![]() Anxious and excited, you stand ready at the doors of architectural education, hungry for innovation and ready to share and learn from others. You’ll be surrounded by the brightest in engineering, problem solving, writing, drawing and a host of other skills. A hometown hero, you’re about to be thrown into a classroom of the best, possibly for the first time in your life. Maybe you’re an artist who wants a job when they graduate. Maybe you have no idea what you want to do, drawn to architecture by the romance, the larger-than-life scale. ![]() Perhaps you know what you want – to solve the great urbanization problem, to create the next sustainable wonder-gadget, or maybe just to start your own firm and show the architectural world how it’s done. You’ve heard the myths - the legends of all-nighters and innovation, of unmatched workaholism and love for the profession. Image © Matthew CarboneĪrchitecture school. OMA's Milstein Hall at Cornell University shows off the dynamic atmosphere of an architecture school as students on he ground floor have seminars and crits, other students mill above them. Our path-dependent education does not get the best from individuals. ![]() Solutions to the coronavirus pandemic require creative thinking, and how we currently teach in institutions today produces groupthink. In general, most formal education institutions are not producing the creative thinkers the world urgently needs. This pandemic will cause us to re-think learning as entire educational systems are forced to move online. We now find ourselves in a position where we have to re-think everything to fight this virus. As Thomas Friedman said of online learning back in 2012, "Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately necessary." Harnessing this change should be the impetus for a long-overdue overhaul of the educational system and, in particular, the way we teach architecture.Įach day during the pandemic, we are suddenly finding what was once impossible is now suddenly possible. The 2020 coronavirus pandemic is already creating change in every part of society. The two cover school projects vs real buildings design process teamwork architecture concepts personal growth clients vs employers vs teachers the pace of architecture academic and professional career paths skill sets and what the differences mean for students, recent graduates, and the profession. This week David and Marina discuss the differences between architecture school and architecture practice. This week David and Marina answer the question, “Should I go to architecture school?” The two cover the relevancy of college/university, the architecture school experience, if studying architecture is needed to practice architecture, if having a degree helps with getting a job, preparing for architecture school, choosing the right degree, the cost of architecture school, and more. The two cover why freshmen often have false expectations of success, embracing failure, not seeking approval from teachers or clients, dealing with ‘dumb’ design assignments, overcoming paralysis, the main reasons why being an architect is challenging, and more! This week David and Marina answer two questions from listeners: How to cope with the feeling of failure in architecture school and whether or not architecture is hard and stressful. Hosted by Architects David Bruce Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, it features different creative professionals in unscripted conversations that allow for thoughtful takes and personal discussions. The Second Studio (formerly The Midnight Charette) is an explicit podcast about design, architecture, and the everyday. The two cover learning different skills and tools such as software programs, sculpture, drawing, and painting learning about construction common challenges students face architectural education in general dealing with negativity in the profession of architecture and more. This week David and Marina of FAME Architecture & Design discuss how to prepare for undergraduate architecture school. The Second Studio is also available on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube. Hosted by Architects David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, it features different creative professionals in unscripted conversations that allow for thoughtful takes and personal discussions.Ī variety of subjects are covered with honesty and humor: some episodes are interviews, while others are tips for fellow designers, reviews of buildings and other projects, or casual explorations of everyday life and design.
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