Befoe joining architecture, architecture was all about exteriors of existing buildings around us. We admire or criticize the façade/structure on various merits, irrespective of the why’s and how’s of its…
You go about your entire life absorbing information. As a toddler, you are taught to distinguish between shapes and colours and learn a whole new language (or multiple ones) from…
The most compelling thing about architecture school is that it is, in essence, a bunch of semi-related subjects thrown into a blender to create something that, by the time you…
One does not simply study architecture. They must also be fully willing to embrace a nocturnal lifestyle, cultivate a taste for rejection and experience patience-testing scenarios that become funny anecdotes,…
Under-eye bags, sleepless nights, printing anxiety, and complete black outfits are a staple of any architecture student. However, this was not the case when I had not joined this fateful…
We have all been there, haven’t we? The pleasure of opening the new set of Steadler’s drawing pencil sets and sharpening them with shiny new blades, until the next design…
When the night falls and the entire campus is surrounded by an aura of silence and emptiness, in one corner the architecture department shines in its glory. Sounds dramatic? But…
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone reading this! On the 25th, I gave up and watched the movie Polar Express again, and I cannot help but use…
Architecture is a profession of passion and Architecture school is a long haul to get there. Even though it is an arduous process, most people would agree that it is…
Being an architecture student is like revolving in a metaphysical orbit for five years. Surrounded by all the physical material reality, the experience goes quite beyond the tangible. After a…
No story about architecture school is complete without the mention of a pressing deadline handcuffing the student to stress filled “all-nighter”, accompanied by the ever-insufficient boatload of coffee and music.…
It is the art of beautifying buildings. Architecture is about creating fancy exteriors and elevations. Architects also do interiors. They draw plans and their job is done. Architects mainly design…