OJB's Houston Intern

 Houston, we have a new intern! 

    I've been at OJB for about a week now, and I've already learned so much! I've been working on two projects getting experience in sketchup and cad. One project is focusing on the inventory and analysis of a site in Kansas City, the other is a community in the schematic design phase. I've been mostly learning Sketchup... I've been taking linework from vectorworks, simplifying it in cad, and formatting it in Sketchup to then take into lumion to decorate and render. I signed an NDA so I'm not sure how many details I can share about my current projects... so professional... 🤩

        I haven't yet explored Houston as much as I had hoped. I'm currently living in downtown, in a renovated hotel that is a 5 minute walk from the office. I'm so grateful that I get to walk to work, especially with all that I've heard about the traffic here. Before I started working, Carlos gave me a tour of the Houston tunnels. Basically, there are these underground hallways that connect the different major buildings and their basements, which are usually just food courts. It's weird, but you can travel through a good portion of downtown without going outside. 

    Here are a few pictures of the office! I'm working in the midst of a lot of people... something I'm not used to. My first few days were spent troubleshooting a variety of tech issues, but now I'm fully on board! The office building that we're in is LEED certified, but I've learned that just means that our HVAC system is kind of wonky. It's similar to the design building: not in our control! Whatever saves the planet, I guess. 

My half of the office (featured: Carlos)

probably the best chicken sandwich I've had so far
fries were kinda awkward though
(I've been getting a lot of free food...)

💜💛💜💛💜

- ellen


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