10 life tips for architecture school 

Architecture school is hard but my friend did explain it well, "when you finish medicine or architecture, you don't look for the job, the job looks for you" and that is true for where i live

I'm just start the journey in architecture school. It's so fortunate for me to watch this video at this time. All of ten tips are so important. Very appreciate. Thank you.

Me watching the thumbnail of this video after entering my second semester in architecture school Me: Well well well let's see

I enjoy listening to your videos. I worked passionately at architecture school, and burnt out in my last year, the 5th year. I was on the ledge of a building depressed and thinking this is the best way to end this. I stepped off, went to UNI and asked for help, left the full-time course. I was also doing a second degree in Asian languages at the same time and graduated with that, went up to Asia to study garden construction in Japan. My ambition to become an architect never stopped and 10 years later I completed the few remaining credits for the B.Arch. In the meantime I worked as a designer/garden labourer in Kyoto, Tokyo and Auckland. Now a father I could earn an income while having time flexibility for my family by working as a self-employed contractor - with a slightly unique skill set.. Your so correct, pricing is very difficult, as is time management when selling ourselves. I wish I had a classmate similar you. You seem so supportive and organised. I found architecture school competitive and stressful. But so did others. It hit home when you said communication is key in this business. Today, y

Crits killed my career aspirations OMFG!! I'm a professional now... so it worked out But here's my contribution for students: 1. Sleep guys. No really, sleep! 2. There'll be days when you were supposed to draft, edit and annotate 2 elevatons but you spent a full day learning Code and never get around to designing. Get used to it. Dami, you're right though, if they can learn to streamline their work flow, even better. 3. And finally, VISIT SITES as much as you can. You'll know how construction methods function and you'll see that not only will your design and technical prowess improve, but will produce sophisticated designs and solutions. Now most architects can do that, visiting site just helps you get there quicker. Plus it'll enrich the course content.

Damn architects also really good at editing

You should start a podcast. Your voice are so soft and calm♡

I’m in my 2nd year of architecture , I recently discovered your Chanel and I’ve seen all the videos till date… they are very helpful.The way you try to transmit your experience and tips(knowing I’m not really and English speaking person if it makes sens)for me brings in more clarity in certain realities we weren’t /I wasn’t really aware of in life and architecture…. Great work👌🏽

This is pretty inspiring, I think sometimes it becomes hard to find the value in something when you’ve been at it for so long. remembering why you’re here changes everything

I love your channel. I do absolutely nothing related to your specific content subject matter, but the thinking behind your motivation has taught me A TON! 🖤

I’m starting my 7th semester in architecture school. And I’ve been thinking about these kind of thoughts a lot lately. And what you said is TRULY REALLY TRUE. I wish I knew all these tips and truth before I start architecture school but you know, we can’t really gather the spill milk back into the bottle as they were in their original state. But still, I’m grateful for your tips. It’s ensuring and reassuring as well to hear that I’m not the only one and we’re in this together. It’s actually encouraging and motivating. THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING, DAMI💕✨

You have no idea how valuable this videos are. Thank you for putting time aside in the first place to make them. 🙏🏽

Starting my first studio next semester! You’re videos have helped me feel prepared and motivarte me too look forward to this new journey in my life! Thank you keep it up!

Please don:t stop making content, been binge watching this channel for days, i like how you explain things narratively, also youre eyes is very beautiful.

i'm taking all those advice with me as i study architecture. they resound so well of what I'm going through.

I feel like your videos are gonna save me during the next few years lol, cuz i feel so understood when i watch them, I've always found accepting criticisms challenging and you help me realize that its time i manned up and did something about it

Not an architecture student but I’m studying industrial design. Having spent my first year of school online, I can very much understand most of these points and will absolutely take them with me for the next few years.

I love your advice so much ❤ I'm in my first semester of first year in architecture. And I couldn't agree more on everything you mentioned especially how important it is to take notes, take critical feedback as an opportunity and how grades don't matter as much 🤧. Also love your work and how you created an architect RU-vid community for future students such as myself and feel less lost !

hi, I started architecture and I just finished my prelims like last week and here I am watching this to get through assignments and bad grade , thank you for the wonderful tips!! I'm going to apply this tips in my architecture journey

Many moons ago I had dreams of being an architect and then I thoroughly researched the schooling & internship process. It was hugely intimidating and expensive so I opted for Graphic Design and a degree in visual communications. It was the right decision for me… no regrets today!✌🏻❤️

Im in my fourth semester of architecture school and boy I relate to alot of the things youve mentioned in this video. Truth be told right now everything feels so overwhelming cuz its just the studios are so competitive and you generally dont understand alot of critics when you're studying in a foreign country. There would be massive number of architecture students enrolled in class but only a bunch of them are helpful. Its just so stressful how we pretty much everything from RU-vid and researches except from actual professors. All in all studio culture isnt exactly like how portrayed on videos. Or that's what is in my case

Being questioning myself for a long time, but feeling blessed that I have finally met you, Dami, through your videos...

