Skills to learn before architecture school
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2020
- In this video, we will talk about 5 things to know before architecture school. You can start practicing some of these skills so that you can be better prepared before you start!
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0:28 - Introduction
1:00 - Communication Skills
2:30 - 1. Sketching
5:40 - 2. Digital Tools
11:30 - 3. Visualization / Photography
12:28 - 4. Architectural History
14:00 - 5. Time Management
16:22 - Importance of Mental Health
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Which of these skills do you think you could start practicing today?
Sketching!!🙈
Hey! I have just known your channel, and I love it! Do you know archicad? It's a hit here in Brazil (here I'm a licensed Architect and interior designer)
I actually don't know archicad but it's been recommended to me many times ever since I got my macbook. None of the first I worked at used it so I never learned it but I'm playing around with it these days and I really like it 😆
WHAT HAPPEN TO YOUR HANDS.??? 🧐🙄
Trying to make myself look funny
1st skill: communication skills
2nd skill: sketch everyday (the modmin yt channel can help)
3rd skill: get used to with the digital tools like autocad, sketchup etc.
Which digital tool would you recommend purchasing first that we would get the most bang for your buck in training?
@@DadsCigaretteRun I need @DamiLee to answer this
@@DadsCigaretteRunAutocad but be familiar with sketching first
@@hamisamin1151 sketching on a notepad I’m assuming yeah?
@@DadsCigaretteRun it doesn't matter the thing you will sketch on , it's the practice of your hand how to sketch
As a 16 year old, Thankyou!
As a 28 year old.. you're welcome! 😄
As a 30 year old, I envy you guys 🙌
@@nova3530onyt xD come on it is never late to start or to do something
@@khojimurod2842 Hey, thanks for the motivation. I decided to make a new start in 2017 and took up architecture again. Finished undergrad last year and this year doing my honors. I feel amazing but the thought of all that wasted time kills me. No matter how hard I try to look past it or motivate myself.
Like seeing others achieve things at a younger age is beautiful. I envy that and yeah that's about it. I wish I had a little bit of a clearer cut 20s than I did. I hope you're doing well and never end up like me. All the best kind stranger✌️
@@nova3530onyt i common with you. That's what rarely happens with me as well. feeling that I'm missing or missed something.
I'm 16 y.o. and I have bit more than a year to prepare my portfolio for admission to the university...and all day I was very worried about my future and barely had a mental breakdown BUT (!) I found your amazing channel and rn I feel a way better! Thank you so much 🥺🌷
hahah anything to save a young soul from a mental breakdown!!! it's ok you have lots of time :)
i am 13 yo. and still have a lots of time but i think starting now is a really good idea
Apprenticeship programs are better, learn on the job. Jesus doesn't want you to go into debt like our parents did.
USA provides three branches of government for all citizens to get involved and stop corruption in the education system.
Same
Girl I'm in the same place. And I'm also 16 and so nervous.
Time management is a hard lesson to learn in college because nobody really teaches it to you, especially when you're out on your own for the first time. I like the saying "fail early, fail often, but fail forward" - mess up when you're in the learning phase and corrections are cheap, that goes for projects too, lots of designing and executing, and fixing what doesn't work.
Lovely henna too! ♥️ And lol at the first Q-tip "trick"
Absolutely agree. Also, there's so many time management methods out there that it can get confusing. In the past few years I've been trying out different methods, figuring out what works and doesn't work for me. Eg. I was really surprised to find that GTD, the method that everyone seems to be raving about, doesn't work particularly well for me! The search continues!
Thank you! It was from my first indian wedding! a milder, covid version, but still soooo beautiful and ornate ^^
@@DamiLeeArch I don't think I've tried any formalized ones, I just use my own system which is pretty ad hoc lol, but sort of adapted from software project management with setting goals, expectations, and timeframes, breaking things into smaller more manageable tasks, being ok with missed deadlines, and so forth
It's been ages since I've been to an Indian wedding but they're so beautiful (I mean, really any wedding is of course but you know what I mean lol)
This channel is underated
To all those struggling with architecture and hand drawing, learn how to draft with the most accessible software Sketchup, if you cannot afford BIM like Revit and Archicad.
