Year after year, a question I always come back to is “what is architecture?”. My favorite part of this question is how there is no right or wrong answer, and everyone always has a different answer. Subjectivity has been a dominant force of my education during my 3rd year of architecture school. It is trulyContinue reading “What is Architecture?”
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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”
CAUSfest 2021
Today’s Topics: Busy Summer What is CAUSfest? Student Organizations What is CAUSfest? Does CAUSfest ring any bells, or mean anything specific to you? I imagine that it does not because this is a relatively new event for the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech. CAUSfest is a recruitment event for student organizationsContinue reading “CAUSfest 2021”
Back To Campus Since Over A Year
Today’s Topics: The Start The Drive Moving In The Start We ran into a close call in the morning, as we needed to rent a truck to carry couches, my bed, and desks. We chose to go with a Home Depot truck and to start off, we wanted to leave as early as possible. WhichContinue reading “Back To Campus Since Over A Year”
Staying Productive
Today’s Topics: ARE Prep Working on skills Summer organizations ARE Prep One of the essential things to becoming an architect is passing the ARE exams. This is one of the most challenging stages and can take years to complete all of the exams to be a licensed architect. Without having any assignments due for classContinue reading “Staying Productive”
What Does It Mean To Be Me?
Most times when I meet people, it is through one aspect of my life. Often times they find that I’m pretty talented at whatever I’m doing in that moment. What most people don’t know is how deep that list of talents run. By the end of this article you may wonder, how does he doContinue reading “What Does It Mean To Be Me?”
Architecture 2021
Today’s Topics: School Internship Personal Projects School Happy new year’s to everyone! I wanted to start off this year by thinking about what all is planned to happen. Firstly and most important, is architecture school. I will be finishing up my second year of architecture and starting my third year. This past fall I setContinue reading “Architecture 2021”
What I Miss Most About in-Person School
Today’s Topics: Studio Culture Clubs and Organizations Will it Ever be the Same? Studio Culture When I was in high school going on college tours to architecture schools, one thing that was universal across all campuses was that they all had some sort of unique culture in which students learn. I am very glad thatContinue reading “What I Miss Most About in-Person School”
My Fall 2020 Semester Wrap-Up
Today’s Topics: Recap Projects What this semester has meant for me Recap At the start of 2020, everything was normal. Then it all changed when I went home for spring break. First it was just an extra week off of school, but then it turned into packing up my things and moving off campus dueContinue reading “My Fall 2020 Semester Wrap-Up”
Design Through Iteration
Today’s Topics: What is This? Why do This? How Have I Done This? What is This? One of the biggest parts of starting to learn about architecture, is knowing that there is always something that you can improve. Iterative design is about completing your work in stages. Getting feedback about your work, hearing different opinionsContinue reading “Design Through Iteration”
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