| ArchiCAD Winter School Feedback | Did you find the Skiing/Snowboarding acceptable during the first 4 days? | Was the Hotel acceptable? (or chalets) | Was the Teaching/Learning program interesting enough for you? | Do you you find the plenaries or the Graphisoft Q&A sessions interesting? | Did you find the event socially rewarding? | Do you consider the event acceptable value for money? | General comment / testimonial | Your ideas for improvement in organising future events? (and will you come again?) |
| Orsi Balazs, Graphisoft Hungary |
Yes!! Feuerkogel for a beginner skier is ideal, even if this very enthusiastic skier twists her knee already on the second afternoon :o)) A note - thanks all of you the help and the kindness at those 'hard' days... the 'magic cream' I get made really wonder :o) |
Absolutely : the food was perfect, Nicole and the other hosts were really nice persons... so it was no matter at all that there was no heating in our room, because we spent almost all the time down ;o)) | Well, I could find several new
themes for me in the ACWS like ArchiPhysik and SketchUp... I would like
to knew more deeply these programs and I would prefer to get some more presentations
about additional programs to the ACWS. At the ACWS I think I had quite a special role: I was neither organizer, nor 'classical' participant... I did a bit of support, a bit of architecture (I enjoyed it very much :o)), a bit of teaching and some times I had the feeling that I'm considered as organizer as well :o)) |
For me it was interesting to get to know what kind of questions should be considered as important questions by the users and dealers. | Yes, during the week I had possibility to talk with almost everybody. | It was OK. | All in all I enjoyed very much.
.... probably next time I would offer a presentation as well in a special
theme :o) Great Event!! Thanks for all of You!!! Vielen Dank für Alle! |
- quiz about the AC (for advanced
users) - introduction at the beginning - probably it could work to prepare with a 2 minutes introduction (projects, talk, pictures... ) - group work for the beginners to do a small 'project' - it would be great to make an ftp site or something similar where all of us can upload their photos and we can see them (photos + introduction parts were great ideas) - learn AC in the way of 'play' |
| Charlotte Darre, Denmark | Yes | They are always SO nice at the hotel - it's like you are part of a family when you are there. and perfect that it's on the mountain - when you wake up, it's just out of the bed and on with the ski | I found it very interesting - a few more lectures about archicad, GDL etc would have been nice. | It gives a better understanding of how the company works and how they prioritize developing archicad | Yes - very much! One of the main reasons why I went back!! (was there last year as well) | Yes, definitely | Unless something unexpected (a big thing) happens - definitely, and for many years to come! | |
| Daniel Dusoswa, Ireland |
Just great, I loved it. The area was not too large so at regular intervals you met other delegates and had a chat, skied together of a while, parted and met somebody else.... over and over again. Between skiing, passing the Edelweiß terrace, had a beer or two, something to eat and off again. As I had not skied for such a long time I knew I should not overdo my skiing sessions and when I stayed for a while on the terrace of the hotel near the piste I still felt part of the whole experience. Very Good, absolutely no complaints whatsoever. |
Just fine, I loved it. What do you need more? A bed, an en suite bathroom and a cosy Bar/restaurant with Nicole, Claudi and Alex looking after us. Any shortcomings in the accommodation, of course there were some as you can expect in an old building, was made good by the excellent service and good food. On balance no complaints! | The Charrette did not do it for me. From an early stage I was uncomfortable with the endless discussions about the philosophy of the problems of Feuerkogel. I did not come to study philosophy, I came for ArchiCad. I feel the groups were too large and the ideas of what to do was too much controlled by one or two in the group. Anybody agreed at some stage just to move things on. I feel there was room for subdividing the design problems in smaller parts and let delegates choose which groups to join depending on their interest. | Yes, interesting but at the same time opportunities were lost. Next time I suggest that all delegates bring a list with questions they have over ArchiCad. You will get all sorts of questions at any level. Then the tutor team should take some time to categorize the questions, some can be dealt with by other delegates or by tutors in workshops, some are interesting enough for plenaries and some can only be answered by the Graphisoft team. Simple and part of the programme made and many people happy. | The whole event had the right mix. In particular I enjoyed talking to people who share similar interests. Have made great friends! | YES sure, but we drank too much! | We did not want to go home! Thanks for your