It is an essential tool that will get you to explore places such as research, simple illustrations, clear communication, design, bim, and visualization. As students, this can also hdlp your thesis and sidelines to earn money for drafting.
This shows how to utilize Sketchup for those presentations without relying on Photoshop.
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Yes it is
Tell us something we don't know bro
Ikr
Highly underrated
I’m an architect with decades of experience but even I was able to refresh some concepts that are so fundamental to our profession. I think I can use some ideas when talking to my juniors. Good presentation, I’ve just subscribed
Welcome to the channel 😁
I’m in high school (grade 7…) but i definitely know I want to be an architect, but i want to know if you NEED to take art as a subject to get accepted into uni?
@@summersienna9154 it helps especially for creating a portfolio
@@summersienna9154
Hey can we link up to help ourselves because I also want to become an architect I’m about to apply for architecture at the university
Sorry if this comes off as ride but as an aspiring architect. My mum doesn't want me to go into architecture but rather medicine or engineering cause of the pay so what do architects usually make as their salaries?
“You don’t think it’s funny?”
Deadtone voice: “it’s super funny”
HAHAH. Story of my life...
I am in 12th grade now..and I wanna be prepared for what's gonna come...and hence I am here... thank you so much for this video❤️❤️❤️
no problem :)
Mee too
Same here....Sooo How did u start , should I buy iPad..? Just install it in my phone n what ..I don't know 😶
Hey ur Indian? Me too ..can we catch-up??
Haha, I loved that Q-tip trick at the end. It made me smile. I was feeling stressed out about choosing this major but this helped clear the fog a little bit. Feeling more excited now!
haha I'm glad it helped ^^ one of the things I wish I had known looking back, is to enjoy the journey a bit more..
I'm about to start studying architecture, and just found this youTube channel at the perfect time ♡♡♡
That's super exciting! Good luck 😊
where are you studying? :-)
To all those struggling with architecture and hand drawing, learn how to draft with the most accessible software Sketchup, if you cannot afford BIM like Revit and Archicad.
It is an essential tool that will get you to explore places such as research, simple illustrations, clear communication, design, bim, and visualization. As students, this can also hdlp your thesis and sidelines to earn money for drafting.
This shows how to utilize Sketchup for those presentations without relying on Photoshop.
ua-cam.com/users/imaginemotions
How’s it going ?
hows arch going now
Thank you so much for this video. I’m a 17 year old high school senior, going into college in the fall of 2024. As someone majoring in architecture, this video has helped me to recognize my strengths and weaknesses as they relate to architecture.
I am watching this since i was in high school, and now I'm in architecture school. Your tips has teach me a lot! I'm a big fan
Hey Leona! I'm on my last year of high school and I need to choose where I want to go next, I wanna pick architecture but it seems so hard. How is uni? Is it a lot easier than you expected or not?
I've just got accepted to my dream architecture school! Thank you for this amazing video 💖🔥
MashaAllah Congrats!! also, where is it?
congrats!!
I'm 13 yr old and about to be a Freshman next school year. I chose Architectural Design 1 as one of my elective classes next to dance. I haven't really been wanting to do this but as I looked into it, it looks more and more interesting. I like photography alot and wanted to do that but now this is getting interesting and makes me want to do it. Glad I found your channel 😊🫶🏾
Great that you're starting as early as you can. Never quit!
Just found your channel. Seriously, it helps to hear others express their thoughts and experiences. Am doing honors and finding some difficulty. Thanks for the advice
No problem!! Glad you're finding it helpful 😊
As an architecture student, these skills are really helpful to me. At first or second year in my university, I try so hard and waste a lot of time to figure out how to begin studying some of these skills in an effective way. After seeing your video, I think I should change the way to study it better and better. Thanks a lot for sharing!
I wish I had found this before I started studying architecture. Definitely going to start practising these skills, thank you so much!!
