Day 1 (very late): Modelling

Tom is babysitting the large format plotter, hypnotized by the print head going back and forth, and the presentation panels slooooowly revealing themselves. The plotter cannot be left alone; it's like boiling milk. If you step aside, the paper will jam, the memory will fry or the ink cartridge will self-eject.

I'm in charge of the physical cardboard model. Usually, I'd use the laser cutter (nifty little laser does all the work for you), but tonight the machine is (of course) down.

I'm really not that much of a handy person, I stand more on the computer-savvy side of things. I'd rather draw on CAD than by hand; and the same goes for cutting tiny little pieces of cardboard. That said, I've made progress... Perhaps 80% of the pieces are cut and neatly piled on my table?

I keep cutting, with my metal straight edge and my Olfa knife. The site pieces are the most difficult, because the cuts are longer and the straight edge can't shift.

I position my fingers as far apart as possible to hold the straight edge...

I push down on the Olfa knife...

I drag the knife quickly to get a clean cut...

And I cut off the tip of my finger! A whole chunk of skin/nail!

"MY MODEL!!!!!!!"

Real architects don't care about bleeding. They care about their blood staining their white models.