organisation of this unforgettable week. I have met so many interesting people and with some of them I am sure I will keep contact because of our shared interest in GDL and extreme-ArchiCad. I am only using ArchiCad and GDL for less than a year and have learned so much. Still I want to learn more and these gatherings are a great help, if only to know that you are not alone in your quest to learn more and to overcome shortcomings in the software. | Don’t want to go anywhere else! This was not primarily a skiing holiday. Another place with more skiing and after ski options would shift the balance to an ordinary ski holiday. I am of the opinion that the fact that there basically was only the Edelweiß was an advantage. People did not get dispersed but stayed together which facilitated bonding ! |
| David Kjoller, Denmark | Absolutely Great runs. Lovely ski instructors | Yes. Rooms okay (all you need is a bed and a bathroom). Fine service. Great location close to the runs, and what a beautiful panorama view. | The different parts of the teaching program were interesting enough, however, it would be nice with some more teaching in ArchiCAD and GDL. The design charette was quite good, but the project was quite comprehensive for a six days course. (It demanded a large analysis preventing you from using ArchiCAD for the first two days) | Yes. Useful for Graphisoft as well. | Absolutely | Yes | Maybe it would be a good idea having a number of less comprehensive design projects combined with more ArchiCAD teaching in order to use ArchiCAD a bit more. I'll be back! | |
| David Nicholson-Cole, Nottingham |
If the skiing facilities arent expert enough for you, remember we choose Part of our charrrette task was to think of ways of |
We are doing our bit to support the economy of Feuerkogel! Back in 2002 and earlier, this used to be called "neben" season, the lowest season, but now, FK is busy during this third week of Jan. | The Programme - sorry there was less emphasis on ArchiCAD this year - it took longer than expected to get to some real ArchiCAD working - but we hope you derived pleasure from being with ArchiCAD minded people working together on a question requiring wider thinking skills than the usual kind of modelling and drawing. It is not often that you can feel you may be changing lives for the better. I am sure that the effect of our being there will have a lasting benefit to the people of Ebensee and Feuerkogel. | The plenary programme was shortened this year by the nightskiing earlier in the week, and by the longer-than-expected Graphisoft Q&A sessions later in the week - and then the pressure of time for groups to finish. But I hope that the incredible intensity of working together was an enjoyable experience. | With the mixture of students and mature users, I felt that there was a remarkable level of friendship, group bonding, working together, crossing the boundaries of age and experience. | I am glad everyone finds this to be good value. It would be vastly more expensive to pick somewhere to the southwest of Salzburg. |
Thankyou for coming to the ArchiCAD Winter School.I enjoy it so much,
i would still come even if it meant sitting in the bar in the evening
with just Nicola and Claudia to talk to. We now have an Archicad University Yahoo Groups area for you to upload files and photos to! |
A Charrette is something you cant do half heartedly - we benefitted from the bad weather (gaining extra time for group work, but losing skiing time). But if you are going to do a charrette, it has to be wholehearted, and thus there isnt so much time for workshops. Next year, we shall return to more plenaries and workshops, but we may bring a design element into the workshops so that there is continuity over several evenings. |
| Harley Vincent, Australia/UK | Thank you for a fantastic, brilliant week. | I must admit that Kate and I both approached the week with the anticipation of being stuck on a mountain with a group of 'computer nerds', and had feared what the atmosphere would be like, more so for Kate who neither is an Architect or a user of ArchiCAD. I am glad to say that our fears were dispelled. | The project was a fantastic creative release, and more importantly an opportunity to work with a dynamic, considered and co-oporative group of people - Team Green. It was quite a mix of people in our group, from Academic, to professional, to student. I would like to further congratulate the students in the group, from Nottingham Uni, Holland and Denmark. | Kate and I were sad to leave the mountain and more so to leave the ArchiCAD group, many of who are now friends. We were both reflecting during the week how the small size of the group allowed for quality time to be spent getting to know people, and how by the end of the week, much more than just one friendship was made. | I would like to highlight what an absolute pleasure it was to work with the students on the project, and how their enthusiasm and belief in our scheme kept me buzzing, at times giving me goose bumps at the thought of what positive influence our scheme could have for Feuerkogel and for future generations. I hope the students have been able to take away something from the exercise that will add to their development as architects. |
