On October 5 the architects delivered the Final Review set of plans to SoHE. The set includes two volumes of actual drawings, seen to the right, rolled up like super heavy carpets. The plans detail every aspect of the project, from electric to HVAC to lighting plans to you name it, the detail has to be drawn. Each of the two volumes is accompanied by a giant book of specifications, and a product binder. The spec books seen below, are
easily 3 inches thick and contain the written information backing up every detail drawing. The product binder, another behemoth, is home to the images for everything in the building - things you'd never think of like door closers, hardware, locks, electric switches, plumbing parts - all the really sexy things in a new building.So, how is it I am smiling? Oh, don't worry, it's just pure shock. That after more than two years I can see the finish line for the planning stage. From August 2007 until October 2009 everything has been talking, wrestling, dreaming, arguing, imagining and drawing, erasing and starting again. Now it feels more real than ever before to be actually holding the plans in my hands.
Let's just stop on that image - me, holding the plans in my hands.
