Two weekends ago alumni from the Estabrook Reunion visited the Norris House to see our progress. Estabrook housed the architecture school until our beautiful building was finished in 1981, and alumni from all over the country came to reminisce the good ole days and view first hand the progress at the College of Architecture and Design. Matt L., Levi, and Professors Stuth and French presented to the alums early on Saturday, showing the evolution of the project and the design|build program at UT. Later in the afternoon, I joined them and some alumni out on site so they could see our work for themselves. They were very impressed with the execution of the project, especially since we are students learning as we go.
It was exciting to hear positive opinions about design build from members of the architectural community and gave me hope for the continuation of more projects like the New Norris House. The ability to see a project through to the very end has taught me so much about the design process. I now know the extents of what architects consider when designing, especially when it comes to details. Mies van der Rhoe may have been right when he said, "God is in the details." At very least, good architecture is in the details. They are so important to any piece of architecture, yet barely discussed in school. I am so thankful I have gotten the chance to through this house!
On a much lighter note, the New Norris House crew should be very proud. All of our hard work has been noticed by our fellow students. Our donation to spend a night in the house has raised the most money in the TAAST Auction!
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