Currently an engineering student in my last year of undergrad applying for M.Arch programs and these two vids have been really nice for getting a sense of effective communication both in my projects/portfolio and just in general. Thank you :))
There is one project here I would get a passport and go to Helsinki to see - No 029, the flat disc on the hill. Yes it's the only building featured that looks to the future and it preserves sea views from the buildings behind it. AN ABSOLUTE WINNER. 025 had a beautiful sectional perspective, 030 was the best presentation, 040 was nice. I understand your thoughts 039 could be any building in any city in the world. To my mind it's a cricket pavilion with the players in their whites
Great stuff Cathal! What a niche thing to do, but I love it. It’s a pity that usually the work of these competition entries disappear uncommented.. you are doing all of the participants a service. Thoroughly agree with your take on AI in competitions. I was recently in a jury and a frightening amount of content was AI generated… I don’t think though that the image you pointed out was ai generated. It was too coherent with the rest of the images and they seem to know how to render. Why would they mix it up with an Ai.. Anyways, keep it up!
Thank you Chris! Someone involved in the competition actually reached out to me regarding the image in question! It appears that the image is a combination of generative ai, 3d model and photography..... still haven't had this confirmed by the architect but I want to clarify that I do not have huge issue with architects using ai in general. In the video itself my initial reaction to the image is that it is great...so i guess it served its purpose overall. I just question why any architect would hand over the process of communicating their design through image, drawing and model to an ai when, for me, it's the most creative, artistic and exciting part of architectural design!
For your information, the competition asked the architects to submit 12 pages of content with only the first four being publicly displayed. What I thought was weird was that the plans aren't included in these first four pages as well as loads of other images. One of the reasons I didn't bother submitting a design was this requirement of 12 pages. Just a ridiculous amount of content for a first stage of a competition.
This is very good information, thanks for letting me know. I will make a note of this in episode 4 and will adjust my reviews moving forward. 12 pages though!? Yikes!
Love the content, interesting thoughts and input into the world of architecture. You have a way of putting word to concepts that i don't fully grasp. I think you should lower the music volume to lay more focus on your voice. Love the work!
10:58 from a conservation point of view, displaying objects in direct sunlight is almost never conceivable, it will have dramatic consequences on both synthetic and organic materials, among them pigments, through UV exposure, and also lead to rapid temperature fluctuations that can damage objects. I'm baffled by how little the museological aspect of the building is considered in many of these proposals, it feels like many of the projects could be any random cultural center and the specific needs of a museum space are seldom adressed.
This is great technical input, thanks! I was simply looking at it from an aesthetic perspective. Some art, models, artefacts etc require highly specific lighting. See my comment regarding the curator for example....
Does the museum really not have any interior shots other than that of the giftshoppe? Was wanting to see the "hanging galleries" concept. Thanks for the video and best of luck with your channel.
#25 could have played more with that wet area and made it a pond in the summer and ice skating rink in winter. And re: accessibility. Steven Holl designed The Hunter's Point Library and was sued because he designed a stadium type stair seating area that was not ADA compliant.
I like watching photos of buildings with lush greenery cascading from the rooftops and walls. Those images seem to play with the ideal harmony of the architrecture and surrounding nature.That being said, those are frequently just conceptual photographs and CGI´s. I´ve yet to see any buildings in Finland that successfully pull off the same look as these "foliage-brushed" CG buildings. Helsinki is vibrantly green for only half of the year. The visual warmth and colour of Helsinki is- by the other half of the year - dependant solely on the colour of the architecture itself. When that architecture relies too heavily on the greenery to define its identity, it in my view definitely looses its core definition and turns into a dead colourless shell by the time the harsh winter strips away its character.
Primordial rectangle lol A lot of these buildings seem to be both pointlessly and oppressively big; others seem to disagree with using this site for this museum and try to subvert its purpose, and I sympathise with that a bit. I don't think we've seen a design yet that has a strong idea of how to service or define its main functions, and only a couple that communicate the purpose through their envelope.
I've looked through all the submissions since your first video. In my opinion, many of these entries don't warrant a detailed review, as they seem to disregard both the internal functionality of a museum and overall execution quality. A common critique for most submissions is their lack of focus on the museum's interior and purpose, as well as poor overall execution. Some entries seem instantly dismissible based on their initial render, especially when considering what an architecture and design museum should represent (which is, of course, subjective). Your insights on competition experience were valuable. However, regarding your review process, discussing entries like #29 might not be the best use of time, particularly when tackling 600 submissions. At your current pace of 40 reviews in 2 hours, you're looking at potentially 30 hours of video content. Maybe a more selective approach could be beneficial? Perhaps in a future video, you could highlight outstanding submissions from other competitions as inspiration for aspiring architects.
Reviewing all 623 is a big commitment! I plan to adjust the structure of each episode and hope to give more time to the ones i consider 'good'. Episode 3 is now the length of episode 1 but only covers 10 projects instead of 20! Hoping to get the balance right moving forward!
Currently an engineering student in my last year of undergrad applying for M.Arch programs and these two vids have been really nice for getting a sense of effective communication both in my projects/portfolio and just in general. Thank you :))
Glad you are enjoying! Good luck with the applications!
