Junior Lindsey Prestholdt sits in the art tech room waiting for the Architecture, Construction and Engineering Club meeting to officially start.

According to Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE) mentor Ashley Gooler, ACE clubs were assigned the project of finding a space, creating blueprints and coming up with construction plans for the Barack Obama Presidential Library, which is their assigned project this year.

“We’re here as mentors to help put together a final project presentation at the end of the semester. We’ll put together a budget, a schedule, floor plans and stuff for a Presidential Library for Barack Obama,” Gooler said.

Prestholdt said a lot of thought has gone into picking the site for the library, which they will create a 3D model of and pitch at competition.

“The first day we threw around ideas for what the presidential library will look like, we decided what it should have, the size should be and what it can do for the community. We also decided where we should put it, and where it could be most beneficial in the Chicago community. We also looked up locations for it Google Maps, and we basically found empty lots where we could put it that would be the right size and in the right location,” Prestholdt said.

Sophomore Grace Farley said she felt surprised by some of the procedural steps that go into construction.

“We had to draw something, but we had to make it fit in square feet and stuff, instead of just drawing it out you actually have to plan how big it’s going to be,” Farley said.

Prestholdt said she enjoys the freedom members have while making executive decisions over the club’s project.

“I really like the aspect that we can do whatever we want with what we’re building, and there really are no limits, and so any ideas we have can be implemented and be used,” Prestholdt said.

The next ACE meeting will take place after school Nov. 3 in the art tech room.