I really enjoy your presentation style! It seems like a conversation in a living room with friends.
Haha thanks!! Totally the vibe I'm going for 😁
@@DamiLeeArch Excellent! I am thinking about getting into architecture
Hi Dami, I'm recently entering the Arch world as a product manager in the tech world previously. Your videos and tips and all the resources provided along them are really helpful, I just wanna say thank you and really looking forward to more videos!
(I know you had made similar videos, but)personally wishes more videos about the realistic architect world for those who are new to this industry, such as how are the departments divided into? what is each of the department's key roles and required skills? etc. so the beginners would have a better vision about what skills need to be learned and enhanced to be qualified in the upcoming years.
Thanks again!
i’m 17 and have just received an early offer for architecture starting next year and i’m very excited (but nervous) and this video just confirmed for me that i will most likely really enjoy school
I'm a physics undergrad in my senior year (at Brazil) so your content doesn't apply to my reality, but it's so good that I watched it! :DD Keep up with the good stuff, Dami!!
I'm a sophomore right now and I just got super into architecture and finding your channel is such an amazing blessing
Awesome. Welcome to the channel 😁
Congratulations on your success and hard work and thank you sooo much for helping so many people with these resources!
thank you for the heads-up.
aspiring Architect here!✨🇵🇭
No problem! Welcome to the channel 😊
I'm going into architecture school this fall!! Thank you so much for your video! Super helpful!!
No problem, and good luck!!
What she said about revit stunting your creativity is absolutely true. I use chief architect at my job and I have noticed that even the designs I do on my free time have become very boxy and standard. So I've started sketching a lot more and trying to integrate twists and turns just to get out of the "Box designs"
graduating this may!!!, wish I had this 5 yrs ago. everything you mentioned is so true and still applies. love your videos!!!
Thank you and congrats on finishing your studies!!! That's a big milestone ^^
Hey Dami, I’m currently applying to M.Arch programs because I decided a bit later in life that I want to pursue this career path. I come from a non-arch background and your videos have helped me so much, you have no idea! I just wanted to thank you because they give me a ton of insight and I love that you really take the time to put together playlists that can help too.
Hey Jasmin, what universities are you applying to? I come from a business administration background academically but my inclination and involvement have always been into Art and Design. Can you suggest me some universities anywhere in the world that donot ask for art or technical background requirements to start an architecture course ?
@@aashikasharma8254 i think the university of British Columbia doesn’t require a bachelor degree in architecture
@@anny7408 Cool! thanks a bunch. I will look into it for sure. :)
Dami... I need help i recently choose architecture.. As my bachelor degree😶 i also belong to non-arch family. Help me out
@@saifullahmahar2098 literally same 😭 im exited but also scared
trying to fill my feed with more architecture stuff and I found Dami, satisfying my feeds lol 😂
aspiring architecture here 🇵🇭 looking forward for more architecture content in the future 💯💯💯
Yay! Thanks for joining me!
I just discovered your channel! I am taking survey of architecture over the summer. I am a history buff and a minoring in historic preservation, and majoring in fine arts, painting, and drawing so I very much appreciate all of the technical information because I feel my career it will be very important for me to connect with architects and interior designers in the future.
OMG, I laughed so hard at the end! Thank you so much for these videos, I cannot adequately express how much of a help they are, they're so approachable, and full of wonderful insights!
Hahah that's awesome. My pleasure!!
omg.... legit your channel is so underrated! THANK YOU SO MUCH AND PLEASE KEEP IT UP. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!
Thanksss 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for this video. I am 48. I watched this while having lunch for two reasons: In fond memory of my late cousin who was a professor of architecture and a practicing architect. And the second reason was to confirm that I did the right thing back in 1991 when I decided what I wanted to study and decided to stay away from anything engineering or humanities.
Hahaha. Love the end. Thanks for the tips. I'm getting started on architecture school, so this is super helpful!
