Im studing architecture, im in my 2nd year and i love it and hate it at the same time T_T it really sucks be cause all this is true and at the end you donth win money, not even the half of all the work an architect does is paid hahaha it really sucks T_T!
most civil engineers I know are arrogant. they think they can do architect's work. The effect of their presuming knowledge about architecture, after thought spaces, never ending add ons or on site revisions, alien looking buildings, inefficient spaces, poor planning, climatically unresponsive design, ugly color scheme resulting to ugly urban fabric, disproportional and out of scale massing, lots of wasted space, inaccessible design (for physically challenged users), and so on and so forth..
@naborghsoj08 I don't discredit their part on building construction but to say we can omit architect's role is just plain stupid. "architects draw engineers erect the bldg" wrong. Masons and carpenters are the ones who build. ce are there to compute and design the stability of the structure. Same thing for mech. and elec'l engr's who will ensure the safety of the users; of course architects are still knowledgeable about their nature of work otherwise they can't plan what are the required spaces
Hello Doug! I really enjoy your videos. They are well conceived and executed and are a trusted source of knowledge and light. I hope you don't mind that I try to take notes! Many relevant aspects you discuss, are immediately applicable to my activities. And I owe you a big thank you for sharing your knowledge freely. I can tell you have a generous and brutally honest heart. My best regards to you and family! dan. ICI
after hearing that, i very pissed because no one told me these things at university.
i just started working, as an architectural technician for this Belgium Architects in South Africa, its crazy, i only did 5 big designs in 2years. I expected to design....
@infodizzy I quickly learned that one should have a love for the construction industry as a whole, not just design. This will give you more opportunities as well because you are not confined to just architecture - which can be a drag, and doesn't hire as much as other concentrations.
I work in the film art department (which is all about architecture) and I do a lot of technical drawing. Computers are creeping in, though. Wonder if they'll ever take over?
@OWLCITY54 I meant take over as in - no one uses a drawing board any more and people only use computers to draw with. I hope that day doesn't ever come.
@adamkincaid1234 Yes,we could continue hoping. But it is inevitable. There will come a day when using computers to draw would be more practical than using a drawing board.
Dude, you should do voice over work. You have a great voice, in addition to the fact that you're clearly very talented, knowledgeable, and creative. Great work ! Enjoying the videos !
this is bullshit! u fuckers come up with such bullshit propoganda. architecture is plainly designing. i am an architect, and assholes like you are basically shitholes who dunno simplest of maths, dont undertand simplest of engineering nad then come up with something called as ' in architecture 1+1 is not equal to 2
A lot of professional careers are like this. I've been a freelance graphic designer for over 30 years now and actual designing is a small part of what you do. Just keeping up with software package updates is almost a full time job. You must keep your mind/style current and that means getting your head into culture and how people relate to your area of expertise. Then there's shopping for clients to keep the work flowing and the paperwork! Oy!
How much does the average architect make? Im thinking about being one when i grow up. I am in 2 honors classes(Math & Science). And i really only just draw blueprints on graph paper for making houses on sims 3 :P. So i think i would really like to be one. Or a docter. Lmfao
and short term. But, now I am thinking of Civil engineering too, since I already have all prerequisite college classes complete, and I am only missing like 3 architecture classes to get Associate Degree. Damn, Architecture has become way to expensive for me, even the grants and loans are not enough. Plus I have to work on the side full time to be able to pay my expenses and Architecture. That has being a major problem for me, because I cannot dedicate all the time to my passion. What to do =(
I Love this career since always, since I love to create buildings, bridges and come up with structural solutions, but this is exactly the reason why I am doubting to continue on. Yes, it is extremely overwhelming, do to the 100% dedication you have to put up with. It is so much you have to do, this career is in no doubt very demanding but this is why I love it, because I love the challenge. I am thinking of going to Occupational therapy, something completely different,
@PAPERSCHOOL Aerospace engineering is a subset of mechanical engineering. Astrophysics tells you how much fuel you need and what your trajectory should be. Architects design buildings.
@Fittykent hmm ok well still it isnt nice to insult some ones profession, and mechanical engineering overlaps with aerospace in small amounts but is in no way a subsidiary of it.
I have tried to make some sketches, however, i've run across a Very big problem. When I place my ruler over the finished pen lines, I sort of get stuck, and ruins my whole drawing. Do you have any recommendations? I noticed in your sketching, that you don't have the same problem...
You've probably found the answer to this by now, but I'll tell you anyway. You tape 2 small, thin washers to the underside of your T-square at each end where they dont touch the paper. They raise the blade up off the paper a bit. You also put small pieces of tape, 3 layers thick to the underside of the corners of your triangles. That works well, but I'll tell you what I do to avoid smudges, I use CAD. I've never smudged a thing since I started using CAD. ; )
I currently use Autocad and work in 2D only. I'm taking a class on REVIT right now. It's 3D parametric so you build a 3D model of the building in the computer and your plans, elevations and sections are views of the model. It's pretty good, but like all software, it's not as user friendly as it could be. I recommend that you learn whatever software is being used by the majority of architects in your area.
I currently use Autocad and work in 2D only. I'm taking a class on REVIT right now. It's 3D parametric so you build a 3D model of the building in the computer and your plans, elevations and sections are views of the model. It's pretty good, but like all software, it's not as user friendly as it could be. I recommend that you learn whatever software is being used by the majority of architects in your area.
These videos are very misleading. No one is going to pay you to draw with a pencil and triangle. They don't even teach that in school anymore. If you want to design, then go to design school and learn how to design many things, not just something an engineer can do too, for a lot less trouble and attitude.
@FirasTeinz no, architecture isn't about designing a building, its about financing the construction, getting in resources, understanding what a client wants. interpreting the data collected, doing the maths, the physics, the engineering, the planning then maybe if your high enough in a firm, you do the designing but that shouldn't put you off
Well in reality, show me any profession today that doesn't require business sense, grunt work, people skills and working on a team. Heck, even being a cashier at a Wendy's require these skills now.
