting and grass rooting within the respective communities by the young architects will open new doors and new ways to take the profession into the 21 st. century. I don't believe young graduates 'have' to start from drawing bathroom partitions and move up to project management in thirty years.. The world events are much faster than that 19 th. century model of building and design practice.
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