I can't thank you much enough for all the help and tips in your contents. Will be enrolling Architecture next month thank youuu 💖
very exciting!! good luck, and no problem :)
I was genuinely curious about the q-tip tho loll you got me right there 😂 Anyway, thanks for your content, I'm happy I stumble upon this channel. I'm a 2nd year architecture student btw 😉
hahah I just HAD to add that part. (glad you found it funny ^^) no problem at all, hope you're enjoying school so far!!
After a semester of not having ANY architecture course in my community college due to high demand and this upcoming semester with only 1 of the 4 classes you have mentioned in your class. Good thing I found your channel just 16 days before classes start haha. Hopefully all goes well
Dami, the last idea is the most needed. I love it!!!!
Doodling is really important. Sometimes I'll sketch up an idea on the spot and have that be a step pad for a larger conversation. Sketching also helps keep notes.
Nice skill development video Dami. Wow it really does make an ordinary person who loves drawing to want to become an architech. All the best my friend. Your a wonderful lecturer.
I'll take this video as "skills you can still improve after your diploma" !
And the "think by doing" thing I'm still struggling with to be honest, but it makes so much sense when you say it like that. I wish I realised before !
i switched to the brand new themed entertainment architecture major blindly on a whim after getting booted out of Ringling’s computer animation program for getting a 68% in one class. so i needed to pick a new major asap and i picked “entertainment design” not knowing it was actually an architecture school speedrun LOL. thank god i already knew how to draw buildings! honestly sketchup, autocad, and revit are way easier than autodesk maya… i am actually loving architecture school tbh. going into in my third year of it now and while i never imagined myself doing it, it’s still an outlet for my creativity even if it’s more technical than i expected and tbh i like i feel like i dodged a bullet getting out of the toxic and super overworked film industry lmao! really informative stuff btw, keep up the great videos ^^ can’t believe i didn’t find ur channel sooner
I'm an architect student and also I'm learning English, and you speak really clearly I like your channel. You have a new subscriber!
Thanks! Keep watching videos and practicing 😁
Im 15 and its summer! My dad told me to start now so i could have a leg up! So thank you for the video as i had no idea how to even start.
You're dad is very wise beyond his young years ❤😏😉
I love watching these videos of female architects. It really helps to see people like yourself doing what you want to do!
I love your channel, thanks for all the helpful videos!💗
Thank you so much! ❤
Oh thank you for giving information, i love how you discussed everything, thank you very much😍 now i want to practice all of this, so that i am ready in my future career architect.
I love your videossss. You give me sooo much motivation. I will start learning sketching and programming first.
I’m taking an architecture class in high school right now and we’re using revit, and I think it’s a really great tool to use since it’s fairly simple to navigate and it helps with creating floor plans and visualizing the 3D view of your project. I’d also recommend using inventor as a beginner CAD program since it’s what I used in my drafting class last year and it helped me understand isometric views and develop basic foundations of structures. I’m definitely going to try to do some of your tips to help me prepare for architecture school!
A prospective architecture student here taking a gap year. Am definitely going to spend my time following your advices!
Welcome! Hope you're enjoying your gap year! 😊
Grateful to you on this!!
I’m a 14 year old who wants to become an architect, this is amazing! Thanks!
As an architect you are, for better or worse, responsible for bring your clients up to speed. Great design without communication will not result in buildings. The sketching allows you to focus on anything the client failed to understand, off the cuff explanations. The architecture history allows you to provide context that your client is unlikely to understand, to tell why your design is relevant. Also, Revit is to Autocad as builders are to architects.
I usually will make the video run 2x or 1.5x faster due to the video is 20 minutes. I felt like I don't have time. need to hurry. but your content is one of my fav content that teach me how to grow. so I run them in normal speed because I enjoy the video. thank you for your quality content. love it Ar Dami
Thank you so much for this!! I'm in my first year of my masters now and it's an online program so this really really helped
No problem
your account is literally the best. It is SOOOOO helpful
Thank you for the little trick tips 😇 it'sso helpful and hopefully to see more in your next video!
