Meeting, the first.

Matt, Emma, Genevieve and I are meeting today for the first time to work on eVolo's sky scraper competition. I'll give you a link, but you can't enter it, otherwise we'll have even more competition (eVolo). The site we've chosen is that of the old convention center in Washington D.C., which provides the foundation for some interesting discussions. Washington D.C. currently has a strict height limitation for it's buildings, but this limitation has began to be reevaluated. The following links provide more information on the debate:

• skyscraper city article
• washington post article
  

and here are some links about the site:

• http://14thandyou.blogspot.com/2008/11/whats-happening-at-old-convention.html
• Downtown D.C.

So far, our discussions have incorporated:

• Why a skyscraper?
• What is a skyscraper?
• Why D.C.?
  
• Environmental Concerns/ Sustainability
• Historic Context/ urban fabric