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Anonymous Tue 16 Apr 11:52:24 2019 No.3894202 View Reply Original Report

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Any anons here studied architecture?

I'm kind of stuck in a rut here, 2 years into university and I realized that I don't care about anything that isn't art or design. I can't even imagine myself doing anything else and being happy.

Thing is, I've already had a sponsor paying for my engineering degree and if I drop out/fail I'm liable to pay back every penny they've spent on me. I'd be so far in debt it might take decades to pay back...

BUT, I've found out that I can change courses since they sponsor a range of degrees, including Architecture. While this could be my ticket out of this I'd have to redo a number of years so you can see where this doubt is coming from.

How much of Architecture is art? I've seen numbers of final-year students with absolute /beg/ tier skills in drawing/sketching buildings
Is this an actual good choice or am I just throwing myself into more shit instead of finishing my degree?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Apr 2019 14:22:18 No.3894302 Report

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>>3894202
I never studied it in uni, but have done some research into it, so take what I say with a pinch of salt. First off there should be an outline of what the course to see if it's a general architecture course or something like BIM. You have to understand you won't be designing romantic art nouveau like the pic you posted, you'll be assessed on mock up projects for clients designing modern buildings. The goal will be learning about how buildings function in their structure and space instead of their artistic appeal, but you're doing engineering and 2 years in, so you already have those mathematical/logic skills right?

>I've seen numbers of final-year students with absolute /beg/ tier skills in drawing/sketching buildings

This means it's a lot of CAD work even if it's not full on BIM which is more computer simulation for architecture/plumbing/electrical,etc. Do you know any 3D modelling since 90% of that can be transferred to CAD. Also we could give you a better answer if you provided a link to the course (only if you want to share your location of course).

>Is this an actual good choice or am I just throwing myself into more shit instead of finishing my degree?

Are you good at engineering? If you think you can pass it and leave without paying any money back then just get the paper and leave. You don't have to do engineering just because you have a degree in it. It's a good degree since it tells employers you aren't a brain-dead retard.

You should find the students already in that architecture course and talk to them to see what's it like, then talk to their lecturers, it'd be more helpful than asking people here. Goodluck!

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Anonymous Tue 16 Apr 2019 14:35:43 No.3894313 Report

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Continuing from this post ^
I forgot to mention on the possibility it could also be an 'artsy fartsy' course instead of a proper architecture course. If that's the case, then you can fluff your way through and not worry about failing to repay your debt. Pic related is students final work from a uni near me. The choice is up to you man.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Apr 2019 14:56:24 No.3894328 Report

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If by art you meant, painting/figure drawing/designing landscape like you see here in /ic/ probably architecture is about 10 percent art. Those drawing parts are just for architecture student's basic drafting skills.

It's 90 percent designing around parameters such as budget, building codes and client specs. SOme architecture schools just go straight into AutoCAD and Lumions without going thru 1900's tradition of drawing. Because Architecture is more of a problem solving with spaces.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Apr 2019 16:28:04 No.3894420 Report

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Im literarry reading a 600 page architecture (buildings through time) book to learn to draw buildings

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 16 Apr 2019 18:33:12 No.3894565 Report

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Can confirm. Third year architecture student in Europe. Out of 24 courses 2 were concentrated on sketching and spatial composition(form study). Most are what anon said along with design courses, which focus less on the easthetic quality of the design and more on the design logic, functional use and technical detailing.

I wish it would've been different, but modern rendering programs completely obliterated the need for drawing, or any kind of artful presentation.

I mean you could do it out of your own will, but that would just amount as extra work in addition to the basic requirements to pass those design courses, and trust me, there's no fuckin time for it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 17 Apr 2019 22:15:56 No.3896295 Report

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>How much of Architecture is art?
It varies considerably, especially depending on how you define "art", what you learn and how you apply your skills. On the one extreme you could be an artist with an architecture degree and do fantastic (as in "breaks the laws of physics" and not as in "gud") sketches/concept art/etc. or even illustrations and on the other you could be a construction worker who uses AutoCAD a few times a month.

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