Desenhar bonitinho é fácil, mas na hora de dimensionar o bicho pega... ai que entram as limitações. Não é desenhar algo surreal e mandar fazer... cade 'resistência dos materiais', 'estruturas metálicas'... tsc tsc tsc
i think every other career like engineering, architecture etc. would be like this.. but considering this. what do you think is the best career to persue for someone who does not quite know where to go?
Being an architect is very hard, long hours of work, plenty of sleepless nights, little salary for newly grads and employees. But one of the best thing I learned in Architecture is that "AN ARCHITECT KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT EVERYTHING". Gaining knowledge is very important to start our own business.
Architects should not just be an employee forever,we should acquire our own projects, establish a name, and we could make good profit actually....
so I'm 13 years old trying to decide what to be when i grow up....and ive always kind of leaned toward being an architect.....but watching this video .... should i?? i mean so if you don't design a lot then what do you do??? do you recommend being an architect?? and can you make a video of an average day/ week of being an architect??
so I'm 13 years old trying to decide what to be when i grow up....and ive always kind of leaned toward being an architect.....but watching this video .... should i?? i mean so if you don't design a lot then what do you do??? do you recommend being an architect?? and can you make a video of an average day/ week of being an architect??
your videos are great. We watched some of them on our Introduction to housing design lecture at Zagreb Faculty of Architecture in Croatia. I hope you would make some videos about constructing scale models.
If you like long hours with little pay, no sex and tuesday afternoons being serviced by a lady-man named "Tanequa", then an Architect's job is for you!
@Freedom21stCenturi a very intelligent answer. In medicine it doesn't end with the family doctor, they rely on different specialists. They need surgeon, they need oncologist, they need internist, they need everyone. I just don't understand this bullshit thing. According to history, Imhotep is considered as architect ,engineer and a physician. Maybe some might go back to high school and study how ecosystem works first because no man is an island.
An architect is the one and only perfect artist... For those who are talented at drawing, it doesn't mean you'll do good as an architect, I graduated as a graphic designer went to college for architecture hoping that my good talent as an artist will help me. Once i started my architecture mayor i found out right away that my artistic talent was useless in this profession, as an architect is the one and only perfect artist. As an architect youll never draw " freehand" it is just impossible, like
my other friend is extreamly good at drawing he will be a great drawer , now my poit is that ,TO NOT JUGE a carear by the apearance , as we can see bouth of my friends have some of thouse qualities to become an arhitect but they will never do , it`s takes much more to decid your carier I think , because NO ONE qualitie what is necesary , the thing is thouse qualities will come in time one by one .Ok, now mayby I made my pont ,I would be very pleased to discuss about this subject more
It`s kaind of interesting the state poit`s are the foloving : some wichi I know personaly chouse arhitecture because it`s working with the science departement (math , phisic etc ) the others are chousing it becaouse they have drowing skils , now my point is non of thouse 2 catergoriase will make it , I know it verry well. one of my frient it`s verry good at math , phisic etc he don`t wont to west it for arhitecture and the he chouse to become something else ,
depressed. my parents encouraged me to go just because i was good at drawing. I mean, i wanted to pursue arts and design. Now I'm stuck in this shithole called technical drawing. Never wanted architecture, but I have no other way to go now. :<
Hello, I like your videos and the way you express you ideas. How often do you use math as an architect? And also, I'd like to know examples of how you use it, like calculating strenght or something like that. I'm very interested in architecture. I can draw lots of things. everybody always says that I should be an artist, but the truth is that I don't want to live from drawing, even though I love it but just for fun because I want knowledge too. I like a lot to do research and use math.
In an ideal world, architecture is all those nice things you talk about. Unfortunately though from what I've seen and experience, architecture is dominated by priviledged self-rightous ego maniacs or quick and dirty salesmen ready pump out the next strip mall and housing development. The potential that architects have, is usually squandered because of ego and greed... and unfortunately all those ideals or traits you talk about go out the window.
"This is why the business of architecture can be so different from the profession, and in the end (for some), unfulfilling"...I'm entering my final year of architecture school, and that sentence is eerily precise to my feelings about post-grad life! It's scary and depressing.
I have no experience but is there anything an experience architect would be able to help me with? Would the person be able to show me how it is like in the field. What should I ask?
I'm about to begin my first semester at Carleton University's architecture school, and the past 5 months have been eye-opening in me realizing how much work I have to do to find work before graduating school.
Nice to see your movies ! I've dropped architecture because of the reasons mentioned in this moovie ! You've done a great work with informing people that architecture is really not the job that most people think it is.
I have learned a lot from architecture so far, but this is not the thing for me. I can't imagine that in this profession in every project there is no finish ! A project is considered to be done when the time runs out and you just have to send your blueprints ! No thank you.
Nice to see your movies ! I've dropped architecture because of the reasons mentioned in this moovie ! You've done a great work with informing people that architecture is really not the job that most people think it is.
I have learned a lot from architecture so far, but this is not the thing for me. I can't imagine that in this profession in every project there is no finish ! A project is considered to be done when the time runs out and you just have to send your blueprints ! No thank you.
@94657649 I agree but this is the realty, don't get me wrong I love it but sadly this is what it is. If I had known this before I went to school I still would have done the same EXCEPT take some business admin courses.
@goonerdotcom Thanks a lot, I started architecture school already at UCL, its not that bad yet, but at least I sorta appreciate that these steps are kinda necessary to some extent, and... well I'll get used to it.
@94657649 ...seriously take on some business admin courses. What school will never teach you is "building products". Talk yourself to as many trade shows as you can afford or make it out to. Talk to the trades (be humble and appreciative). Take some advertising seminars too. Remember we deal in a profession that does not have (or very small percentage) of repeat clients. Know your value too. Clients most times feel "ahhh it's only a drawing" ... be assertive in this situation.
It's no different for engineering folks. Ask some who've spent years in the field. And in spite of harsh reality, must wouldn't trade it - because when it all comes together after months of blood, sweat and tears - the pride you have in the object of your accomplishment, makes it all worthwhile.