For the Winter School, I hope there are many more to come and that i will be able to attend them. I hope I can keep intouch with all of the friends Kate and I made, and hopefully visit them sometime soon. Thank you again David for a great week...it certainly was hard going back to work. |
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| Heidi Hardis, Denmark | Yes, very good for a beginner. | Yes | Maybe the program should be more specific. Possible to select among different topics. | Yes, very interesting. But it would be nice with more "live-drawing" Not just talk - show it on the projector. | Yes, indeed. Interesting to meet people from so many nationalities, and discuss architecture and their approach and ways of working. | Yes, the price is very fair and gives students the possibility to join. | It would be nice with better conference facilities, but not if it affect the price to much! So all in all a very rewarding/fun/interesting week in Feuerkogel- Hope im able to join you next year. | Thank you for a interesting and fun week. I´m glad i came. |
| Helen Morse, UK | Very Basic..........but as you
say above we expected nothing better. Shame it was all stopped after Wednesday, as I felt the conditions on Sat morning were no better, but they opened one lift for locals, yet would not open one for us on Thursday when we asked. |
Our room was fine we do not expect to stay in the room apart from sleeping... | I did get fully involved However as we were all under pressure to try to gel as a group and produce something professional enough for the mayor, we did not learn anything as people within the group had to draw on existing skills to make the deadlines. | Yes these were the most interesting times.....although I was still waiting for the Piranesi? | I found a lot of people were not used to having to work with other people and other ideas, so we tried very hard to make those integrate in our team who did not want to know. By Wednesday through a lot of effort we got all but one on board. There was not enough time for social bonding as the agenda was so demanding. | Cannot complain at all. | I will probably not come again as the other designers our design team need to be given the opportunity to come. I would not come again if the agenda was going to be similar, as I could not justify the time for the little I learnt. I would have liked to see one evening as a completely social evening... bordering a party so that you can get to know people away from their laptops. | Winter school held in a captive place is a very good idea. However when the weather enclosed a lot of people for a very long time in a very small place with no other outlets than your laptops it becomes a very inspirationally bereft place. |
| Henry Godfrey, Nottingham | Ski conditions were good for the first four days, although the skill levels were obviously not on a par with some French resorts. Whilst this would be a major factor on a standard ski-only holiday, this factor didn't detract from the trip as it worked well with the combination of the whole Winter School conference/ presentations in the evening. | No problems at all with the Hotel, management and food was superb.. everyone was so welcoming and friendly there. One minor point though, for the vegetarians in the group I felt the chef tried too hard with meals (rather than just keeping the vegetarian elements of the main meals and replacing the meat, which would've pleased most people, he often changed the entire dish.. which was maybe too much effort and meant vegetarians missed out on some really nice aspects of the main meals. Only a small point though, otherwise everything was brilliant. | Having not studied ArchiCAD in any depth before coming to Austria, a lot of the learning programs went over my head (as they focussed on more detailed aspects aimed at the more competent ArchiCAD users). This was adressed midweek with some very good tutorials from Andreas for just us Nottingham students, which I found very informative. | I found the Graphisoft Q&A sessions absolutely fascinating, both the formal one that took place during the conference, and the more informal chats when we stopped for lunch one time skiing. Watching users of ArchiCAD chat freely about their problems and ideas with the very creators of the program, who listened intently, was great. The idea that the points brought up in these sessions are actually going to be very constructive in the development of future versions of ArchiCAD, is to me a very important thing. It highlights another example of teamwork and development that was the essence of the Winter School, and also shows the importance and emphasis Graphisoft place on customer service. | Definitely | Food and drink was at a good price, but as mentioned the lack of ski areas and levels for some of the more expert skiiers meant, in terms of skiing at least, value for money wasn't always achieved. However, this should take nothing away from the majority of the