I think that we are going to have a great studio this semester with a lot of meaningful times and experiences. One of the most meaningful things to me will be that we will be working with and for a community in which we have spent the last four years of our life learning and studying architecture. Hopefully, we will be able to implement a part of our education into the community that has provided the environment for this education; ultimately showing how far we have come and providing a window to the future ahead of us. Another meaningful part of this experience is that not only will we be working in this community, but we will be working with peers whom we have grown to know very well over the past four years through, classes, workshops, trips, and “extra-curricular” activities. I also believe that in order to have a really meaningful experience we must put ourselves out there, figuratively and literally everyday, in order to engage the community at a high level. I hope that through the semester our engagement will have an impact upon the community that will be extensive to start off with and continue to rise throughout the semester. I expect that at the end of this semester the interaction between the class and the community will be a positive one. Moving from positives to a possible negative, I can see some possible difficult aspects in our project a few weeks down the road. The most difficult aspect in my opinion will be the actual construction process. The availability of the resources, tools, and materials will be frustrating at times. Also, we train our minds in the theory of design; this means that most of our work never leaves a 2-dimensional of a piece of paper. The transition and the work it takes for a 2-dimensional drawing to be constructed into a 3-dimensional structure is something new for many people. Ultimately this will be a very challenging and also a very rewarding semester.