the TOUGHEST week ever...

this is how if felt this week...

so this week has been pretty rough. i had to finish this model that i have been working on for the past month, plus on top of that one of my other supervisors was like "do these other models", and then like five seconds later he'd be like, "so now that you're doing that, you can do this too." i was getting so worked up that i wanted to scream!!! but that wouldn't have been a good idea with an open office plan and like 270 people in the office.

i was seriously getting annoyed, but then i started thinking about it. if i can't hang with all of this pressure, then what kind of architect am i going to be? architecture is a totally high stress job, and all of you probably on some level know i'm SOOO good at handling stress! lol. so i had to put a positive spin on this and start thinking that this whole experience is worth it and it is...

so with all of this going on, going to the getty villa on friday afternoon was SOO WORTH it. and plus it was on the company so even better!!! we wanted to be very environmentally friendly so we took the bus there, the metro 534. but we kinda lagged and we didn't get there till about 2:45 and were late for our tour. but the cool thing was that we were treated like VIP's. seriously. like we got shuttle service (which was out of a minivan, but it was still pretty cool) and we got those headset things too. they're actually pretty cool. i always thought they were kind of geeky, but not so much anymore. here are some shots from there...

the classic villa shot

part of the remodel... it's supposed to symbolize the sea that was adjacent to the villa papuri, which the getty villa is a duplication of

some of the cool thing that machado and silvetti did...

the best detail that i've seen there. you see how the railing starts of as wood, but then it transitions into the wall which then becomes the handrail... SPECTACULAR!!!

some witch looking lady... just for kicks...