Architectural Studyblr

Dedicated to studying for my architectural masters in the hopes that I get things done this way

[ritsual]

Ed Kashi, Palmyra, Syria. The Greco-Roman ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra.

[thephdpensieve]

the grad student life 

- romanticizing the ordinary

The love for knowledge, living to learn, discover and invent

dozens of scientific articles stacked on your desk

learning how to communicate your research

incorporating your personal style into every presentation or talk

upbeat music through your headphones while coding or writing , to drown the outside world

a keen eye for spotting information from a maze of texts

knowing instinctively the BS in articles or presentations

frantically scribbling new research ideas before you forget them

working even on Sundays

recognizing science (or anything academic) in songs and movie scenes

the familiar sound of keys tapping in the lab

a scattering of notebooks and scientific articles across your desk

spending hours in LaTeX, editing each line in your thesis

doodling whenever there’s pen and paper in front of you

to-do lists pinned everywhere: your notebooks, laptop screens, desks

a fascination with people and how they perceive the world around them

the urge to be eternally productive

the glow of your computer screen, centering your focus

a pack of your favorite highlighters tucked into your bag

never being reluctant to ask questions - the most weird ones

always being open to people’s opinions

the self-awareness of our own scientific bias

the constant battle to unlearn and the dazzling moments of epiphany

finding inspiration in every aspect of the world around you

[studyingarchitect]

09. 02. 2022

One of the biggest tests of my life is coming up on the 13th, and scared doesn't even cover what I am feeling. But I am more prepared than I have ever been, especially taking into consideration that my brain doesn't work normally anymore, so that's something.

Today's vibe: hopeful.

[uroko]

ukyomi

[parsabad]

Arge semnan/ Semnan/ Iran

Photography: payam hamidpour

[studyingarchitect]

03.02.2022

Traversing through terrible burnout, but the exam date is approaching with a speed that will maybe pull me under.

In this moment, I realised that exam preparation videos in YouTube are more or less bullshit. They do not account for human reaction time or mental health.

No person dealing with an absurd amount of anxiety, depression and burnout can sit and study for minimum 12 hours per day. I can barely focus for 1hour. If that.

[darkbicademia-deactivated202206]

i’m sitting on a couch, sipping coffee my lover made for me. a familiar book on their shelf catches my eye, one i deeply loved when i was young. i would read it again and again, calling it my ‘forever favorite’. until, that is, i reached a point where i couldn’t stand it anymore. still can’t.

my lover cups my face in their hands and tells me that they love me, and they’ll love me forever and ever. the book lurks at the back of my mind.

will they?

[studyingarchitect]

And all the insecurities come crashing down.

[nicolezaridze]

i’m always like “i can’t wait to feel good and confident and grow into the best, healthiest version of me!!!!!” while doing horrible acts of self sabotage like girl it doesn’t work like that u are pressing the gas and break at the same time stop it

[studyingarchitect]

😌

[studyingarchitect]

01.02.2022

The burnout is very real and very much here to stay. Can barely study 3 pages before my focus snaps and the rest of the day blurs out. Trying my best, but I don't think my best would cut it in the exams anymore.

[studyingarchitect]

17. 01. 2022 :

Spent too much time not understanding how to use Climatology to finally understanding it. Starting to believe that universities teach us both nothing and too much to be of any use.

[studyingarchitect]

10/01/2022: Some journaling for clarity. Have been doing this for 2 weeks now, and it's great as long as I don't start thinking about being too artistic or chasing perfection. Also having no set parameters or structure help. (Not sure it will help anyone else though)

P.S. Might be the best part of my day as of now.

[ancientsstudies]

Frantic in my fury I had no time for decisions; I only remembered that death in battle is glorious.

- Virgil, The Aeneid

[utwo]

Mols Bjerge National Park / Denmark

© PAX Architects

[studyingarchitect]

18th November 2021 // Early Christian Architecture

[studyingarchitect]

Beginning

I haven't been able to study with intent for almost 10 years now — have trained myself to be happy to be at the bottom for the most part. But things changed with the pandemic.

I realised that the work culture is not for me and I am thankful for my understanding family that I don't have to fend for myself just yet.

So here's me getting back to studying.

[elarafritzenwalden]

Single family house in Martutene Martutene -  Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain; 1961

Ramón Azcue, Vicente Orbe, José Luis Plá

see map

via “COAM Arquitectura” 69 (1964)

[bridogradiliste]

Agrasen ki Baoli, a 60-meter long and 15-meter wide historical step well from the 14th century, in Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, India.