Feedback

Feedback (and my reaction in red):

1. "They've been looking for something like this to use the North Campus Diag space for a while now." It seems we're exploring an idea in an area that could use one.
2. "This is a really cool idea, and we actually have a lot of unused grant money we could put towards this if you're interested in working something out." This was really cool news. The amount of unused money was huge, and an increase in budget like that could build something even cooler and more complex than we had planned.
3.  "That area of the diag does tend to get swampy." This seems to be a problem, but it was followed up with "it would force someone to go out there and really try to fix it." I'm sure we could come up with a solution.
4. "I bet there'd be a way to work out freezing the lights under ice in the winter." We hadn't really planned to leave the structure up in the harsher months, but this could create a totally unique "chill" experience (pa-dum-ch). Perhaps a year-round lounge is something to consider.
5. "A performance element to the lounge area, such as a stage, would be interesting to see." We had thought about this in our initiall design, but a limitation on space and budget made it a little far-fetched. If we used the unused grant money, however, I'm sure we could work this aspect into our design.
6. "With a larger budget, we could supply more durable materials to use in the construction of it." Very true.
7. "This is a really cool idea." Always uplifting.
8. "It's nothing new that the North Campus Diag is a little mundane, but this is one of the better ideas I've heard for solving the problem." This refers back to criticism 1.
9. "So there are lights inside? Awesome." That's what we thought, too!
10. "You'll probably get an A on this." Not exactly feedback, but an uplifting thing to hear nonetheless!


Our feedback was almost entirely positive, so it seems like from here we'd stick to the design, try to get permission to use thee space, then actually build the structure. There is some issue in the swampiness of the Diag, but nothing a little brainstorming wouldn't work around. Overall, though, I think our design was well-thought and impressed many people, so few, if any, changes would be made to it.