Things I’ve learned in Architecture School
1. You will learn that working in studio until 1:30 am and getting up at 7:30am everyday for a month is infinitely more painful than pulling an all nighter
2. You never knew your body could survive on vending machine snacks and yet here we are
3. You will lose feeling in your fingertips and be able to touch still hot hot glue
4. Never tell a soul you used hot glue
5. You WILL discover how many basic hygiene routines you are willing to sacrifice for an extra 30 minutes of sleep
6. Absolutely no one will understand except other design majors
7. Bring a blanket to studio. Do not forget the blanket in an unrelated classroom.
8. However much time you think something will take.....add 5 hours
9. You will come to curse technology
10. If you end up laying on the floor of the union while people walk around you, it’s okay we’ve all been there
11. Also bring fuzzy socks to studio
12. “I’m gonna bring this fancy heavy drawing board to studio!” Don’t be like this....
13. There will come a time when you say I don’t do math that’s the engineers problem
14. If you think your model is clean enough... it’s not
15. Some people get along great with the schools fancy laser cutters, the rest of us will end up making deals with the cutter to live better lives if only it will cut properly
16. I know reviews and presentations are scary but trust me there will come a time when a professor starts roasting you on how tacky you are and you should quit and everything is shit. And your mind will play elevator music until they say something useful again
17. Architecture is 10% creativity and 90% refusing to give up out of sweet bitter spite
18. The printers are possessed by the Norse trickster god Loki
19. It’s helpful to get an internship during school so you can bitch about school to real architects who also think it’s bullshit
20. “Them lawyers gon come for your house! Your car! Your kids college fund! And then they gonna take your dog...” -Buddy (professional practice professor)
