Yes, I am THAT architecture student
At least one subject a year, sometimes two, in architecture school involves structure and/or construction. In early years it's simply learning the basics, and later on you learn how to detail construction or design structure. I also come from a TAFE background, and working with builders, so I have a tiny bit more exposure to this side…
This is a guest post, I was approached by this graduate (who will remain anonymous) to share their experiences working at this firm, as it’s a story that needed to be told. I’m unsure about the appropriateness of my writing this piece, mostly due to possible negative repercussions for future career prospects. But my conscious…
Continue reading ➞ Part of the territory? Reflections of a Recent Graduate
It's been 42 days since I wrote the sentence "Or maybe I need to take a few more steps back and think ‘Should I do something else?’" on a blog post explaining my situation at the time. If you haven't read it, a brief summary is I lost all motivation for architecture, and not just…
I want to use this post to explain a couple things, and for me personally as a way to get some thoughts out. I have touched on briefly about this in scattered tweets and Instagram posts but I don't think I've properly addressed here on the blog. As many of you may know, I am…
As is tradition on the blog I thought I'd share the best nines of 2016, including the best nine blog posts that were written this year. These are based on the number of views, and it gives me a form of indication of what you like reading and seeing. It's been an interesting year to…
I met Takaharu Tezuka at the architecture student conference #People2015 last year where a small group of us paid tribute by wearing blue t-shirts. After his talk we snapped a couple photos and the next day I looked him up on Facebook to add, he accepted. Fast-forward to yesterday, I sent him a message mentioning…
Continue reading ➞ My Morning with an Award-Winning Architect
During my studies I have became acquainted with fellow architecture students across all year levels, especially when I was Deakin's SONA representative (because, well, that was kind of my role). I started my journey as a 22-year old doing the Advanced Diploma of Building Design (Architectural) with no real formal knowledge of architecture or design.…
"What is more important, an idea or its execution?" That question was proposed on The Big Bang Theory where Sheldon, the theoretical physicist was in favour of execution whilst Leonard, a experimental physicist was all about the idea. It is an interesting question that is highly applicable to architecture, is the idea of the building more…
I got this idea from Archdaily who put out an article about the unanswered questions, except they never really answered them. I decided to screen shot "why do architecture s" and a couple interesting questions popped up. I thought it'd be good to sit down and answer some of these, but keep in mind that…