@94657649 I'm 2nd year studying architecture and I still spend time every morning wake up thinking am I doing what I really want to do?? the course(let alone the actual job) asks for a lot and you are not always rewarded for the massive amount of effort you put into your stuff. It can be VERY depressing. But that's when you tell people who FANCY architecture from those who actually LOVE architecture.
@94657649 it shouldnt be...that's architecture! I hate how people associate architecture with the design studio...what about the structural engineering component !
question, do you pre-sketch then go over your own drawings in finer point? Or do you sketch over an image you picked up or printed? I am new subscriber and from your videos I have noticed you tracing over lines...
@ripcitiboi As in any architectural drawing done by hand... I draw it lightly first then go over the lines in ink. Because the paper I'm using is bond and the drawing utensil is ink it would be almost impossible to erase... so I draw it lightly in pencil first.
@RTechstudio ..it's a scale. It's triangular for two reasons. 1. It can have 6 different scales on it and secondly it lies flat and doesn't slip off an angles desk. Usually comes in; imperial- feet and inches or metric - mm and cm corresponding to spaces in meters. You use it only as a tool for measuring drawings on paper and almost never to draw with. Cheers,
@naponthetoilet ....and that's the crazy part...my school is not accredited but they teach us more about the buisness and construction documents....but...its not accredited, so I will have to do 3 to 4 more years at an accredited school, THEN do the three year internship, THEN take the ARE.....Its amazing that we have to go to school as long as a doctor or lawyer would, but make about 25% of their salary...bullshit!
@tswagg504 I'm afraid to tell you this but the majority of architecture schools/programs are 5 years instead of 4. That's not counting the internships either and even if you do it over the summer that still doesn't change a thing it just means you work your ass harder but still unfulfilliing. It's a great profession and also a bad business. Not to mention underpaid and undervalued. A starting salary would be around $48,000 and most won't have their own business/firms 'til they're 50 yrs old.
we should start a support group for archi students who are disgusted by architecture.. take it from a fifth year on internship... one more year to my totally unfulfilling architecture degree....
seriously are you one of these people that hates there life so tries to bring down everyone around them? plans and designs dont just appear out of no where its still a big part of the process
I live in Canada and In a year and a half I will be entering college, aiming to architachture. Is this job unsatisfying?, do you like it? it has been my dream since I was 4, to design and plan buildings even if I have to do other things aswell, the only thing I might have to work on is my orginization, I draw neatly...but you should see my locker lol
ahhh im a first year architect and all i hear is. Architecture is a bad career, you work very hard, design very little and get payed even less. how depressing. i mean i love the idea of designing buildings but i'm thinking more and more that this is a road leading for disaster. =[
You most likely will not spend much time designing. You will work on alot of boring corporate office buildings, retail shopping centers, and resorts. Run away from the profession. It isn't what you think it is!
I've taken fine arts as my undergraduate degree and I gotta say, i think architecture might really be for me. I was interested in so many things and craved more technical and logical thinking that fine arts left me unmotivated and uninspired. I find the anything goes factor in art ( like poop in a can) was too easy. I like working within limits, limits set by things outside my own mind.
@pinkbug8u Consider commercial Interior design too. You are much more likely to be able to get your design recreated in real life and in a 1/10 of the time. There will be plenty of technical and busy work involved.
For those that want to design their own buildings and not just draw what is dictated by those higher up who get to design the buildings, open your own practice. Or get higher up the food chain in one that you are already in.
For those wanting to just stick to drawing though, may i recommend being an Architectural Technician. A tech draws and documents the plans, including details. Great job for those who love technical drafting and love to know the nuts and bolts of how buildings go together.
So take me for example i really like buildings and i like drawing and design alot would that mean im in the wrong profession? Im in high school and have taken some architectural classes but do u think maybe i should go for something like Graphic designer or something like that because i really like designing and drawing, I do sketches of buildings as well as just rooms in my sketch book maybe im in the wrong field all together i dont exactly know, please comment back
I think perhaps the best things for high school students is to get real world experience. I'd go to a graphic design office and an architect's office and work for a summer. I'm sure it help with your decision making. Colleges also have summer programs where you can learn something about different majors. Check them out on the web. Otherwise your feeling your way in the dark.
engineering math actually,..it is essential for an architect to understand engineering stuff,..electrical,mechanical,pluming(water supply,sanitary,etc.),acoustics,HVAC systems,geodetic,communications,sociology,pschology,ethics,computer aided designing,economics,..that would be minimum,logic and art stuff
I'm a recent part 2 (masters) graduate in London. This video is very true. Architecture is about realising a vision - drawing is a part of that, but truely being able to achieve your intervention and its purpose is about accepting, perfecting and loving the process from conception to completion.
As stated by someone else in the comments section. Every profession is going to have it's "joys & pitfalls". Architecture is a business and as such will include certain challenges associated with doing business. As Bob Dylan once sang, "everyone works for someone". Meaning, the stuff that gets designed also has to get built because someone commissioned it. There's all kinds of challenges that come along with making that happen.
hi, im taking the basics right now to get into architecture skool...but i dont know why i want to be a architect...ever since i was little i always said i wanted to be one when i grew up...idk why/ so would yal reccomend me doin it?? pls help and sorry for my spelling lol
love your videos man and all the warmest wishes for your family, and thanks for letin us to comment on ur vids, lets hope ppl dont up use it this time
wow nice video the whole time i was mazed by ur drawing....u mirrioed it and colored it....good plan and thinking...
anyways i am really confused right now... because i have to choose a field either landscape architecture or simply architecture...so if anyone wants to tell me anything related to the job outlook of both fields i'll appreciate it ?!
ow. the truth hurts. i guess that's why a lot of architects find more creative hobbies on the side? or they also design other stuff like furniture and websites...
