It's one thing to learn about ideas in a classroom. But it's much more fulfilling to be totally immersed in the subject. In CEA, we have the opportunity to learn by doing through our current building project. This week, we took real-world learning to the next level. On Wednesday 3/6, CEA took a field trip to downtown LA. We visited and toured the office of Gensler architecture firm, saw some of the city's most iconic buildings, and even stopped by The Last Bookstore (we were fascinated by the the arch of books on the second floor). At Gensler, we were greeted by Heidi and Yana, two of the architects who've been working closely with our school and CEA. They gave us a tour of their collaborative workspace. Since architecture is such a broad subject that requires many areas of expertise, Gensler's offices have diverse functions for each specialty within the field. There's a machine shop for building and fabricating architectural models, open offices for designers to create and collaborate, meeting rooms for presenting ideas, and a "materials library" for employees to research the texture and aesthetic of various materials. After the Gensler tour, we toured DTLA. Each "build group" of the construction project was in charge of researching and presenting on one of the five iconic buildings we visited: the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels, the Cal Trans building, and the Bradbury Building. Huge shoutout to Heidi, Yana, and the entire Gensler team for making this trip possible!
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