How To Think Like An Architect: Improving Design

[KBfromSA]

I am a Quantity Surveying student and spend half my days with the men and women who will one day design what I would have to "price" - Architectural students. My father was a Drauhgtsman: when I first exprerienced how Architects design, I was in awe. To think I thought Draughtsmen were THE ultimate. Barry is not just an Architect, he is a teacher too. I will share these vids with my youner brother.

[thepokekid01]

How do you adapt to changing times?

For example, I imagine at one point in time the design of the home with the wall and the closed off kitchen was a good idea, but here you explain the idea and method so simply that it seems obviously bad. However, who is to say that 30-50 years from now things can change again and how homes are processed and thought is radically different. Is there any way to adapt to that kind of thought, or is that just what everyone wants to know (or something individual)?

[tangerinafilms]

@BerryBerkus my wife is an architect and she loved your videos. she's in love with this "aquarela" style pen. what brand or type is it? thank you.

[sob80sup81]

Interesting approach, although some people like to have a certain boundary to limit visitor/guest from seeing the overall of the house.

What is your view of having a foyer as a separation?

[deezynar]

@sob80sup81

Yes, some individuals and some cultures would not like to have a stranger at the front door be able to see everything and everybody in the house. I like a foyer that is screened from the living areas myself. However, I strongly believe the foyer should have a great view to the outside. It may be a view of mountains, the city below, or just a well designed garden, but there needs to be something nice for the visitor to look at while they wait.

[aziz0567]

i think the wall makes the place more privacy , and this is good?



[MCQ07nG]

Thanks for sharing this!!!!

[Cris43196]

Thank you for your videos and for sharing your way of live the design process. It's very helpful and motivating.

Cris

[Shantash18]

grate video it open my mine 

[Houseplanman]

I love your process of layering over previous drawings! What kind of transparent paper do you use?

[BarryBerkus]

@Houseplanman We use trace paper or vellum to overlay our drawings. Thanks for your comment!

[Andy40004]

@BarryBerkus your videos are verry beautifull and helpfull for me beacuse im at the art highschool where im learning architecture! i hope someday ill become a good architecture :)