i hope my creativity doesn't burn out as the years progress :(
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Ben10boy01 2 weeks ago
Im studing architecture, im in my 2nd year and i love it and hate it at the same time T_T it really sucks be cause all this is true and at the end you donth win money, not even the half of all the work an architect does is paid hahaha it really sucks T_T!
cesarcc2811 2 weeks ago
most civil engineers I know are arrogant. they think they can do architect's work. The effect of their presuming knowledge about architecture, after thought spaces, never ending add ons or on site revisions, alien looking buildings, inefficient spaces, poor planning, climatically unresponsive design, ugly color scheme resulting to ugly urban fabric, disproportional and out of scale massing, lots of wasted space, inaccessible design (for physically challenged users), and so on and so forth..
naborghsoj08 2 weeks ago
@naborghsoj08 I don't discredit their part on building construction but to say we can omit architect's role is just plain stupid. "architects draw engineers erect the bldg" wrong. Masons and carpenters are the ones who build. ce are there to compute and design the stability of the structure. Same thing for mech. and elec'l engr's who will ensure the safety of the users; of course architects are still knowledgeable about their nature of work otherwise they can't plan what are the required spaces
naborghsoj08 2 weeks ago
whats this song called?
andrewleedoggmail 3 weeks ago
this makes me want to more of an architect.
omardipset 3 weeks ago
that guy should be drawing from the top down...and right to left...such sloppy drafting
deadkirby 4 weeks ago
@deadkirby hahaha yes... but the video is okay
Trian1993 1 week ago
I am going to stab myself to death with my steel ruler.
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chaosilencer 1 month ago
after hearing that, i very pissed because no one told me these things at university.
i just started working, as an architectural technician for this Belgium Architects in South Africa, its crazy, i only did 5 big designs in 2years. I expected to design....
infodizzy 2 months ago
@infodizzy I quickly learned that one should have a love for the construction industry as a whole, not just design. This will give you more opportunities as well because you are not confined to just architecture - which can be a drag, and doesn't hire as much as other concentrations.
tswagg504 2 months ago
WOW
HE360 2 months ago
I work in the film art department (which is all about architecture) and I do a lot of technical drawing. Computers are creeping in, though. Wonder if they'll ever take over?
adamkincaid1234 2 months ago
@adamkincaid1234 computer could only generate random data's and could never develop human creativity...
OWLCITY54 1 month ago
@OWLCITY54 I meant take over as in - no one uses a drawing board any more and people only use computers to draw with. I hope that day doesn't ever come.
adamkincaid1234 1 month ago
@adamkincaid1234 Yes,we could continue hoping. But it is inevitable. There will come a day when using computers to draw would be more practical than using a drawing board.
OWLCITY54 1 month ago
Only God can make something out of nothing! just a correction.
ma3rui4si1 2 months ago
@ma3rui4si1 you're delusional
OWLCITY54 1 month ago
Dude, you should do voice over work. You have a great voice, in addition to the fact that you're clearly very talented, knowledgeable, and creative. Great work ! Enjoying the videos !
dudestube 2 months ago
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nathanlolo99 3 months ago
I'm going to college for architecture, cannot wait for all this stress!
MisterEM09 3 months ago
nice tempietto
Richee91 4 months ago
this is bullshit! u fuckers come up with such bullshit propoganda. architecture is plainly designing. i am an architect, and assholes like you are basically shitholes who dunno simplest of maths, dont undertand simplest of engineering nad then come up with something called as ' in architecture 1+1 is not equal to 2
curtleyambrose100 4 months ago
Ultimately, it's all about management and the pattern perceived by an architecture to do some task. Nice video!
terrisweeney 4 months ago
The truth hurts, stop telling us the truth.
QubitsToyInventor 4 months ago 42
2:34 wow
xBl00dBrothersX 4 months ago
really like your videos!
xBl00dBrothersX 4 months ago
chef john!
k4k7uz 4 months ago
A lot of professional careers are like this. I've been a freelance graphic designer for over 30 years now and actual designing is a small part of what you do. Just keeping up with software package updates is almost a full time job. You must keep your mind/style current and that means getting your head into culture and how people relate to your area of expertise. Then there's shopping for clients to keep the work flowing and the paperwork! Oy!
pencilneck22 4 months ago
sounds like propaganda to architecture
there's a bunch of bullshit there that isn't even explained... just to ennoble the architecture, while ends up that its practics are pretty shallow
profession polishop, much?
pedrocollares 4 months ago
And I was thinking about choosing this profession...
snehesten 4 months ago
good thing i drop this profession before it was too late, ahhhhh relief
gabriox2good 4 months ago
@gabriox2good good for you...you dodged a bullet....you must like the idea of having a stable job
tswagg504 4 months ago
if your intentions of posting these videos to discourage and depress new students, then you're doing a fine job lol
by the way can i get a copy of the drawing or the original picture?
Rozatic 5 months ago
just WOW for such a beautiful drafting.. man its awsome
lionking384 5 months ago
@94657649 there's still time to drop out!
Koogea 5 months ago
How much does the average architect make? Im thinking about being one when i grow up. I am in 2 honors classes(Math & Science). And i really only just draw blueprints on graph paper for making houses on sims 3 :P. So i think i would really like to be one. Or a docter. Lmfao
jtermyna1998 5 months ago
@jtermyna1998 You don't become an Architect for the money.
Indicate 1 month ago
and short term. But, now I am thinking of Civil engineering too, since I already have all prerequisite college classes complete, and I am only missing like 3 architecture classes to get Associate Degree. Damn, Architecture has become way to expensive for me, even the grants and loans are not enough. Plus I have to work on the side full time to be able to pay my expenses and Architecture. That has being a major problem for me, because I cannot dedicate all the time to my passion. What to do =(
Scorpiusgrl 6 months ago
I Love this career since always, since I love to create buildings, bridges and come up with structural solutions, but this is exactly the reason why I am doubting to continue on. Yes, it is extremely overwhelming, do to the 100% dedication you have to put up with. It is so much you have to do, this career is in no doubt very demanding but this is why I love it, because I love the challenge. I am thinking of going to Occupational therapy, something completely different,
Scorpiusgrl 6 months ago
looks like its back to mcdonalds.
