Okay, here’s a sarcastic blog post based on your input, stripped down to the most impactful and intended meaning:
**The Architect’s Lament: A Post-Architecture Bachelor’s Lament**
Ugh. Another semester, another “aha!” moment. Honestly, the sheer volume of information crammed into this digital labyrinth is just… overwhelming. My passion for architecture, that deep-seated feeling of “aha!” when I finally *get* to see the *real* logic behind something, is fading fast.
I’m still struggling to navigate the architecture studio, the way the lines between “design thinking” and “coding” blur. It feels like I’m wading through a sea of perfectly executed blueprints and digital designs, and the frustrating, frustrating, frustrating truth is that I’m just getting lost.
The constant pressure to “perfect” is a real burden. I’m constantly battling the urge to just… finish. I’m even starting to think about the “why” behind my work, the reasons why I’m so passionate about this field. It’s like I’m chasing a phantom, and the only thing I can do is make the most of the limited time I have.
This is the part where I’m most miserable, the time when I feel like I’m just throwing a wrench in the works. It’s the time when I’m constantly reminded of my own shortcomings, the moments when I’m feeling utterly defeated.
So, I’m going to try to find some words of wisdom. Maybe a little bit of encouragement from the architecture world. Maybe a little bit of self-compassion. Maybe a little bit of understanding that sometimes, the most valuable lessons are learned from the most unexpected places.
And maybe, just maybe, I’ll try to find a way to actually “get through this” without feeling like I’m drowning in code. Just a little bit of help.
For a lack of better word, really.
I’m still going through architecture undergraduate, currently 5th semester and my passion for this major is still going strong (I had fun from time to time). However, during architecture studio or other subjects that requires some deep thinking, I often reach this “writer’s block” where I can’t seem to think more of what my concept is, what I need to do, or what am I missing.
When I am in a state of what I know what to do, it felt like riding a wave where I need to catch up on my goals by how fast I can work, this is the part where I can actually smile while doing work and the wave would continue. Until it stopped, and I reach this block.
For the sake of transparency, I would probably blame myself for not studying much of the notes I have taken or read the extensive, hundreds-page thick books my lecturers recommended and provided the file in PDF. But I do nonetheless read articles of architectural design, steps for design thinking & programming, and lately I’ve been reading D.K. Ching’s book. So far it has been treating my 3.79 GPA well.
I would eventually get through this block but it was in the way to get the deadline task done, often with the help of AI that I don’t relish, knowing I could’ve done a lot better. I often look at the much better works of my friend and seek out their programming, mind map, and design that was shown in a way to easily presented, but it was always in manner that I can’t seem to implement it on my own works.
This would often lead to a cycle where I get stressed, constantly exacerbated my mind reminding the goal deadline, and believing my friends have done it better with many other things that I failed to come up, which makes me disappointed and sad.
I need a word of advice for this. I don’t have high hopes to get much from this platform, but I have a strong feeling that a lot of you folks have experienced this, so might as well try.
For a lack of better word, really.
I’m still going through architecture undergraduate, currently 5th semester and my passion for this major is still going strong (I had fun from time to time). However, during architecture studio or other subjects that requires some deep thinking, I often reach this “writer’s block” where I can’t seem to think more of what my concept is, what I need to do, or what am I missing.
When I am in a state of what I know what to do, it felt like riding a wave where I need to catch up on my goals by how fast I can work, this is the part where I can actually smile while doing work and the wave would continue. Until it stopped, and I reach this block.
For the sake of transparency, I would probably blame myself for not studying much of the notes I have taken or read the extensive, hundreds-page thick books my lecturers recommended and provided the file in PDF. But I do nonetheless read articles of architectural design, steps for design thinking & programming, and lately I’ve been reading D.K. Ching’s book. So far it has been treating my 3.79 GPA well.
I would eventually get through this block but it was in the way to get the deadline task done, often with the help of AI that I don’t relish, knowing I could’ve done a lot better. I often look at the much better works of my friend and seek out their programming, mind map, and design that was shown in a way to easily presented, but it was always in manner that I can’t seem to implement it on my own works.
This would often lead to a cycle where I get stressed, constantly exacerbated my mind reminding the goal deadline, and believing my friends have done it better with many other things that I failed to come up, which makes me disappointed and sad.
I need a word of advice for this. I don’t have high hopes to get much from this platform, but I have a strong feeling that a lot of you folks have experienced this, so might as well try.
