SOUTHCOAST

My favorite part was getting the experience of working with real designs, a real house and with real clients, knowing that you have the ability to affect someone’s life.

The most challenging and rewarding part of SouthCoast was learning to communicate with students from other schools who had different strengths and design backgrounds effectively and combining our ideas to better suit the client.

Here at SouthCoast whatever you put on paper is actually made and a half of an inch can make a difference. All the different part of the building have to be fully designed and thought about.

I really enjoy seeing how a house is put together, all the little details.

I plan to work in an architectural firm. Working with SouthCoast, I’ve learned what is like to work in a firm along with other people designing a project.

SouthCoast gave me a knowledge of the construction process, taught me how to produce construction documents and also taught me how to deal with a client, which was very impressive to my employer when I interviewed.

My favorite part(s) were meeting a lot of amazing people (the other students, Leah’s family and friends, people in the community, etc), experiencing a new culture, working with my hands everyday, and being able to collaborate with students from all over the country was an opportunity that most students will never get.

I think that it was a good transition to get my mind off of the fictional projects we do in school and move towards reality. It got me thinking of budgets, clients, and teamwork in a way that no class in school would have been able to teach me.

My favorite parts are the people I work with, the work I’m doing, the proximity to the beach, and the quaint town of Pass Christian herself.