There is one project here I would get a passport and go to Helsinki to see - No 029, the flat disc on the hill. Yes it's the only building featured that looks to the future and it preserves sea views from the buildings behind it. AN ABSOLUTE WINNER. 025 had a beautiful sectional perspective, 030 was the best presentation, 040 was nice. I understand your thoughts 039 could be any building in any city in the world. To my mind it's a cricket pavilion with the players in their whites
Great stuff Cathal! What a niche thing to do, but I love it. It’s a pity that usually the work of these competition entries disappear uncommented.. you are doing all of the participants a service.
Thoroughly agree with your take on AI in competitions. I was recently in a jury and a frightening amount of content was AI generated…
I don’t think though that the image you pointed out was ai generated. It was too coherent with the rest of the images and they seem to know how to render. Why would they mix it up with an Ai..
Anyways, keep it up!
Thank you Chris!
Someone involved in the competition actually reached out to me regarding the image in question!
It appears that the image is a combination of generative ai, 3d model and photography..... still haven't had this confirmed by the architect but I want to clarify that I do not have huge issue with architects using ai in general. In the video itself my initial reaction to the image is that it is great...so i guess it served its purpose overall.
I just question why any architect would hand over the process of communicating their design through image, drawing and model to an ai when, for me, it's the most creative, artistic and exciting part of architectural design!
For your information, the competition asked the architects to submit 12 pages of content with only the first four being publicly displayed. What I thought was weird was that the plans aren't included in these first four pages as well as loads of other images. One of the reasons I didn't bother submitting a design was this requirement of 12 pages. Just a ridiculous amount of content for a first stage of a competition.
This is very good information, thanks for letting me know. I will make a note of this in episode 4 and will adjust my reviews moving forward. 12 pages though!? Yikes!
Love the content, interesting thoughts and input into the world of architecture. You have a way of putting word to concepts that i don't fully grasp. I think you should lower the music volume to lay more focus on your voice. Love the work!
Thank you! Working on the overall production quality, sound, editing, music etc! 😂 work in progresss!
My dream is to study architecture and this already taught me a bunch of things! MORE PLEASE
graduated in arch few months ago and ur already doing better than me if ur talking time to watch these
more soon!
10:58 from a conservation point of view, displaying objects in direct sunlight is almost never conceivable, it will have dramatic consequences on both synthetic and organic materials, among them pigments, through UV exposure, and also lead to rapid temperature fluctuations that can damage objects. I'm baffled by how little the museological aspect of the building is considered in many of these proposals, it feels like many of the projects could be any random cultural center and the specific needs of a museum space are seldom adressed.
This is great technical input, thanks! I was simply looking at it from an aesthetic perspective. Some art, models, artefacts etc require highly specific lighting. See my comment regarding the curator for example....
Does the museum really not have any interior shots other than that of the giftshoppe? Was wanting to see the "hanging galleries" concept. Thanks for the video and best of luck with your channel.
Thank you and NO not from what I can see in the submission, missed opportunity!
Looking very forward to the next 20
Thank you, next 10 available now!
#25 could have played more with that wet area and made it a pond in the summer and ice skating rink in winter. And re: accessibility. Steven Holl designed The Hunter's Point Library and was sued because he designed a stadium type stair seating area that was not ADA compliant.
I like watching photos of buildings with lush greenery cascading from the rooftops and walls. Those images seem to play with the ideal harmony of the architrecture and surrounding nature.That being said, those are frequently just conceptual photographs and CGI´s. I´ve yet to see any buildings in Finland that successfully pull off the same look as these "foliage-brushed" CG buildings.
Helsinki is vibrantly green for only half of the year. The visual warmth and colour of Helsinki is- by the other half of the year - dependant solely on the colour of the architecture itself. When that architecture relies too heavily on the greenery to define its identity, it in my view definitely looses its core definition and turns into a dead colourless shell by the time the harsh winter strips away its character.
Primordial rectangle lol
A lot of these buildings seem to be both pointlessly and oppressively big; others seem to disagree with using this site for this museum and try to subvert its purpose, and I sympathise with that a bit.
I don't think we've seen a design yet that has a strong idea of how to service or define its main functions, and only a couple that communicate the purpose through their envelope.
37 is cool so far
I think 37 is cool overall! Not sure if it works in this context though 🤔
21 and 37 my best❤
30 and 49 for me so far!
I've looked through all the submissions since your first video. In my opinion, many of these entries don't warrant a detailed review, as they seem to disregard both the internal functionality of a museum and overall execution quality. A common critique for most submissions is their lack of focus on the museum's interior and purpose, as well as poor overall execution. Some entries seem instantly dismissible based on their initial render, especially when considering what an architecture and design museum should represent (which is, of course, subjective).
Your insights on competition experience were valuable.
However, regarding your review process, discussing entries like #29 might not be the best use of time, particularly when tackling 600 submissions. At your current pace of 40 reviews in 2 hours, you're looking at potentially 30 hours of video content. Maybe a more selective approach could be beneficial?
Perhaps in a future video, you could highlight outstanding submissions from other competitions as inspiration for aspiring architects.
Reviewing all 623 is a big commitment! I plan to adjust the structure of each episode and hope to give more time to the ones i consider 'good'.
Episode 3 is now the length of episode 1 but only covers 10 projects instead of 20!
Hoping to get the balance right moving forward!
i like 024, 025, 030, 037
All Projects are completely ignoring the historic surrounding and I think that is sad...
#34 very brown and very sad - sounds like the whole Finnish countryside
21 looks like a home printer
And so does 22
25 just giggled marble arch mound. Great reference
I love your reaction to 29. I feel that
35 looks like a Roomba
38 looks like a suburban satellite medical center