thank you! glad you found it helpful! 😊
I'm 23 yrs old and I've had the passion to wanna make concepts and schematics for structures since I was a kid.. I've fell in love with architecture and i was really intrigued by all the complex malls and buildings In my district. But it got real for me when I played farcry in the early 2000s and got my young hands on a map editor.. the endless energy I poured Into making ideas and concepts for buildings, houses. Even Sci fi and apocalyptic settings.. I've eventually learned it's better to draw my ideas on paper to get a more general understanding of what I want to create, doing full week projects every opportunity I could, which was pretty much after I was done with hw🤣. Now since I'm older I taught my self a decent understanding of perspective drawing and human anatomy/ reference cuz I'm quite fascinated on those subjects. But perspective drawing is what really caught my eye.. These days I can't help but look at my surroundings alot, and I love looking at buildings that are well designed, even entering some if allowed. I'm always mentally absorbing information and asking questions about its structure, why things are placed in certain positions and never get bored thinking about em.. And I believe that enthusiasm to the creation of things Is why I want to pursue this career path in architecture.. I want to create something myself. A place for people to actually walk into, to admire and appreciate. And put a smile in there face when they see something that catches there eye, or to just be shocked by an interesting room or walking area.. Im positively sure I couldn't get bored with having ideas for projects because Its something I've been doing all this time without even realizing it.. creativity is in all our blood, it's just about finding the right passion and motivator to unlock it. And I just have this feeling that I'm making the right choice with this career.. if I do ill be the first in my family to have a successful backstory😅. Thank u for the motivation and lessons❤
Great, very informative and I really had a laugh at the end. I'm strongly think about becoming an architect. Having a go at Cad or Rhino could be a great start.
Or sketchup! Probably the most intuitive one to start with! (And it's free)
Thank you so much for this information. You're an inspiration.
Now I've been a student for like 3 and a half years and I still got problems but your video helped me figure out some of them and how to solve them!
Happy to help!
hey thanks for this UA-cam channel i think i can finally know that i want to be an architect someday because of the way you explain this to me thank you so much its my first encounter of ur channel and this is the first video that worth my time and energy to spend on new subscriber here
Thank you so much for these videos! Truly a godsend!
Absolutely no problem! I'm glad you're finding it helpful. Ps. Congratulations! You're my 500th subscriber!!! 😁😁😁 (there's no prize)
Love your mehndi girl. Thanks for the advice definitely going to focus on these 6 skills for the next 6 months.
this definitely deserves more likes!!
aw thank you!!! plz share with your friends! :)
this is gold! starting my junior year this fall. Thank you thank you! Off topic but your camera guy sounds Persian. All the best :)
I just found your channel, I’m a junior in high school and I want to study architecture so I’m super exited to se more content from you🥰
That's so good to here! It's very cool that you found your calling so early in life! Thanks for joining me 😊
I'm here to say that I LOVE THE THUMBNAIL😆🙌 hahahaha Architecture is a roller coaster so buckle up future Archis 💕
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Thank you so much it's very useful and on time as I'm gonna start architecture course on this upcoming September .
I'm going to start in August
Basically later this month
i regret that I only discover your videos recently. Thank you for the nice content!
Thank you for the advice, I hope I can master these soon, because I really want to become the first ever architec in my family😊
Imagine finding this after your 1 semester into architecture? Hmmmmmmmmm. I love what you do. I am for sure going to watch more of your videos
That's not late at all. Good luck, hope you're enjoying it 😊
Very helpful. Thank you Dami!
this is so true, i´m a architecture student from portugal
i wish i have seen this in my first year
im so glad to find your channel! ❤ love from the Philippines :)
Yay! Thank you! Glad to have you ❤
Info and delivery all great!
I love all your videos! I've been wanting to be an architcture for 5 years now and I'm currently a hs sophomore. Just a quick question though. Will you ever make a video for advice on portfolios to get into college?