12345soccerguy 6 months ago
Don't you dare take credit for satellites. That was all mechanical engineers.
Fittykent 7 months ago
@Fittykent aerospace and astrophysics. DO some research before you insult someone with a noble profession
PAPERSCHOOL 7 months ago
@PAPERSCHOOL Aerospace engineering is a subset of mechanical engineering. Astrophysics tells you how much fuel you need and what your trajectory should be. Architects design buildings.
Fittykent 7 months ago
@Fittykent hmm ok well still it isnt nice to insult some ones profession, and mechanical engineering overlaps with aerospace in small amounts but is in no way a subsidiary of it.
But point taken.
PAPERSCHOOL 7 months ago
@PAPERSCHOOL How is it insulting? If I said that nurses patrolled the streets and caught criminals they'd put me away.
Fittykent 7 months ago
thumbs up if u had trouble following the architect and the narriator at once :P
Luq24 7 months ago
I'm only 14 and I think Architecture is what I wanna shoot for.. But these videos kinda turn me off ;P
Zachzach45 7 months ago
I was thinking of studying Landscape Architecture? Is that in any way similar to Architecture? What can you tell me about it? I am still deciding.
EminentCreatorZ 8 months ago
Hello Doug!
I have tried to make some sketches, however, i've run across a Very big problem. When I place my ruler over the finished pen lines, I sort of get stuck, and ruins my whole drawing. Do you have any recommendations? I noticed in your sketching, that you don't have the same problem...
Thank you in advance!
MrMaybeimdreaming100 8 months ago
@MrMaybeimdreaming100
You've probably found the answer to this by now, but I'll tell you anyway. You tape 2 small, thin washers to the underside of your T-square at each end where they dont touch the paper. They raise the blade up off the paper a bit. You also put small pieces of tape, 3 layers thick to the underside of the corners of your triangles. That works well, but I'll tell you what I do to avoid smudges, I use CAD. I've never smudged a thing since I started using CAD. ; )
deezynar 3 months ago
@deezynar Ok, thank you! One more question, what kind of CAD are you using?:D
MrMaybeimdreaming100 3 months ago
@MrMaybeimdreaming100
I currently use Autocad and work in 2D only. I'm taking a class on REVIT right now. It's 3D parametric so you build a 3D model of the building in the computer and your plans, elevations and sections are views of the model. It's pretty good, but like all software, it's not as user friendly as it could be. I recommend that you learn whatever software is being used by the majority of architects in your area.
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I currently use Autocad and work in 2D only. I'm taking a class on REVIT right now. It's 3D parametric so you build a 3D model of the building in the computer and your plans, elevations and sections are views of the model. It's pretty good, but like all software, it's not as user friendly as it could be. I recommend that you learn whatever software is being used by the majority of architects in your area.
deezynar 3 months ago
These videos are very misleading. No one is going to pay you to draw with a pencil and triangle. They don't even teach that in school anymore. If you want to design, then go to design school and learn how to design many things, not just something an engineer can do too, for a lot less trouble and attitude.
TheRudyroo71 8 months ago
@TheRudyroo71 um.... yhh but architecture is about designing houses and buildings....
FirasTeinz 8 months ago
@FirasTeinz no, architecture isn't about designing a building, its about financing the construction, getting in resources, understanding what a client wants. interpreting the data collected, doing the maths, the physics, the engineering, the planning then maybe if your high enough in a firm, you do the designing but that shouldn't put you off
PAPERSCHOOL 7 months ago
@TheRudyroo71 no there not, hes got a point. only when your an established architect (5-10 years exp.) do u actually starting 'designing'.
moee12 7 months ago
@TheRudyroo71 shit advice and a shit attitude
MrLearntoread 3 months ago
:)
this video may be depressing bt it is absolute;y true....
ApoorvaRM 9 months ago 2
well u gave me sumkinda goal in life
TheSeargent13 9 months ago
Well in reality, show me any profession today that doesn't require business sense, grunt work, people skills and working on a team. Heck, even being a cashier at a Wendy's require these skills now.
crusty21 9 months ago
Desenhar bonitinho é fácil, mas na hora de dimensionar o bicho pega... ai que entram as limitações. Não é desenhar algo surreal e mandar fazer... cade 'resistência dos materiais', 'estruturas metálicas'... tsc tsc tsc
luizchurros 10 months ago
i think every other career like engineering, architecture etc. would be like this.. but considering this. what do you think is the best career to persue for someone who does not quite know where to go?
TheEstilo22 10 months ago
Being an architect is very hard, long hours of work, plenty of sleepless nights, little salary for newly grads and employees. But one of the best thing I learned in Architecture is that "AN ARCHITECT KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT EVERYTHING". Gaining knowledge is very important to start our own business.
Architects should not just be an employee forever,we should acquire our own projects, establish a name, and we could make good profit actually....
arkitotoyz 10 months ago
so I'm 13 years old trying to decide what to be when i grow up....and ive always kind of leaned toward being an architect.....but watching this video .... should i?? i mean so if you don't design a lot then what do you do??? do you recommend being an architect?? and can you make a video of an average day/ week of being an architect??
earthchick77 10 months ago
@earthchick77 I may not be the person to ask, but in the end, it all boils down to:
Are you good at managing time?
ploothable 9 months ago
so I'm 13 years old trying to decide what to be when i grow up....and ive always kind of leaned toward being an architect.....but watching this video .... should i?? i mean so if you don't design a lot then what do you do??? do you recommend being an architect?? and can you make a video of an average day/ week of being an architect??
earthchick77 10 months ago
Hi,
your videos are great. We watched some of them on our Introduction to housing design lecture at Zagreb Faculty of Architecture in Croatia. I hope you would make some videos about constructing scale models.
kind regards
vivaparenzo 10 months ago
If you like long hours with little pay, no sex and tuesday afternoons being serviced by a lady-man named "Tanequa", then an Architect's job is for you!
cocobrown3001 10 months ago
So is there a job where all you do is make floorplans for houses?
