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Vagrant ~K~
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 Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:20 pm Post subject: Portfolio |
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Hello all!
Not quite yet in an accredited Architecture school, but was curious as to what I should be working on to improve my chances of being accepted. Below are two samples of my portfolio so far ( The other stuff is structural, floor plans, or beam calculations):
Massing project when interning with the City of Pittsburgh's Dept. of Planning:
A one story home with a daylight basement done during winter break out of boredom:
I use them in my current portfolio, but any other ideas would be greatly appreciated. |
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teamjdc
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| Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| Are you sure that the schools you're applying to require a portfolio? |
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starkca3
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:42 am Post subject: |
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| i think alot of schools require a portfolio to get into a BArch program. I think... are these done entirely digital? |
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Jerome D
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:16 am Post subject: |
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| i like the second one the best and did you do that on google sketch-up coz that is pretty gud |
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teamjdc
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:15 am Post subject: |
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| starkca3 wrote: | | i think alot of schools require a portfolio to get into a BArch program. I think... |
Highly doubtful for BArch. |
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starkca3
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:55 am Post subject: |
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well i know mine does, very competitive.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:08 am Post subject: |
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Well, I'll throw my two cents/tuppence worth in here.
To be brutally honest I'm not blown off my feet by either image. They both demonstrate a level of competence with Sketchup (the top image simpy shows you can extrude objects!). The bottom image shows some awareness of the conventions of domestic building, though it reminds me of one of those disorientating Escher buildings, in this instance one where you try and leave the house but always end up in the basement 
Hopefully architecture schools (even in the US) still look for evidence of passion, imagination and creativity. I think you should go to the local graphics shop, purchase some pens and pencils and get down and dirty!! |
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teamjdc
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| Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| starkca3 wrote: | | well i know mine does, very competitive. |
UW does.
I recommend prospective applicants (whether to UW or not) check out their portfolio guide.
IMO, the items posted here will do nothing to help the applicant. |
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starkca3
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| Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:35 am Post subject: |
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agreeeed
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teamjdc
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| starkca3 wrote: | | well i know mine does, very competitive. |
BTW, they're all very competitive.
.....well, maybe not Woodbury. |
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starkca3
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for undergrad BAarch too? idk Friend From High School who is also into architecture told me that her school in Florida just requires you to declare thats it. No application process for her architecture undergrad, buttt i have no idea what school or if its even accredited.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:28 am Post subject: |
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| starkca3 wrote: | | for undergrad BAarch too? idk Friend From High School who is also into architecture told me that her school in Florida just requires you to declare thats it. No application process for her architecture undergrad, buttt i have no idea what school or if its even accredited. |
BArch's are definitely competitive. Just because there isn't a supplemental admission process doesn't mean there's no competition. My freshman class had more than 4 applicants per spot... and that was a long time ago. It's worse now.
Of course, I'm talking about NAAB-accredited programs.
The Florida school is probably FIU, which is not accredited.
MArch's are no more competitive, it's just a different professional degree. Although, many have the impression that MArch's are more competitive -- probably because of the high percentage of non-architectural applicants. Those with no architecture experience will naturally find it difficult.
There are a few accredited schools where the competition is much less. The reasons vary from weak reputations to high costs to the absence of a breadth. |
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starkca3
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Right. Yea at the moment pulling together a portfolio for a BArch application, but suppose if i dont make it into that ( about 25 % acceptance rate) then i'll try to do my undergrad in design or something related then apply to the MArch later. The only up of doing the undergrad in Arch too, other than experience, is that the UW has this deal( not sure if other schools have it) that if we do our undergrad in Architectural studies then it cuts a year off our MArch. Without the undergrad its 3 years, with it then its only 2.
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| starkca3 wrote: | | The only up of doing the undergrad in Arch too, other than experience, is that the UW has this deal( not sure if other schools have it) that if we do our undergrad in Architectural studies then it cuts a year off our MArch. Without the undergrad its 3 years, with it then its only 2. |
Most MArch's are that way and it doesn't matter where the BS Arch is from.
Just as it's recommended to get an MBA from a school other than where you get a BA in business, same holds for architecture. You may want to apply to UW and others when the time comes. |
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starkca3
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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oh so i can get my BArch here at UW and still do my MArch somewhere else and still only take 2 years of grad school?
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