value for money coming from the learning and interacting side of the Winter School, which to me, was priceless! | The price we paid, (in terms of the skill levels of runs there) for having what was in effect our own private ski resort for the week, with no lift queues or piste congestion was thus relatively small for a week in which learning and interacting with people took priority. | A general point I picked up on, from the more experienced users, was that there wasn't enough of the more in-depth lectures and learning programs on ArchiCAD, teaching them things they didn't know. This happened informally to a degree, with people of different backgrounds and levels of expertise in GDL/ ArchiCAD etc. chatting lots and sharing ideas, and maybe this is a point you could pick up on for next year's Winter School. |
| Jacob Lanng, Denmark | Since I am a first time skiier I found it great! Good price and great slopes! | Excellent food, great management and personal! The only thing that was needed was a place to dry our ski clothes. | I would like to have more ArchiCAD teaching for the novice users and maybe some GDL basics. The idea of working in groups on a project was great, since the experience of different working culture and ideas was a great PLUS! | My knowlage of ArchiCAD was not good enough to get the best out of the session. | VERY! It was a very inspiring atmosphere and combined with the program I think it worked VERY well. | Yes. | Thank you for a inspiring and pleasant week! | I am already looking forward to next years winterschool and hope to see all of this years members again. |
| Jan Ludwig Hundvebakke, Norway |
The Skiing and snowboarding suited the whole Team (this is an exellent family place). Are: Had a jump for himself, steadily improving his skill in jumping with his snowboard Guri: Great time with Mei Lin and Lou Lou, speaking english and encouraging the girls to ever steeper hills, Mei Lin did not make it to the chair lift, blame the weather. Mother and father: Newcomers to snowboarding, this is the place..! |
The chalet functioned very well. We, Norwegian Family Team and English Student Team were like a big Family. | I did not get fully involved, in the starting discussions, I felt as part of the game.. The localities are not good for group work. One week here is not a lot of time.. One has to adapt to several "groups".. and that may be a big challenge for just a week. Living in a group, - another group for the charrette - and also trying to have a good time around the tables. | This is my main interest as an Archicad user for going to Feuerkogel. It is very interesting as a user of Archicad, having the possibility to get that close to the developers of the software one is using every day... and claiming the perfectness to others in different foras. | Yes, it is so easy to get into a good talk with people, but this event only has 7 nights, and I need sleep too... | Yes. I try to think of somwhere in Norway, but can not come up with a place that would give that much value (at a probably higher cost)... for all of us | I am speaking for my whole family: We all had a great time! Are & Guri: Enjoyed the first days with a lot of snowboarding, and the last days putting together a video on Andreas Lettners Apple, with many scenes they had mostly made outside during the sunshine days (with Andreas' camera!). Andreas: Thanks for taking care of young and old! It also showed up that living with 7 english students in the chalet was a great thing, For my whole family coming here, having breakfast and dinner served, just makes life easy.. | Of course I will come again. This is my main source for updating myself on ArchiCAD..and in addition meeting so many friendly people, outdoor life.. seems like it is impossible in just one week. |
| Jonathan Deeming, Nottingham | Excellent school for beginners and adventurous intermediates! runs still challenging for intermediates, along with the old T-bar lifts! | Superb! Friendliest staff I have ever come across - food second to none, though breakfast time a bit early for those in chalet. | Very - learned Archicad with personal tuition. | I would if I knew more about ArchiCAD. | Definitely! the best cross age, gender, skill level and nationality event I have ever witnessed. | Yes, considering the above friendships/team buiilding skills gained. | Highly recommended - perhaps the best week of my university life so far! | |