Thank you so much for taking your time to share your experience about architecture school.

I'm at the end of a long career in engineering (I'm an EE doing software). Everything you've said resonates with me and my experience. I wish you had been one of my professors when I was still in school. It would have saved me a life of having to learn these things while working. BTW, I think those things you've mentioned apply generally to all the creative sciences. Thanks for your engaging videos. Keep them coming!

You are so wonderful !and your explanation deep down the course it’s so great .I couldn’t stop myself from commenting all your good work . I do appreciate it ,please !keep on guiding us more 😍

I have entered my second semester and I could already relate to all the points mentioned in the video. Thankyou for giving these tips, they will help me in future! ;)

On the topic of dimihishing returns, it helps to know how much time a process takes versus how much value it adds to your project. For me model making was always a massive time investment and something we just had to do because it was on a deliverables list. So find ways to do it faster with less effort. Laser cutters and 3D printers were offlimits to us BA Students so I got my own 3D printer, best 300 bucks I've ever spent. Its amazing for massing studies, you can make 30 different versions in your favourite 3D software, print your top 5 and show the rest on paper. Of course you should listen to what your profs want you to do but I've personally had a lof of success with this.

I stumbled on your channel, though I am an engineering student, I find it funny how some of the things you say and reflect on resonate with me both in my experiences in school currently and my time in the military.

This is such a useful video. These tips and tricks apply to life as well. Thank you for posting.

Thank you so much for your videos. I recently changed my major to architecture and have felt a bit lost. I wasn't sure how to optimize my learning and skill growth. A lot of the things you touched on I had never considered or I had thought about it but wasn't sure how I could do it. I feel more sure of myself now and motivated to keep going.

Thank you so much for this video and for your youtube channel. You are very inspiring and always have great tips and reflexions.

to all starting you are very lucky to find this channel.. it is very good support info when sometime you are introvert person... kudos to Pretty Architect Damilee for this useful and meaningful purpose for this profession 🤞🏼🤘🏼🤙🏼🙌🏼👏🏼

This is great! I am currently doing my Masters and I relate to all of these 100%. Thanks for making these videos :) They're always fun to watch!

This is a great video Dami, it has a lot of valuable advise not just for Architectural School. Thank you :)

Thanks for this video. Partially all the aspects resonate with me. I`m only on the 3d term of studying and every new project i discover interesting things not only in architecture but also in time management, relationships with profs and other people. Thanks again, best wishes!

Thank you so much for this post. You have articulated very well my experience of Architecture School. I have just graduated and I am looking for my first role.

9:55 That's me last night...:) My second year now isn't going well, I'm starting to lose my spirit and motivation. But thanks for sharing these tips, I'll give it a try😭

Following since 6k subs Good to see this channel grow well over time I wish more success ahead Dami and keep creating

It's amazing how you had a cool architecture school experience (at least what it seems like by the end of your video), but i'm here for all the people whos school sucks. If you have that crazy lack of socialization, everyone's hiding their ideas and doesn't wanna talk things your class is about out... It's ok. It sucks so much, but it's ok, you're not alone. Yes socialisation SHOULD be the best part of the school, especially architecture school, but sometimes it just isn't. My school sucks too, i feel you.

Thank you so much Dami I always realign my architecture goals when I watch your videos😊

Ten tips are very helpful for architecture students, and for me too. I really appreciate you, Dami. Thanks! 🙏

Thank you for this beautiful video.

Thank you so much. I need to share this to my sister soon

Great video. I can relate to so many of there things. My education was around computer information systems. Even with it being a different topic, I think we went through much of the same things.

Damn. I'm speechless with your videos. It's always so informative and brings me in awe

thank sooo much, please keep the vids coming, for the sake of our sanity as architecture students

I have zero interest in being an architect but I found your channel while looking into the new Mac and you are so interesting to listen to that I just keep watching.

love how fun your thumbnails are! great video as always

What you said about collaborating with classmates at the studio is so true. I noticed that the designers that struggled the most were the lonely ones cuz a friend can help it you to point out mistakes that somehow slipped out

What you said about " don't fall in love with your first idea " it's really true like right now I'm designing a media center for my PAT and I really like my first design but ofter creating another design I started liking that one. But now I am designing a another one for someone who payed now I am starting to like that design more. 😅

i really enjoy this video while doing my project !!!

Omg the timing!!! I just got into architecture school today 🥺❤️. I'm finally gonna do it 😭. Thank you so much for this vedio dami.

I have a due date tomorrow and I'm about to start a mental breakdown, I'm tired, hungry, and sleepy (I hadn't slept in 48 hr). But I love my major way too much. THANKS THIS MAKES ME FEEL LIKE IT IS WORTH IT

If only I research more about architecture school before I enter, I wouldn't have entered. 3 years of bachelor degree and I will never touch it again. it gave my mental problems and made me think I'm not worthy to be a human. 1. I never get taught or given feedback other than the most basic sentences that can be applied to every other degree/job out there. "you need to put more time" "sketch more" "develop more" or any other words from thesaurus. Even tho I've drawn a lot, explore more ideas, literally sacrificing my sleep and social to keep working on it, yet the feedback never changes. 2. everyone is being so secretive to each other, never showing any ideas. everyone present their things in the most secretive ways and only show off their work in the big presentation. and as an introvert, I barely develops any friends thorough my university life. it's my darkest and most solitude of my life. 3. If you really want to enter, go learn all the hard skill beforehand. this includes, but not limited to, photoshop, indesign, illustrator, autocad, revit, after effect, etc etc etc. They expect you to master all of this before you even design a building (at least in my university). also including all the stuff dami Lee explained in this video 4. expects your lecturer to use you as a guinea pig. my lecturer literally said he's currently writing a book about his idea and used us, his students, to explore and analyze his theory, and expects us to use his stupid theory for our design. I could go on, but I'm gonna stop here. What i'm trying to say, i guess, only enter if you are actually passionate about architecture, learns the skills before you go to studio because they won't teach you at all.

The thing that resonates with me the most are the the focusing on having a unique skill and presentation preparation since i usually just “wing” it 😅 i think ordering everything would go smoother and would help me in group situations

I'm thinkin of choosing architecture...... I needed this, thank you.

Your vids are great!👍🏻

Today was my first day of going to architecture University in my country ( Georgia ) thanks for the tips. 😀 I'm super pumped

I am 17 years old and i is now my 6th year doing Technical Drawing in high school. For my internal assessments in both grade 11 and now in grade 12, I have definitely learnt how to WORK WORK WORk. Starting over projects, getting criticism IN FRONT OF THE CLASS. It felt very embarrassing in the moment but I've learnt that we're all in this together. For my Internal Assessment now, this is my 3rd time starting it all over, I've changed ideas and improved them too. I also do Art and have done the same with that Internal Assessment, changed a lot. It makes me feel like I'm actually working as an architect, although it is stressful and I've seen nothing yet

I started my first year of grad school this semester and man do I wish I had been taking better notes during undergrad!!!

I’m an architectural studies major (SENIOR) right now - and i have been feeling so lost and like i know absolutely nothing, this video was really helpful in making my goals feel tangible again.

Reasons for clicking your videos: topics-50% thumbnails-50% also, this video is great, even in my 4th year in uni, I feel that needed these more than ever. Thanks!

I get so emotionally caught up with my grades but I try really hard to focus on learning instead and retaining that information. The one thing I want to get better at is building systems and organizing my notes. Although I'm super methodical and I try to store my lectures and projects, things end up becoming really messy at times, specially my class notes. It's my 3rd semester so I guess it's not too late. What sucks with online college is thatI barely interact with my peers and I constantly wish I could bounce ideas with them and discuss certain topics :/ I do what I can tho

I am not “an old fart” like you, but twice your age entering into architecture school through RAIC Syllabus program after a full career as a contractor and millwork manufacturer. The first year was interesting and difficult. I have the advantage of being a tradesman with much experience starting out in the 80s as a cabinetmaker and carpenter, a little week in the presentation. Your videos are quite helpful. Thank you.

