Okay, here’s a sarcastic blog post, stripped down to the essentials, focusing on the absurdity of the situation:
**My Last Term at the Bachelor? This School’s a Mess (And I’m Stuck)**
I’m in my final term at my bachelor level, and my “senior thesis” of some sort. This school is a culinary wasteland, and the technicality of the design is a culinary crime. I’m stuck.
The point is, my professor and boss are pushing me to achieve a design that’s “inevitable” given my site and its context. But, I’m stuck. It’s like trying to decipher a complex algorithm by hand, and I’m stuck.
I’m designing a nature center building, a public programming headquarters, and a wildlife conservation organization near me. I’ve chosen the location because it’s historically significant to the organization, and I’ve found that the architecture lends itself well to abstract, evocative representations of the environment.
The problem? I’m stuck.
I feel like I’m in an endless sketching phase. I can’t seem to get a finalized idea. I’m struggling to find a design that actually *works* within the constraints of my site and its context. It’s like trying to build a spaceship out of cardboard.
I’m starting to get more conceptual, to find a building design concept that can only fit within my site. I feel like I’m in an endless sketching phase and can’t seem to get a finalized idea.
What do I do?
I’m in my last term at the Bachelor’s level, and my “senior thesis” of some sorts.
Long story short, my professor and boss are pushing me to achieve a design that’s “inevitable” given my site and its context, a design that can only be implemented at my given site and nowhere else.
However, I’m stuck.
Thus, I started to get more conceptual to find a building design concept that can only fit within my site.
I feel like I’m in an endless sketching phase and can’t seem to get a finalized idea.
I am in my last term at my bachelor level, and have my ‘senior thesis’ of some sorts. This school I go to is very technical and doesn’t ever focus on design theory but instead practicality and technicality—even though it does a subpar job at this in my opinion.
Long story short, my professor and boss are pushing me to achieve a design which is “inevitable” given my site and its context, a design that can only be implemented at my given site and nowhere else. However, I’m stuck. All of my studios thus far, and the 4 years thus far spent in the field of architecture have been anything but theoretical and conceptual. I came up with a design during an early elevation study originally (pictured) and it wasn’t received badly, but that’s when I got the comments mentioned above—furthermore, they said this design can be utilized anywhere. Thus, I started to get more conceptual to find a building design concept that can only fit within my site.
For a little more background I am designing a nature center building (public programming) and a headquarters building (administrative) for a local wildlife conservation organization near me. I chose the location based on its historical significance to the organization among other reasons. I found that this location in particular is especially popular for people to visit to see hawks. Thus, I began to experiment with that idea. I derived to a conclusion that I want my buildings forms, even if just the rooflines, to abstractly show influence from their wings (I don’t want to be too on the nose). Furthermore, I am organizing my programming in a means which traverses in the path they migrate to and from to further solidify this idea.
However, I feel stuck. I feel like I’m in an endless sketching phase and can’t seem to get a finalized idea. What do I do?
I am in my last term at my bachelor level, and have my ‘senior thesis’ of some sorts. This school I go to is very technical and doesn’t ever focus on design theory but instead practicality and technicality—even though it does a subpar job at this in my opinion.
Long story short, my professor and boss are pushing me to achieve a design which is “inevitable” given my site and its context, a design that can only be implemented at my given site and nowhere else. However, I’m stuck. All of my studios thus far, and the 4 years thus far spent in the field of architecture have been anything but theoretical and conceptual. I came up with a design during an early elevation study originally (pictured) and it wasn’t received badly, but that’s when I got the comments mentioned above—furthermore, they said this design can be utilized anywhere. Thus, I started to get more conceptual to find a building design concept that can only fit within my site.
For a little more background I am designing a nature center building (public programming) and a headquarters building (administrative) for a local wildlife conservation organization near me. I chose the location based on its historical significance to the organization among other reasons. I found that this location in particular is especially popular for people to visit to see hawks. Thus, I began to experiment with that idea. I derived to a conclusion that I want my buildings forms, even if just the rooflines, to abstractly show influence from their wings (I don’t want to be too on the nose). Furthermore, I am organizing my programming in a means which traverses in the path they migrate to and from to further solidify this idea.
However, I feel stuck. I feel like I’m in an endless sketching phase and can’t seem to get a finalized idea. What do I do?
