It is full of history, full of inspiration, full of memories, full of tears, full of fear, full of happiness, full of doubts, full of exploration, full of trial and errors, full of learning, full of emotions...
Please allow me to walk you through my university life.
The entrance to OUR building!
That's where we breathed when we were stuck with designing.
That's where we breathed when we were stuck with designing.
The lobby.
The hallway.
It is always full of surprises and full of great models along the hallways. They may be treated as something being abandoned, but can you imagine how much time we spent on them?
The basement.
There are lots of "add-ons" to the building by the students, at different times, to respond to our needs and our desires. It also signifies our life as a student, our progress and our history. The building may look old and falling apart, but I love exactly how it grows and changes with the students, years after years. It defines our sense of belonging.
The workshop.
This is where we spent most of our time in, making models, cutting our fingers, sanding wood pieces overnight...
This is where we spent most of our time in, making models, cutting our fingers, sanding wood pieces overnight...
The studio!!!
I should say the HOME. I think I almost lived there.
I used to hate going into the studio... sometimes it feels so depressing... but that's where we spent nights and days in.
And, hey! LOOK!! how messy it is!!! haha! and this is not the worst already, during times when we were busy finishing the final projects, it was WAYYYY worse.
I try to convince myself that's how artists work! and now, imagine how my room looks like! heeheehee!! =P
studio during bachelor years.
I used to hate going into the studio... sometimes it feels so depressing... but that's where we spent nights and days in.
And, hey! LOOK!! how messy it is!!! haha! and this is not the worst already, during times when we were busy finishing the final projects, it was WAYYYY worse.
I try to convince myself that's how artists work! and now, imagine how my room looks like! heeheehee!! =P
studio during bachelor years.
studio during master years.
The stairway.
Last but not least, the critic room.
><" where we did our presentations... where we had our real laughs and real tears during the university life.
><" where we did our presentations... where we had our real laughs and real tears during the university life.
This is my school!!! I will never forget my 5 years life there.
It was a really hard process during those years, you won't believe how many times I cried for not having design idea, for not being able to print on time, for all those harsh critics........ but then after all, we all survived and got it through!! Everything that seemed to be impossible became possible.
I thank God for giving me all those years, training and opportunities.It was a really hard process during those years, you won't believe how many times I cried for not having design idea, for not being able to print on time, for all those harsh critics........ but then after all, we all survived and got it through!! Everything that seemed to be impossible became possible.
I thank God for molding me like that.
[photos taken at MacDonald Harrington building in McGill University]__________________________
Now something fun, but totally true:
Everyone knows they are an architecture student if....
1. ...the alarm clock tells you when to go to sleep.
2. ...you're not ashamed of drooling in lectures anymore, especially in the Structures lecture.
3. ...you CELEBRATE space and OBSERVE your birthday.
4. ...coffee and cokes are tools, not treats.
5. ...you think it's possible to CREATE space.
6. ...you fight with inanimate objects.
7. ...your brother or sister thinks he or she is an only child.
8. ...you've listened to all your cds in less than 48 hours.
9. ...you're not seen in public.
11. ...you've brushed your teeth and washed your hair in the school's toilet.
12.....you feel bad to go to bed at 3am.
13. ...you've used an entire roll of film to photograph the pavement.
14 ...you know the exact time the vending machines are refilled.
15. ...when you try to communicate, you make a continuous and monotonous whine.
16. ...when someone offers you a Bic pen, you feel offended.
17. ...you take notes and messages with a rapidograph and color markers.
19. ...you've got more photographs of buildings than of actual people.
20. ...you've taken your girlfriend/boyfriend on a date to a construction site.
21. ...you can live without human contact, food or daylight, but if you can't print. it's chaos.
22. ...you can use Photoshop, Illustrator and make a web page, but you don't know how to use Excel.
23. ...you buy £50 magazines that you haven't read yet.
24. ...you see showering as a waste of time.
25. ...you only leave studio to buy supplies.
26. ...upon hearing 'supermodel', you think of a nicely crafted-foam core model.
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