Be Loose Architecture Students.

I'm realizing that as a designer, I'm starting to become more interested in hand drawing and old school methods (probably because I haven't gotten a good chance of intensity in school to jump in on the digital fabrication stuff...and somehow it's working itself out where I'm exploring where my strengths really lie as a designer). I need to sharpen my swords to design.

Translating what we conceive in our minds to that evocative sketch slowly and develops into a space that is habitable and experiential is what I'm interested. It's what Juhani Pallasmaa argues and warns us in his books The Eyes of the Skin and The Thinking Hand that the computer can lead us to designing sterile spaces that lack a human scale and feel, and that our direct use of hands in the doing to make architecture is more evocative, human, and emotional.

From previous entries, know that I'm two years behind my degree - and for those of you that experience setbacks and failures, It can be really disheartening. I`m straddling the lines between confidence and self-loathing, between working excessively hard and giving yourself some slack. I feel that the workshop drawing exercises and the words of wisdom kinda push yourself to learn more about yourself, reflect on your work ethic and values, and furthermore realizing your potential that anything can happen when you work towards something. Not only that, be happy for your improvements from then and now and not between you and them.