| John Littlewood, South Wales | Skiing was fine for the event as a whole, I did not attend ACWS with skiing as the main focus, it is the whole package that counts. The bonus is that between skiing, whilst on the lifts and at lunch times you can talk about ArchiCAD and design with like minded people. For me, loving to use ArchiCAD, ski and be in the mountains it is the perfect combination. In addition, if the skiing were any more demanding I would get distracted, and not focus on ACWS. | The hotel is certainly lacking in facilities: showers, the toilets, the rooms are not big enough and the beds are too short (I am over 2 metres tall). Having said all this, we are not here to spend time in the bedrooms, and it is not sustainable to spend too long in the shower. The food was good, but the portions could have been larger in the evenings, especially after a full days skiing. | Loved the Teaching/Learning program, but missed the opportunity for a workshop on meshes, visualisation, and DNC's GDL.I enjoyed working in Team Green, particularly as I think that most team members inspired each other and started to think on the same level throughout the week. Indeed, whilst travelling back I thought we have to finish our proposals and particularly the Berg Campus. | The Graphisoft evening should have been joined into one evening. | Socially, it was excellent, Nicole wants a medal for serving for so long into the night. I have made so many friends. | Very good value for money, consider the cost of one training day at an ArchiCAD reseller in the UK. | It is a pity we have to wait one more year for the next ACWS. The location was ideal. | Organisation, covered in other communication, only slight adjustments required though. The only other contact I have in Austria is in Scheffau. I am not sure that we could take over his hotel like we do at FK.We need Banking facilities on the mountain so that you do not need to carry all your money from the UK. |
| Liu Liu Zhang, China | Yes,I am happy with the skiing most of the time. | I really like the chalet, especially the people I lived with. | My laptop crashed in Winter School. However I did learn some very useful basic skills of ArchiCAD. | Not really. We students do not have any basic knowledge about this software. | Yes, definitely. I have met so many nice people in one place, and formed strong international friendships!!!!!!! | Yes. | One of the best times in my life. That is the memory which will stay forever. | I will definitely go next year. |
| Marie Sofie Larsen, Denmark | I really did - it is not very often you get an entire resort to yourself, and, well, there is always something to practise unless you are Hermann Meyer (although I think that even he would be able to entertain himself at Feuerkogel ;-)) | Suits the purpose very well. |
It was inspiring - I will try to get permission to finish the project in Aarhus. A smaller and more specific design task would maybe get people to work in ArchiCAD sooner. |
At summer school they are very good, but they are maybe a bit too long after an entire day of skiing, waiting for the group work to start. Maybe it would be nice if the Graphisoft-team was circling around for specific group-questions/ small sessions - in that way they might become more busy as well. | Very much. | Indeed! |
I think it was a brilliant week we had in Austria. I think I almost have the permission from my school to continue working with the charrette project here in Aarhus. I hope you are happy with the outcome of the charette. It was quite an experiment, but considering the timeframe and the huge mix of people I think it went well. |
If the event will be held at Feuerkogel next year we already have lots of prepared work... maybe some groups would want to continue their work - maybe others would like to do small scale stuff. |
| Mei Lin Khor, Nottingham | I found ski school fairly good. As all the runs were fairly close to one another it was easy to find my group if i arrived late or spent longer on the slopes. The teacher was very good and had much time and patience to give me on a one to one level. As a first time skiier, I enjoyed the runs and thought that their close proximity was a plus point. Not too steep and fairly long runs are good for a beginner. I enjoyed the lifts, maybe for the novelty factor, but i did think they were a bit slow and not as efficient as they could be. | I found the chalets extremely comfortable. There was enough space to accomodate everybody and it catered for my needs superbly. The idea of accommodating such a large number of people is a good idea as it encourages social interaction. The food was lovely, the location of the hotel was in an ideal spot and I found the management to be helpful and friendly. | I would have benefitted more from learning how to use Archicad a bit more and possibly learning of other programmes that are out there as well. However, it was an exciting opportunity to be working on a real life project with professionals and students. | As someone who is a novice to computer software I did find the Plenaries and the Graphisoft Q&A sessions interesting. Just to gain a little more background info on how the whole programme is set up and run is interesting. | Extremely, it was such a pleasure to meet up with all these people who share the same sort of interests as I do. | Yes. | To be working and skiing in such an environment is wonderful. I enjoyed the relaxed approach everyone had and enjoyed talking to all the people who knew so much about what they were doing, old and young, who were so willing to impart what knowledge they had with you work related, socially and about skiing. I thank everyone for their tremendous amount of support and kindness. | Having had such a wonderful time in Feuerkogal it is hard for me to think about improvement and Yes i would consider attending Winter School again. |
