Today’s Topics: What Was I Trying To Achieve? Community Spaces Reflection What Was I Trying To Achieve? For the AIA Virginia Competition, we were given a weekend to design a train station at a site in Christiansburg, VA. We were given a list of requirements, but I knew that if I was truly going toContinue reading “Explained: AIA Virginia Competition”
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Semester Studio Project
Today’s Topics: Iterations Final Work Final Pin-Up Iterations It has become apparent that I only shared the first part of my architecture studio project with you. Overall with this project, it has gone through 4 major iterations that have drastically changed how I portray my ideas and how I represent them. I have developed myContinue reading “Semester Studio Project”
The Good and the Great of This Semester so far
Today’s Topics: Why I Haven’t Posted in a While My Initial Thoughts Appreciation and Growth Why I Haven’t Posted in a While The last time I made a post to my blog was after my first pin-up this semester. Things were going well and I was progressing as I felt I should. Then things startedContinue reading “The Good and the Great of This Semester so far”
Architecture Studio Pin-Up No.1
Today’s Topics: What is the Project? The work that I’ve Done What’s Next? What is the Project? In architecture studio, we are working on a semester long project. This past Wednesday we had a big deadline where we had to show our progressed work. We used our sketches, and printed out our plans, among variousContinue reading “Architecture Studio Pin-Up No.1”
The Passion of Helping Young Students Learn to Love Architecture
Today’s Topics: Where did This Start for me? Why am I so Eager to Help Other Students? Is There an Age Limit for Learning Architecture? Where did This Start for me? I had an interest in architecture since I was a kid. One of the most memorable moments was learning about designing foe different climatesContinue reading “The Passion of Helping Young Students Learn to Love Architecture”
On The Path To Licensure
Today’s Topics: Officially Started All 3 Parts To Becoming Licensed AXP Hours Finishing Education, And Studying For Exams Officially Started All 3 Parts To Becoming Licensed Just 2 years ago I was an outsider looking into the world of architecture in awe. I remember thinking to myself “wow I will learn and do so muchContinue reading “On The Path To Licensure”
What Makes Architecture School So Hard?
Today’s Topics: Learning How to Design Spending Countless Hours Working You have to Know a Little Bit of Everything Learning How to Design When you look at the work of architecture students you may have good reviews or bad reviews about their work. One of the most challenging things to accomplish is learning how toContinue reading “What Makes Architecture School So Hard?”
Tensegrity Structure
Today’s Topics: What is Tensegrity? What am I Doing? Problem Solving What is Tensegrity? Tensegrity. A pretty uncommon word right? Don’t worry, I didn’t know what it was until a week into my research. Tensegrity is the idea that you can support 2 solid objects by only connecting them with string. It’s a daunting task,Continue reading “Tensegrity Structure”
This Week in Architecture School 29 March, 2021
Today’s Topics: Architecture Studio Project Other Classes Extracurricular Activities Architecture Studio Project The biggest thing I’ve been working on this week is my studio project. It is a community center, and is at a scale that we have yet to achieve. 25,000 sq ft. I started off strong developing my concept, but after that IContinue reading “This Week in Architecture School 29 March, 2021”
Self-Teaching in Architecture School
Today’s Topics: How Much are Architecture Students Supposed to Learn on Their own? Passion and Desire What is Architecture School Supposed to Teach Students? How Much are Architecture Students Supposed to Learn on Their own? Going through architecture school I’ve come to the realization that if there is something that you are interested in, thenContinue reading “Self-Teaching in Architecture School”
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