Architecture Survival Guide - Day One At School

 Introduction

So it’s your first day in architecture school and you don’t have a clue what you’re doing? Don’t worry, we’ve got your back. Our guide will make sure you have everything that you need and are fully prepared for everything first year will throw at you.

In order to structure to our content and try to cover the basics principles of all aspects of a university/ college project we’re taking it back to first year. Using a simple small project we’ll run through the motions and form the basis of an efficient workflow that produces great looking work quickly. This workflow can easily be scaled up to bigger projects as you progress.

Posts will be concise, no longer than five minutes read, and give you the tools to produce better work, more efficiently. 

Simple and easy tips that we wish had known help take your work from

Looking like this:

To looking like this:

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In the meantime check this short documentary out to see what you’ve let yourself in for. Archiculture takes a thoughtful, yet critical look at the architectural studio. The 25-minute film offers a unique glimpse into the world of studio-based, design education through the eyes of a group of students finishing their final design projects: