literally.
The
other day we had a belated spring cleaning at the building site.
Everything needed to be ready for the German delegation. Once we
started it was hard to stop us again, but finally we had to realize
that we could not get rid of the dust entirely. Moreover we assembled
some pillars to fix signal tape to make it 200% safe for our
visitors. Probably photos will be able to tell a much better story
about that day than words.
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| Before... |
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| Broom and woman power |
When
we were done with the floor and covered in dust ourselves our partner
SIGN brought the three light boxes. We had been designing them for
few days and the result proved the time well invested. So by the end
of the day everything was in place for the presentation.
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| Unveiling the light boxes |
After
Cristiano spent days and nights at Senhor Pachecos workshop we could
finally marvel at that beautiful model of ours, as well. Have you
ever seen such a detailed realistic model?
We
neither. Our special and most sincere thanks go to Senhor Pacheco, we
could not have accomplished that level of detail and precision
without him. Also we want to thank the previous teams that already
started with the structure.
Have
a look at the pictures, did we promise you too much?
More
pictures will be uploaded in the next weeks. Also check Senhor
Pachecos facebook to have a look at his wonderful boats he does.
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| Nightshift |
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| The model on its way to the site |
So
– cleaned building site: check; light boxes: check; model: check –
all set for our German visitors.
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| After |
The
delegation arrived on Saturday around lunchtime. They actually came
from the Institute
for Urban Planning in Berlin (Institut für Städtebau Berlin) and
were guests of Porto Vivo that organized the presentation of Arrebita
as a surprise. Since they were so many, we had to split the group and
Alina had to give the presentation twice. In German, of course. Even though the other Arrebitas could not understand too much, it seemed to be
a good presentation. The delegation was impressed by the idea and
engagement of Arrebita. So let's hope they spread the word of
Arrebita back home in Germany.
After the presentation we really had the best reasons to celebrate our achievements of our halftime.
After the presentation we really had the best reasons to celebrate our achievements of our halftime.
Of course we did not run out of tasks. There are a lot of things in the making right now.
As
you might remember, we need to build the ground floor before we can
start with the 1st floor. Therefore we are designing a
solution for it with our partner at the moment. We will keep you
updated about that.
Besides
that, we are testing a software by our partner 3Decide
It
is called 360° and will allow us to add captions with the
information or story we want to give on that component. They already
took the first round of 360° of photos and we have started to select
data we want to appear in the captions. Every three month there will
be new photos so you will actually be able to follow the
refurbishment process on the building site.
As
soon as we are done with the first ones we will upload them.
Furthermore,
we can proudly announce that...drumroll...we are done with the
selection of our successors, team 10. It was two weeks of talking to
very nice and talented people from all over the world. Nevertheless
there are just five positions in the team and we had a tough time
deciding with José. Shortly we will introduce them here. We are
excited to meet them soon, even though we are sad at once, as it means our
time is slowly running out. Four more weeks.
Doesn't
time fly when you enjoy yourself?
