03/02/2026
This day marks our first meeting with each other, upon arrival group 24 got to discuss our different backgrounds, experiences, strengths and weaknesses to help better understand the group’s dynamic and workflow. We then shared potential group names, poster ideas, our interpretations of the brief provided and briefly researched the site’s context. Our following meeting with the collaborators was the highlight of the day as we got to thoroughly understand what is expected from us while getting to know John and Michelle, who are well settled in the industry. From then, we knew this collaboration with them would only teach us more.

Hi, I'm Juwan, I'm Lebanese but I've lived in the UAE my whole life. As a first-year student at MSA, I'm exited to be getting early hands-on experience in the real archietcture world, where I can interact and learn from people with diverse skills, backgrounds and experiences that can help me develop my own understanding of design and practice.

W3: 03/03/2026
For this week’s session, instead of all trying to discuss and resolve one decision together, we learnt to split into much smaller groups and trust each other’s abilities and decision-making to complete more tasks simultaneously, like drafting sketches onto site plans, conducting demographic research on our area, and carrying out a site analysis. We were much more productive compared to last week, and time flew by so fast this time!