I am a university administrator in Washington supporting college students studying architecture, landscape architecture, construction management, and urban design. I also studied architecture in college. It has been a pleasure to review your competition submission. Thanks for sharing your project with the jury.

Before architects begin designing they spend a significant amount of time with the current and future users of the space they are working on. This helps them to tune into needs, likes/dislikes, things to avoid, things to put at the top of the list. While I like the research you have done into alternative solutions, it is hard for me to understand the current set-up in your high school library. Be sure to incorporate observations into future design problems (photos and text).

Thank you for including the website where you found inspiration - attributing sources is very important so that credit is received by the appropriate people. Keep this up as you finish high school and head into future school/work.

I was disappointed to not see a final design, as your ideas and digital model making skills show great promise. I hope you will complete that phase of the project.

Good luck with your next design challenge.