Tnkrbell10123 10 months ago
is not like this!
laxwork 11 months ago
What type of pen do you use?
silvereye25 1 year ago
Tell it like it is Mr. Doug Pat......We are of a noble profession that is overly romantisized.......I love it but it wrecks my head......hahahaha
memsinan 1 year ago
@memsinan theres nothing noble about being a doctor, architect, or anything. All of them provide different services.
Freedom21stCenturi 2 months ago
@Freedom21stCenturi Your fruits are as noble as you imagine them to be. Just providing a service? That's all you will ever do.
nikweinstein 4 weeks ago
@Freedom21stCenturi a very intelligent answer. In medicine it doesn't end with the family doctor, they rely on different specialists. They need surgeon, they need oncologist, they need internist, they need everyone. I just don't understand this bullshit thing. According to history, Imhotep is considered as architect ,engineer and a physician. Maybe some might go back to high school and study how ecosystem works first because no man is an island.
naborghsoj08 2 weeks ago
An architect is the one and only perfect artist... For those who are talented at drawing, it doesn't mean you'll do good as an architect, I graduated as a graphic designer went to college for architecture hoping that my good talent as an artist will help me. Once i started my architecture mayor i found out right away that my artistic talent was useless in this profession, as an architect is the one and only perfect artist. As an architect youll never draw " freehand" it is just impossible, like
mduran1622 1 year ago
anyone how is interested in exceange of opinios about this topi I would be very honored my skype acount :ramses4ever1
P.S sorry for my englsh I`m a little nervouse ,
blagageorge 1 year ago
my other friend is extreamly good at drawing he will be a great drawer , now my poit is that ,TO NOT JUGE a carear by the apearance , as we can see bouth of my friends have some of thouse qualities to become an arhitect but they will never do , it`s takes much more to decid your carier I think , because NO ONE qualitie what is necesary , the thing is thouse qualities will come in time one by one .Ok, now mayby I made my pont ,I would be very pleased to discuss about this subject more
blagageorge 1 year ago
It`s kaind of interesting the state poit`s are the foloving : some wichi I know personaly chouse arhitecture because it`s working with the science departement (math , phisic etc ) the others are chousing it becaouse they have drowing skils , now my point is non of thouse 2 catergoriase will make it , I know it verry well. one of my frient it`s verry good at math , phisic etc he don`t wont to west it for arhitecture and the he chouse to become something else ,
blagageorge 1 year ago
hey this may sound like a stupid question but what kind of pen are you using in the video
danny10202 1 year ago
Scales and t-squares FTW! :D
keichaos34 1 year ago
really great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EHC32009 1 year ago
depressed. my parents encouraged me to go just because i was good at drawing. I mean, i wanted to pursue arts and design. Now I'm stuck in this shithole called technical drawing. Never wanted architecture, but I have no other way to go now. :<
doitwithnasih 1 year ago
OMG, I´m exhausted after watching this video!
quiero3ver 1 year ago
Hello, I like your videos and the way you express you ideas. How often do you use math as an architect? And also, I'd like to know examples of how you use it, like calculating strenght or something like that. I'm very interested in architecture. I can draw lots of things. everybody always says that I should be an artist, but the truth is that I don't want to live from drawing, even though I love it but just for fun because I want knowledge too. I like a lot to do research and use math.
See you
andarks 1 year ago
so... basically no architect makes a free-handed-drawn architecture?? i've seen you only use the shapes and things wich names i dont know =p
weetnietgeen 1 year ago
In an ideal world, architecture is all those nice things you talk about. Unfortunately though from what I've seen and experience, architecture is dominated by priviledged self-rightous ego maniacs or quick and dirty salesmen ready pump out the next strip mall and housing development. The potential that architects have, is usually squandered because of ego and greed... and unfortunately all those ideals or traits you talk about go out the window.
ChoasTheory2000 1 year ago 2
Nice BMG. Does anyone know what's that song playing? Thanks in advance.
k1awdttt 1 year ago
This is so true!
ArchiSketching 1 year ago
"This is why the business of architecture can be so different from the profession, and in the end (for some), unfulfilling"...I'm entering my final year of architecture school, and that sentence is eerily precise to my feelings about post-grad life! It's scary and depressing.
peterwonaprize 1 year ago
thanxxxxxxxx
asasolsh1 1 year ago
True that mate :)
Immesh 1 year ago
I have no experience but is there anything an experience architect would be able to help me with? Would the person be able to show me how it is like in the field. What should I ask?
alexzracer2008 1 year ago
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"An architect is somebody who wasn't manly enough to be a Civil Engineer and wasn't girly enough to be an Interior Designer."
samehvaladi 1 year ago
i love the number 1 statement an architects never says..
Im an architect and Im terribly Rich
hahaha
rrlcruz 1 year ago
I'm about to begin my first semester at Carleton University's architecture school, and the past 5 months have been eye-opening in me realizing how much work I have to do to find work before graduating school.
mythicalness 1 year ago
@DimitarTheArchitect
Wuahahhahahahahha
jealous?
I can smell it.
Afghan0031 1 year ago
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Nice to see your movies ! I've dropped architecture because of the reasons mentioned in this moovie ! You've done a great work with informing people that architecture is really not the job that most people think it is.
I have learned a lot from architecture so far, but this is not the thing for me. I can't imagine that in this profession in every project there is no finish ! A project is considered to be done when the time runs out and you just have to send your blueprints ! No thank you.
Himchev 1 year ago
Nice to see your movies ! I've dropped architecture because of the reasons mentioned in this moovie ! You've done a great work with informing people that architecture is really not the job that most people think it is.
I have learned a lot from architecture so far, but this is not the thing for me. I can't imagine that in this profession in every project there is no finish ! A project is considered to be done when the time runs out and you just have to send your blueprints ! No thank you.
