I have learnt the fundamentals of architectural design, as well as apply my knowledge learnt from last year about ergonomics into this project, which required the basis of our new design to be on the user's needs. Also, I have learnt that time management is an extremely important factor when dealing with full-fledged projects like this, when at the same time juggling with my other subjects' work.
Throughout this entire process of first learning about the basics and definitions of architectural design, I encountered quite a number of difficulties with regards to the usage of Sketchup as well as InDesign. When coming up with the initial design for the cafe, I had not thought through about the difficulties and consequences of picking complicated designs which I would have to create myself, or import from the store.
It was only until after many drafts that the final decision was made, and the final product was not the best that it could be, even though I had time to revise the design.
For the most part, the learning experience was rather enjoyable, though the lessons spent on learning photoshop was not really useful for me.