| Nikolaj Knudsen, Denmark | Yes, very fine (for my part only two days) the safety on lifts and the mountain could be better. | The hotel was great. One minor thing was the size of the rooms. The people who runs the place very nice - was like being a part of the family :) | I think the design charrette was a very good thing to do to get everybody on different levels involved. | Only the parts about future development (objects and 3D environment) | Yes, great people the whole way through. | Yes | I just hope I can manage to get back next year! | It would be nice with some more advanced teaching in Archicad and GDL. |
| Paul Jozsa, Leicester UK | Yes, but I missed Franks more specific and varied skiing exercises. | Yes, always the highest standard, felt good to be placed in the same room, a personal touch. | Yes, requested Individual tutors to go through a live new project brought along, answer questions individually. very useful. | Yes, found long chats very useful, feedback to graphisoft. | Yes, met new companions. would be useful to get a list of people attending prior to arrival with email addresses. | yes | Preferred tutorials rather than projects. Seen lot of tension between various individuals in group work. Was looking forward to Lubo and Adrian's Archicad tit bits. maybe next time. | Venue location was excellent, I would prefer you to retain it. |
| Richard Hudson, Southampton UK | Yes - The Skiing was only part (and not the major one) of the reasons for being at the Winter School. | EVERYTHING was brilliant except for the sleeping / showering accommodation which everyone knows is being addressed. Clement is a very nice guy and a great fellow to find oneself in such close proximity to without any prior contact.I hope the feeling was reciprocated! I'm not sure I would be so lucky another time and would therefore think twice before sharing in such confined accommodation again. | YES. It would have been better
to provide a pre-worked basic project as a sketch design for all to start
from. (This might be on paper to start.) |
VERY INTERESTING and a very important part of the ACUE experience. Where else would you meet with and discuss a manufacturers product in such a convivial way? An afternoon of skiing with Victor and Lazlo (sp) quickly followed by a heavy session (2 to 2 with John and I ) to go over the things discussed on the long chairlift. Fantastic. | Very | Total a bit more than I anticipated but that's probably down to my Bar bill more than anything else!!! Thank goodness for Gordon Brown I say! | Despite your feeling a little under siege from various quarters you must recognise the week as a great success. I certainly do but thanks in part to the weather and a lot of after midnight oil burning. Just like being back at college again - Great! | I would like to come again. BUT - (The date may coincide with daughter No 1's graduation if it falls on the same week next year) |
| Richard Hudson continues: | With a prepared design, each
group could develop the project in various ways using the different areas
of ArchiCAD as case studies based on it. That way everyone could develop
a particular area they wish to pursue in the software say Rendering, Walk
through, Publisher, 2D Section and working drawings, GDL, Scheduling etc
etc... If coordinated then the whole range of a projects stages could be
explored and the Virtual Building as a whole could be tested to destruction
by the week to see if it can really work for everyone. At the conclusion
all of the sub group efforts would be gathered into on project portfolio
for discussion and viewing. hopefully everyone learning on the way. OR , The results could be co coordinated into a series of project tutorials. ( for publication ??) |
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| Richard Payne, Wales | We loved the skiing again this year and managed a few new slopes. We didn't think the ski school was as good as in 2004 and didn't really get much direction from it. Hired equipment seemed fine though we have nothing to compare it with. | Hotel was excellent (again). Great food and service and helpful management. | Program was fine, though without a laptop sometimes there is a feeling that everyone disappears into their own little worlds for periods of time and those without are excluded/2nd class citizens. Mixed feelings with charrette. If more basic information and back-up material regarding the site was commonly available at the outset, I think more design would have been done - more creative thinking. | Thoroughly enjoyed Graphisoft interaction (though I was very upset by certain delegates who were rude and inconsiderate and talked all the way through despite being asked not to). | Socially excellent. Our thanks to everyone who made my 8 year old son feel welcome. | Yes, good value indeed. | Another excellent week away from the gloom of post Christmas Wales Well done David and Reinhard for organising and seeing it through. | I am still thinking about improvements Yes, we will come again - Tom is already saving. |
