#389 - I Want To See Tears

A van conversion project that was supposed to take three days is now four months in and an eighth of the way done. Evan and Cormac dig into what actually happened and why an architect's brain might be the single biggest obstacle to finishing a personal fabrication project on time. They cover the scope creep hiding in "wouldn't you do it differently?", why one wrong cut forces every subsequent piece to compensate, and the design-build logic that makes real-time problem-solving both efficient and indefinitely slow. This episode is especially relevant for architects and designers who've ever started a hands-on project with a realistic-sounding timeline and found themselves months later still fitting cedar lining around corners that aren't quite 90 degrees, holding a saw, and refusing to call it good enough. ----- Thank you for listening to Archispeak. For more episodes please visit . Support Archispeak by making a donation .

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#389 - I Want To See Tears is an episode from Archispeak by Evan Troxel, Cormac Phalen.

This episode is 35:46 long.

This episode was published on May 1, 2026.

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