ok, live from the atlanta airport, i am awaiting a flight to austin to bookend my four day blitz build. today i contributed as much as i could to the completion of the framing of the full piece so that all that is left is the cladding. craig did a few of the slats that are on the beak side so he knows the score and will be able to do them without me. ill have to say that the thing is a lot bigger than i expected, but also the site was a lot more constrained than i pictured, so it feels pretty big. i dont know if you can tell but on day 1 we lost about 18″ of the design height. 12′ just felt really imposing back there, and the client was a bit nervous about getting blowback from their neighbors if it was visible over the top of their house. so the proportions are a bit squattier than the design.

one other thing that i left without building is the little wall spanning between the first and second floor next to the hole that connects them. i think this is really important and should be equipped with a climbing surface too because the 4′ level change is hard to negotiate via chin-up. i think i might sketch some over the photos to make sure the client and his skeleton crew have a clear sense of what is left and hopefully they will send us pictures of the finished product for our ‘dwell’ centerfold.

peep the final photos.