Week in the life of a 20-year old 3rd Architecture Student studying and living in Mumbai, India
Written anonymously, Edited by Aliya @archistudentnotes
This week we have an anonymous submission from a 20 year-old 3rd year architecture student living and studying in Mumbai, India.
Would you have tackled the week any differently?
Monday
Today is the last day of college before we leave for a 5 day vacation in lieu of Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations which is a huge deal in Mumbai. I planned out my week because immediately after vacations we have a Design Prefinal and our working drawing portfolio submission for the semester.
Note from Aliya @archistudentnotes: Excellent start by our anonymous writer this week, planning out your week is always a good idea, but it is so much more useful as well when you know you have other commitments
Tuesday
I started work on my design plan and worked on a few changes that my guides suggested last week. Simultaneously, I also began a long section on CAD and added details.
I have a timber frame horizontally spread structure so spent a lot of time getting the posts, beans, and floor details in place.
Wednesday
Continued work on design plan and section. Got a short perspective section that showed the level changes in my structure well. Rewarded myself with a little break and saw the Ganpati decorations in my society.
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Thursday
For the next two days I worked on the drawings for my portfolio. I drafted a staircase detail sheet and added details to my sections and elevations. At this point felt a little stressed as to how much work is pending. Every task was taking longer than I anticipated and things are not going according to plan.
Note from Aliya @archistudentnotes: An all too common state of architecture students coming up to a deadline. Being stressed and overwhelmed is always something we should strive to notice before it happens and to handle calmly if it does. If you are going through something similar, check out this YouTube video and this Instagram post.
Friday
Still feeling a bit overwhelmed but trying to work through it. I am 3 tasks behind according to my schedule. I am going to pull a late night and just finish it off because honestly I just want to get this over with😪
And that’s the week!
Thank you so much to our anonymous 3rd year architecture student writer for this weeks submission. I hope the deadline went well and late nights were kept to an absolute minimum! For anyone else in the same boat, please let us know in the comments below!
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