Himchev 1 year ago
fuck this video is fucking depressing to someone who's about to start architecture school
94657649 1 year ago 108
@94657649 I agree but this is the realty, don't get me wrong I love it but sadly this is what it is. If I had known this before I went to school I still would have done the same EXCEPT take some business admin courses.
All the very best.
goonerdotcom 1 year ago
@goonerdotcom Thanks a lot, I started architecture school already at UCL, its not that bad yet, but at least I sorta appreciate that these steps are kinda necessary to some extent, and... well I'll get used to it.
94657649 1 year ago
@94657649 ...seriously take on some business admin courses. What school will never teach you is "building products". Talk yourself to as many trade shows as you can afford or make it out to. Talk to the trades (be humble and appreciative). Take some advertising seminars too. Remember we deal in a profession that does not have (or very small percentage) of repeat clients. Know your value too. Clients most times feel "ahhh it's only a drawing" ... be assertive in this situation.
goonerdotcom 1 year ago
@94657649
It's no different for engineering folks. Ask some who've spent years in the field. And in spite of harsh reality, must wouldn't trade it - because when it all comes together after months of blood, sweat and tears - the pride you have in the object of your accomplishment, makes it all worthwhile.
FranzAntonMesmer 1 year ago
@94657649 I'm 2nd year studying architecture and I still spend time every morning wake up thinking am I doing what I really want to do?? the course(let alone the actual job) asks for a lot and you are not always rewarded for the massive amount of effort you put into your stuff. It can be VERY depressing. But that's when you tell people who FANCY architecture from those who actually LOVE architecture.
angelofcharlie 11 months ago
@94657649
but it better to be depressed now than to be depressed after you garduate and go like
huh? i thought architect was about design. what's with all this extra workload?
suiseiseki2007 10 months ago 14
che squadrette utilizzi?
ilock1993 2 months ago
@94657649 it shouldnt be...that's architecture! I hate how people associate architecture with the design studio...what about the structural engineering component !
scilabo 9 months ago
@94657649 its called passion, good things come to those who work for it.
PAPERSCHOOL 7 months ago
@94657649 the truth will set you free!
eingoluq 5 months ago
question, do you pre-sketch then go over your own drawings in finer point? Or do you sketch over an image you picked up or printed? I am new subscriber and from your videos I have noticed you tracing over lines...
ripcitiboi 1 year ago
@ripcitiboi As in any architectural drawing done by hand... I draw it lightly first then go over the lines in ink. Because the paper I'm using is bond and the drawing utensil is ink it would be almost impossible to erase... so I draw it lightly in pencil first.
howtoarchitect 1 year ago
how did you transfer the drawing to CAD? bc it looks like it still has the sketch lines.
or was it made in CAD from scratch?
siko11208 1 year ago
@siko11208 I do hand drawings, then go into photoshop and illustrator and add color.
howtoarchitect 1 year ago 3
I ALSO WANNA BE A ARCHITECT>>
AFTER the summer me study will begin....
Afghan0031 1 year ago
Is it the architect's responsibility to make sure that the building goes with his design?
comebackata2 1 year ago
whats that ruler called...the triangular one
RTechstudio 1 year ago
@RTechstudio ..it's a scale. It's triangular for two reasons. 1. It can have 6 different scales on it and secondly it lies flat and doesn't slip off an angles desk. Usually comes in; imperial- feet and inches or metric - mm and cm corresponding to spaces in meters. You use it only as a tool for measuring drawings on paper and almost never to draw with. Cheers,
goonerdotcom 1 year ago
all architecture school taught us to do is to color in pictures and make up bullshit about our designs!!
what are we going to do?!!?
naponthetoilet 1 year ago
@naponthetoilet ....and that's the crazy part...my school is not accredited but they teach us more about the buisness and construction documents....but...its not accredited, so I will have to do 3 to 4 more years at an accredited school, THEN do the three year internship, THEN take the ARE.....Its amazing that we have to go to school as long as a doctor or lawyer would, but make about 25% of their salary...bullshit!
tswagg504 1 year ago
@tswagg504 I'm afraid to tell you this but the majority of architecture schools/programs are 5 years instead of 4. That's not counting the internships either and even if you do it over the summer that still doesn't change a thing it just means you work your ass harder but still unfulfilliing. It's a great profession and also a bad business. Not to mention underpaid and undervalued. A starting salary would be around $48,000 and most won't have their own business/firms 'til they're 50 yrs old.
eccentricartist2010 1 year ago
if architecture doesn't focus on design of buildings, is there a career i can go into that does?
dXbrown95 1 year ago
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eccentricartist2010 1 year ago
I'm so pissed off that i chose architecture as my damn major....what's worse is that I'm a senior...I used to like it, but its starting to disgust me
tswagg504 1 year ago
we should start a support group for archi students who are disgusted by architecture.. take it from a fifth year on internship... one more year to my totally unfulfilling architecture degree....
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eccentricartist2010 1 year ago
seriously are you one of these people that hates there life so tries to bring down everyone around them? plans and designs dont just appear out of no where its still a big part of the process
tennick23 2 years ago
*architecture lol
RippleAffectMedia 2 years ago
I live in Canada and In a year and a half I will be entering college, aiming to architachture. Is this job unsatisfying?, do you like it? it has been my dream since I was 4, to design and plan buildings even if I have to do other things aswell, the only thing I might have to work on is my orginization, I draw neatly...but you should see my locker lol
RippleAffectMedia 2 years ago
@RippleAffectMedia .....you have to go to university to become an architect in canada......
