Things not to do before your architecture deadline
So it is indeed deadline season. The day you have been working towards is finally here and it can feel overwhelming and scary BUT there are certain things I have learnt myself and seen in others that I would not recommend you do right before your deadline.
Learn new software
So I’m starting this post of with something perhaps, a little controversial but I’ve seen how it can completely derail students. If you have prior knowledge and are confident you can learn quickly, then go ahead. But if you’re trying to learn a new software as an absolute beginner whilst still developing your work it can get messy.
Miss your tutorials
Honestly one of the worst things you can do, especially if you feel like you’re behind. Your tutors are there to help, go to each and every tutorial, work or no work. Use them for whatever you need and if they aren’t what you need, ask other students, friends or another tutor!
Rush your work
I know and have seen the impact that feeling of being overwhelmed towards a deadline has as a student and as a tutor. Please know, you have time. Plan your days and manage your time between now and your deadline to spread out your work load.
I hope this was helpful for you and if you have any more ideas or comments, please feel free to leave them below.
See you in the next one!
Architecture crits, or my preferred term, architecture reviews, are how you communicate the ideas and resolutions that you have been working on for the weeks or months prior. It is how you show everything, the hours you have spent thinking about your project, the ideas you have tested and the models you have used to explore different ideas.
It is the only way to
Prove you have actually been doing work and have not just found an idea on pinterest and submitted as your own and,
That you know and understand what you are talking about
These reasons make your architecture review one of the most important parts, if not the most important part of studying architecture. Get them right and your ideas are efficiently shared with your tutor, nothing is missed and you finish your architecture review confident, and hopefully with no regrets. Get it wrong and all your efforts can be lost in communication, or I guess lack of communication.
In this blog I walk through the 6 stages of an architecture crit that you need to prepare for: The Intro, Site Analysis, Concept Design, Design Development, Final Design and of course the Questions at the end but first.. how do we prepare?