Yeah I definitely will since it seems like a popular request. Probably in the next month or so :)
I am an architect from Lithuania, Europe, I think the same age:D and I just say thank you that you are talking about all of this. In my schoold year I did not have any youtube chanel as yours. Thank you! Because everything what you said is truth, I had a lot of struggle in the first year too, second year I got that one building and I think new tutors - pro architects, who broke my personal code and let me think more and put all myself in project. Make it like a baby:D But it is very dangerous in real life... not very good for mental health in long perspective. Time managment and mental helath I think are the most important skills, because as you said, you can not wait till the fasinating idea comes into life, you have to work for it and hard and always with plan, see the next step. And take care of your phisical and mental health - sometimes it is the same as you said cardio for example or yoga. Thank you one more time and I am very happy for finding your chanel. I will share it with my students in lectures.
My instructor was literally telling us that our studio projects were our babies! Also this channel is great, your content is top-notch.
i am 13 years old and i have started making some sketches and couple of floor plans as well this is very helpful thank u so much
Hi Dami! Great video which gives a lot of insight on studying the major in university, and will definitely take those notes and apply when I hopefully enroll in architecture school next year. I'm currently studying a fusion360 course in 3d printing as practice beforehand and I'm decently known for being good at art, specializing in shading and coloring portraits, and in a related note, I'm very passionate on studying architecture as I love the practical and competitive yet rewarding and thrilling aspects to this major. However, I'm a little worried with not being able to pick up all the concepts as well as apply creativity and originality in ideas as building design is something I haven't tried before and most probably not related at all to drawing faces, so what do you propose on doing initially to pick up this skill and to be confident with my work. Thanks.
im starting architecture this year and watching ur videos has helped me soooooo much not only academically but also mentally. so i really thank youuuu 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
THANK YOU, I MEAN THANK YOU REALLY! Its so helpful
We need a video on how to win clients, their projects, doing joint ventures of different developers and builders. And how to finance a project is a very important skill.
Hi Dami. I’m just started watching your video & l find it interesting. You have a great video.
Thank you! Glad you like them 😊
Loved it! Thank you so much.
I have adopted my own method. I just need to practice the interior design.? Thank you DamiLee for sharing your views.
I like the trick at the end so useful, I am currently building my project. Thanks
THIS CHANNEL IS DAMN HELPFUL OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
hahah no problem!!!
I love the last trick so important in my career! Greetings from Ecuador 🖐
I was shocked when you said that you find "the project" which makes you fell in love with architecture in second grade just right after you mentioned that you were a late bloomer. I am in my second year and still waiting :'D Btw your videos really help and I am so thankful for discovering them... Quality channel, quality content!
Hey thank you!! And you will find your project, have faith!! Remember to go out of the studio once in a while, visit art galleries and interesting buildings to get inspired. (Although it might be a little tough right now)
i am so happy that I found your channel!!! i think my biggest uncertainty with pursuing archi in the future is that i want to have 2 business -- one i started which is a home bakery and another i'm working on is handmade apparel/jewelry -- and archi school is already time consuming as it is so i'm wondering if doing all of this is even possible while going to uni? okay, back to binge watching your videos :)))
I think you can definite start a jewellery business while in school, especially since you'll have access to lasercutters and 3d printers! one of the things I wish I'd done when I was in school is start my own thing. Architecture school is very time consuming, I won't lie, but I think if you could manage your time really well, you could really take advantage of it :)
You have a very informative channel here in youtube esp. to the aspirant Architects.
Such amazing and wonderful information for an architecture student .. Subscribed
Thank you! So glad you found it helpful! Merry Christmas and have a relaxing holiday 😊
i'm a first year arch student, and omlllll the info. overload i got was crazy!! just learning these new things made me take 1000x longer to do projects.
even if programs are just a tool, it makes a big difference in your workflow!! at least it can save you some sleepless nights ^^
@@DamiLeeArch yup, im in the 2nd term now, so now that i have gotten the hang of it, everything is so much quicker XD
Nice!!! 👌👌👌
I’m scared but excited. Finally I’ve selected my lifelong career and I’m so excited for my future.
I am 14yo but i am leaning to architecture and your channel is makin it easier thank you
Happy to help!
Hey, you are great. I love your videos they helped me a lot. Thanks
Thanks for the tips... I should have watched this before I started my study.