MrBrownMayn 1 year ago
if u have talent, ur hard worker dont worry :)
u can be someone :)
just work hard to find urselves :)
arkjano 2 years ago
ahhh im a first year architect and all i hear is. Architecture is a bad career, you work very hard, design very little and get payed even less. how depressing. i mean i love the idea of designing buildings but i'm thinking more and more that this is a road leading for disaster. =[
sclemzoid 2 years ago
@sclemzoid ...be an engineer
tswagg504 1 year ago
i'm exactly the same :S
persianplaya1234 1 year ago
you really have the coolest ideas!
coming from a 3rd year college architecture student... lolz
ahzilsama 2 years ago
You most likely will not spend much time designing. You will work on alot of boring corporate office buildings, retail shopping centers, and resorts. Run away from the profession. It isn't what you think it is!
onagus2008 2 years ago 6
@onagus2008 yup
goonerdotcom 1 year ago
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onagus2008 2 years ago
Thanks for this honest and insightful look into your profession. I'm an illustrator and the same goes for my job, business and people skills are key.
thetoymaker 2 years ago
I wanted be like john lautner some day but now you just crushed my dreams
golddigger0325 2 years ago
engineer alway said that architect is nightmare for them...
harukolavigne 2 years ago
I've taken fine arts as my undergraduate degree and I gotta say, i think architecture might really be for me. I was interested in so many things and craved more technical and logical thinking that fine arts left me unmotivated and uninspired. I find the anything goes factor in art ( like poop in a can) was too easy. I like working within limits, limits set by things outside my own mind.
pinkbug8u 2 years ago 18
@pinkbug8u Consider commercial Interior design too. You are much more likely to be able to get your design recreated in real life and in a 1/10 of the time. There will be plenty of technical and busy work involved.
delicatethings 1 year ago
Nice videos, homeslice.
pendulousphallus 2 years ago
nice!!!good for non-architect especially for engineer that compliant a lot..
harukolavigne 2 years ago
bwhahaha! TRUE.
elena026 2 years ago
For those that want to design their own buildings and not just draw what is dictated by those higher up who get to design the buildings, open your own practice. Or get higher up the food chain in one that you are already in.
For those wanting to just stick to drawing though, may i recommend being an Architectural Technician. A tech draws and documents the plans, including details. Great job for those who love technical drafting and love to know the nuts and bolts of how buildings go together.
samsaki 2 years ago
So take me for example i really like buildings and i like drawing and design alot would that mean im in the wrong profession? Im in high school and have taken some architectural classes but do u think maybe i should go for something like Graphic designer or something like that because i really like designing and drawing, I do sketches of buildings as well as just rooms in my sketch book maybe im in the wrong field all together i dont exactly know, please comment back
year2kill2010 2 years ago 2
I think perhaps the best things for high school students is to get real world experience. I'd go to a graphic design office and an architect's office and work for a summer. I'm sure it help with your decision making. Colleges also have summer programs where you can learn something about different majors. Check them out on the web. Otherwise your feeling your way in the dark.
howtoarchitect 2 years ago 2
can u tell me how much math is includded and what kind of math like..angles and stuff???pl help me choose the right carreeerr..
impossibleznothing 2 years ago
engineering math actually,..it is essential for an architect to understand engineering stuff,..electrical,mechanical,pluming(water supply,sanitary,etc.),acoustics,HVAC systems,geodetic,communications,sociology,pschology,ethics,computer aided designing,economics,..that would be minimum,logic and art stuff
renenixkashieca 2 years ago
thank u...
impossibleznothing 2 years ago
i really prefer manual drafting / designing than Computer Aided Designs :D
AsurorusA 2 years ago
same here!
elena026 2 years ago
god is the architect of the universe, so we the architects are almost gods...
racsopollesco 2 years ago
I'm a recent part 2 (masters) graduate in London. This video is very true. Architecture is about realising a vision - drawing is a part of that, but truely being able to achieve your intervention and its purpose is about accepting, perfecting and loving the process from conception to completion.
alibork 2 years ago
well said.
howtoarchitect 2 years ago
if I had known before get to architectural school.....
iozua 2 years ago
As stated by someone else in the comments section. Every profession is going to have it's "joys & pitfalls". Architecture is a business and as such will include certain challenges associated with doing business. As Bob Dylan once sang, "everyone works for someone". Meaning, the stuff that gets designed also has to get built because someone commissioned it. There's all kinds of challenges that come along with making that happen.
howtoarchitect 2 years ago
hi, im taking the basics right now to get into architecture skool...but i dont know why i want to be a architect...ever since i was little i always said i wanted to be one when i grew up...idk why/ so would yal reccomend me doin it?? pls help and sorry for my spelling lol
angelnegro281 2 years ago
or you could just do work in the university and pure design, like lebbeus woods.
StudentCambodia 2 years ago
love your videos man and all the warmest wishes for your family, and thanks for letin us to comment on ur vids, lets hope ppl dont up use it this time
CorvetteTeaser 2 years ago
wow nice video the whole time i was mazed by ur drawing....u mirrioed it and colored it....good plan and thinking...
anyways i am really confused right now... because i have to choose a field either landscape architecture or simply architecture...so if anyone wants to tell me anything related to the job outlook of both fields i'll appreciate it ?!
starrish 2 years ago
ow. the truth hurts. i guess that's why a lot of architects find more creative hobbies on the side? or they also design other stuff like furniture and websites...
i hope my creativity doesn't burn out as the years progress :(
Oblivimark 2 years ago
im a graffiti artist and i've always been intrested in this career.
but the way you draw though its to be precise, its really annoying because like i said im a graffiti artist and im used to freehand prefection.
and its something i practice everyday.
so that whole connecting two little lines at separate times annoys me a lot.
i could just do it quick and easy and it always comes out right.
i just wanted to say that.
Yayakills 2 years ago 2
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austinrees 2 years ago
hey, im an archi student as well and ive found your videos very interesting. keep them up cos i really appreciate them. =)
frozenfisherman 2 years ago
thank you for this video! keep it up!
mocca005 2 years ago
Great show.
gtrjoe68 2 years ago
drawing by hand is so annoying use cad (i am an architect to be hopefully in a fiew years)
pumpuppthevolume 2 years ago 2
u draw it with hand like doug did then scan and cad it and color it too ....design studio and cad r both amazing !
starrish 2 years ago
Thank you for this.
paulinxxL 2 years ago