On May 11 I took a small group of sophomore architecture students on a field trip to Gensler architects at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. We had a really great time and were given a short tour of the office by principal architect Ambrose Kelly. Ambrose was kind enough to really explain the inner workings of the office, their design process, and how a simple idea becomes a built reality. Thank you Ambrose!  |
| Ambrose giving an overview of current architectural projects |
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| Hotel bedroom designs |
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| Office space is designed for project teams to easily collaborate with one another |
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| A quick overview of how Gensler uses Revit during the design process |
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| Staff designed stairwell partition |
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| Everyone was interested in learning how an architectural office really operates |
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| Tower design proposal |
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| Tower design proposal |
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| Architecture requires a lot of research! |
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| Gensler has a custom lighting display to allow designers to view different materials and finishes under different lighting conditions |
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| Presentation boards for various projects |
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| Office environment |
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| Ambrose really gave us some wonderful insight on the "how's and why's" of architectural design |
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| Model of a proposed office design |
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| Everyone was amazed that this was built by ONE man in ONE week! |
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| Highly detailed model, smartly built to allow for design changes |
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