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I have a very important question, is the main blog dead? after 3 years of architecture school I wanted to submit a quip...

Hi there,

I’ve just been on a really looooong unofficial hiatus that included getting married, buying a house, adopting several animals, getting work promotion, working on art projects and just life in general.

But I’m back now??? I’ll try to be more consistent! 

Please continue to submit quips 

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Hi! My name is Valentina I'm first-grade student of architecture in Chile and in my departament I got assigned to make a work class with any other student of a architecture in another country. I looking for people to help with this type of project . The work is uncomplicated and should not take long. I hope it doesn't bother you, Thanks!

Awesome! 

Contact Valentina through her tumblr to help her out.

Good luck.

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Anonymous asks:

Hi! I'm a contemplating starting grad school next year, I just can't seem to decide between MArch or an MSc program. While doing my bachelors I did okay in design but I want to do better & develop my design skills so I think MArch would be wise. But I really enjoy research, I've joined a couple of interesting researches previously and I loved working on them. Has anyone been through this? What would you recommend? Does getting an MArch/MSc makes a difference in career later on?

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Anonymous asks:

I was wondering how much of architecture is computer-based versus hands-on or pen and paper. I'm really interested in architecture and i love art and math but I don't want to do something that involves sitting at a computer all day. Obviously I know that computer aided drafting is important but how much time is spent on the computer compared to everything that is involved in architecture?

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joe-simon asks:

I’m a second year student and we just started creating our own models (first year was useless it was mostly about orientation and vernacular architecture - even our teachers say so) so I’m finding a bit of a difficulty coming up with ideas and concepts (like everyone in my class) so how can I improve that? My teacher say that we should read about great masters of Architecture (as corbusier, louis kahn, steven holl…) and figure out how they work, but it’s still hard for us yet to understand it on our own. So what is your advise, how can I start to think as an architect?

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vice-jpeg asks:

Hey, this have been happening to me constantly with my design concepts, to be copied. But now it’s my thesis project and there’s a classmate who copied few of my ideas and I don’t know what to do.. The prof seems to be okay with it! Is there anything I can do?

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oneofthemillionarmy asks:

Hi, i just graduated college, but I want to make a huge career change from health science to architecture, but I'm still debating between architecture, architectural engineering, or structural engineering. I'm deciding between those three because architecture and engineering are different fields and I need to figure out which side I like more. If I like engineering more, I'm stuck between the two because people say SE is better because it's more well known, but I have a feeling that the demand for AE will increase by the time I finish my degree, and also architectural engineering (from what I've researched) is more on the inside building systems, and structural is a lot more broad-based, so I figure architectural engineering is even more specific in terms of it's field, but it's still ambiguous because the shortest, lacking huge detail, definition is bridging architecture and engineering together, so I want to know more about it. Thank you so much!

Oh, and what can you tell me about the three of them? for all three, is it better for me to get a second bachelor's or go for masters?

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Anonymous asks:

I am an architecture student and I go to a school where they talk a lot Vitruvius, Alberti, Palladio, etc. I don’t find most of their books and works interesting. Does that make me a bad student?

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Anonymous asks:

Hi! I’m a third year architecture student, and I was wondering if you could answer some questions for me. I feel that at the pace that I’m going through school, I’m not learning as much from my classes as I’d like to be, so I want to take the initiate to learn some things on my own. This is specific to computer programs, and I was wondering whether you could recommend the best ways to learn a program (autocad, revit, rhino etc.) Also, could you give some pointers on giving good presentations?

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scissorsandtonfas asks:

What in the world is needed to get into the field of architecture? People often, or rather always, tell me that math is absolutely essential and that I have to be really good at it to even get accepted if I want to consider architecture as a career in the future, while some say creativity is key. And if someone wants to take architecture as a major, do they need any courses or need to know anything before they get to university to choose? I’m just 16 but everyone just keeps pressuring me on the whole future career thing, and sometimes their questions make me consider getting into architecture later. Help?

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tajul-adz asks:

What is actual a spirit of place? I have difficulty in trying to identify the spirit of places in my site selection.

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guerreroovvoo asks:

What kinda basic knowledge would I need to make it easier for me when I major in architecture?

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lokkish asks:

I'm a prospective archi student and I was wondering in what classes or in what books do architects learn to draw and layout blueprints and construction diagrams? A lot of what I see seems to focus on the abstract notion of a space and less about how to actually go about constructing it. 

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exploring-in-space asks:

Hello! So I’m a second year at my architecture program and we had our very first group design project. There were four people in our group and we were designing an amphitheater. Since there were four of us in the group, a lot of the times I felt like I didn’t have a lot of power to say my own ideas, and this one guy had real dominant ideas that overtook the design. So I was wondering if you guys had any ideas on how to help me be able to voice my ideas in a group project?

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Anonymous asks:

Do you think it would be appropriate to inform my studio prof about my medical issues? My depression/adhd/anxiety combination combined with the stress of studio never ends well, but I don’t want for her to think that I’m using them as an excuse any time I’m not up to par with my classmates. What should I do?

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Anonymous asks:

Hi! I’m going to start college on monday and I’m really scared, I don’t know how different the architecture career is in the US (I live in Venezuela) but I’m worried because I really don’t have much knowledge about it. And in a few months I am planning on starting to study plastic arts but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to handle everything. Help?

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Anonymous asks:

Hi, first of all pardon my English, not my 1st language. Im a 3rd year Interior Archi Student. So, I love art but in high school, architecture is the only major my parents would allow me to take that has anything to do with arts. I thought that well yeah architecture wouldnt be a problem. But now in the 3rd year I feel like I don’t belong, however I cant just quit. I’m feeling very down right now. Are there people experiencing the same thing and how do they get through this?