| Alex Tepper, Eindhoven Netherlands | I loved the skiing on Feuerkogel, for I never skied before. The skiing facilities like lifts/ ski hire / ski school were just perfect. I loved the whole atmosphere of the Feuerkogel. Just so many friendly people | The hotel was also brillant, good service especially Nicola, good food, good room not that I saw much of that. | I loved the charrette, Peter was a very good tutor. I really enjoyed working with my group, it gave me new insights on architecture, which I can use in the project I am now working on. I can imagine that for some professional architects it looked too much like work, but I really enjoyed it, getting new insights on how to start a project, making concepts and designing a masterplan. | I didn't find all the plenaries as interesting but maybe that's because I am a student. If it was up to me all the plenaries would be the last one on thursday by Lubomir Kulichev. He gave some good and useful tips which I already use now. In short very inspirational. | Absolutely, I met so many new people, and of course some old friends from summer school. The concept of meeting people that more or less share the same interests is just so rewarding. I had a really good time. | If the price was doubled for what reason so ever, I would still come. So yes I found it very acceptable. | WICKED, thanks for everything, | For the next Winter School I would still do a charette but then reduce it to a building (maybe an existing one) so that ArchiCAD can be used from the very first moment which wasn't the case with this charrette. And organize plenaries which focus on the different design phases every night (like the last one and like the satelite picture as a material on a mesh) |
| Til Breton, Marselles, France | Even if of low difficulty level it was a pleasure to ski with all those ArchiCAD fans, the time in the ski-lift and chairlift was spent discussing on our shared passion. | Every thing was fine except the size of the room which where a little too small for three fellows (Til John and Steve) and of course queuing for showers every morning... but these are of very small importance in comparison with all the pleasure felt during these 8 days! | In my opinion putting every team in a real contest was too much for such a short period. It's too difficult to in parallel, make the acquaintance with somebody, analyse a site you've never seen with very few documentation, master the alphabet of Archicad, and design a project! | Direct questions to the Graphisoft team was of very high interest, I wouldn't have missed them for any reason ! I've been very interested seeing Andreas Lettner giving lessons to students. It was amazing to see how his methods were so close to mine. | No doubt this was for me the main interest during this event. | Yes. | These 8 days were extraordinary for me. | The result of the charrette was interesting but it's obvious that everybody chose to work on one's strength: using its own already acquired skills and knowledge, in spite of learning and acquiring new ones! |
| Til Breton continues: | For another event I would choose
another strategy, keeping in mind that the majority of the people who take
part have one main intention : learning about ArchiCAD. Here are my suggestions: The organisation in team is an excellent idea, it forces small groups to create relationship, leaving every body free to meet other participants whenever they want, so I would keep it ! Every group could work on the same sketch for 2 days we could that way have 3 sketches for each group. Each sketch's subject have to be written to focus on one main aspect of ArchiCAD, and to be done in a growing difficulties order : = Quick sketching and organising the 3D model = Enhancing the model with accurate objects = Using the team-work methods to manage large or complex building = Rendering, fly-thru or whatever is suggested... Each sketch could be the occasion to show the best methods or examples in plenary to give teams good ideas just before they start their sketches, and after a collective presentation of each team's work (with powerpoint or keynote) high-skilled user could show their point of view, tips and tricks only viewed by their own team |
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| Jan Lovland, Norway | Ok runs, but too few, the area is too small. Not enough challenges. Too few skiruns for advanced skiers. | Too bad air in the public room (humid and warm). Sleeping room often too cold. I am missing special rooms for teamwork. | Sorry, not this year. Difficult to get other group members involved with my thoughts. I wanted to make something more specific in Archicad. Many of these conclusions at the end of the week could have been served us an earlier stage, from for instance the mayor. They knew much of our conclusions from before. | Yes, but the needs should be more related to the use of archicad and belonging programs. | Yes, very good. Many good contacts. | I think it is still cheap. This year not so much learning. But a nice holiday! | I hope in the future we can be more focused on Archicad and related programs. | |