Meeting Our Client
Jan 25th, 2012 by Matteo Agnoloni
Last Friday (the 13th of January), we met up with our client, Dean Gregory. Dean is the landscape architect for UBC. We quickly introduced ourselves, and then Dean gave us a pleasant tour of the new and improved courtyards at Buchanan. Despite the torrential, we really enjoyed the tour. Dean seemed extremely excited to have us doing this project for him. We were already excited ourselves to have the opportunity to work on an engineering related project, but seeing Dean’s enthusiasm made us even more inspired. Dean showed us all the aspects of the courtyards that were designed in order to maximize sustainability. He also explained that our main task of this community service project is to compare the work done on the courtyards with the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SSI), and then report back to him with the results. The results would basically let Dean know how much sustainability the courtyards achieve according to the guidelines of the SSI. We are in the process of getting all the necessary documents so that we will be able to start our testing!
If you want to check out Dean Gregory’s blog, follow this link!
http://www.planning.ubc.ca/vancouver_home/campus_design_and_public_places/deans_blog.php
Here is another link that has some information about Dean. Also, if you scroll to the bottom of the page, you will see a short slideshow of some of the projects Dean has worked on, including the Buchanan Courtyards.
http://land8lounge.com/profile/DeanGregory
Yesterday, we also had a short meeting with Brenda Sawada. Brenda is the founder and coordinator of the UBC SEEDS program! She will be helping us progress forward in our project, and we are extremely looking forward to working with her!