Whenever you release a new video you pull me out from my burn out😊😆

I love your positive mindset! So inspiring.. When I'm down, I look at you here and instantly feel better :-) And if I could afford, I'd hire you to design my house.

I LOVE YOU!!!

On my way to architecture school next month this video has come at the right time #lovethethumbnails thank you Dami 🥰❤️

My new favorite channel. Hello from New York

thank you very much! i am glad i have found you!

hahaha love seeing this when I'm almost finishing University, read the RUN on the thumbnail and I often joke about that if someone says they are interested in this career

I definitely squandered a lot of the opportunity by not engaging with my professors and barely passing. But I do appreciate that you put a value to what I did which made me miss deadline, which is the forays into obsessing over a point of contention in the projects, which I have done over and over again without fail. I was also a notorious slacker. But I graduated. I chose to focus on creating my own career path, one in which addressed the disparity that makes a designer beholden to the builders, and to attain financial autonomy . Fast forward since 2010 graduation, I own my own property that bought out of speculation but then chose to turn it into my own continued education. I used it as a laboratory to flesh out ideas, either to take them to the level of completion or to deem unworthy and start anew. Now this place is almost ready for vacation renters and critics, while I can further develop my contracting business. Til this day however, I constantly would not have any real return on my investment to be a competent builder and had no way of getting my archi license. But I think now it’s safe to say that it was all worth it to do in my own way.

As a licensed architect myself in beautiful Seattle, I really like your blog and your way of thinking. Your suggestions here are wonderful and I agree with most of them. I went to architecture school back before computers, when we drew everything by hand with #2 pencils and colored pencils. Though the technology to draw and visualize spaces has changed a lot since then, the architectural principals, concepts, and the workflow processes remain the same. The design critiques then were just as grueling as you describe, as were the late nights. I also did this without the help of coffee or tea since I have never learned to like that taste. Anyway, I have my own firm, and it is refreshingly good to hear what you and your younger generation are thinking. Thank you.

Great video upload and full watching! Thanks for sharing and have a great day.

Being able to draw by hand seems like a really important skill, being able to sketch out the thoughts in your head.

Hey Dami, im in second year and I completely relate to everything you say. I am mature age (37) and doing very well in architecture school after 16yrs as a high end chef. did you find there was a lot of competition in your year group? i find that I am always in competition about grades with my classmates and there is a sense of people looking down on the people who arent doing well.

I am a Native Korean freshman who starts a journey to being an architect abroad! I watched all of your videos!! I think you have to deserve more First Thank you for providing high-quality advice for archi -students. your videos are really helpful to me! I love your video cuz Your videos&advices are really practical and useful for me! And.. thank you for oud your voices and making videos… Actually, I want to be an architect whole life and I decide to study abroad to be wide eyes and be a nice architect but also I have to fight People's perception like Asian architects or international students can’t improve their careers...etc those discouraging saying makes me down sometimes... But you are a. Disproof !you are making your career successfully! And you are act as a mentor.... And give a lot of inspiration... The existence of a mentor like you really encourage me... Thank you I will do my best Loves from korea💐🇰🇷

I think I've watched many of these but the most important thing is we have to know ourselves better than before in order to keep pushing forwards. Btw, I'm in my final year and it's a tough 4 years with sweat and tears.

I agree with you honestly, I feel like i just rush myself through assignments just to beat the deadline and be exhausted id rather learn to do and understand the work I’m doing and submit the assignment a day late

I wish i ve watched this video before I am in the 2nd year Thanks damiee❤❤

Thanks this is really helpful!!

I could literally lay here and watch her all day….oh crap, gotta go get my model done!

Can we also appreciate the way they edited the video and thumbnail? Like you deserve more subscribers😭

I just started architecture school last week and it already is quite demanding but also extremely exciting. I’m so glad to have found your chanel, the content you put out is a blessing for us! Btw. what is the outro song called? Shazam doesn’t recognise ist and I didn’t find it in the video description.

HII Dami so good to hear everything that you shared here bcs i really need this on my very first year HAHA! so yea, if youre asking which points that are resonate with me, id say all of em! thanks, really thanks!

After having done 6 years of it (4y of bachelor and 2 of master's) and working for 5 years, there's only 1 advice that I could, with good heart, give: go and spend time at architectural practices (print, make coffee, if you have to) and ask the people there how is it like. Visit more than one, if possible. If only I did that, I would have not chosen this path, I'd have chosen software engineering from the get-go.

I think some of these tips also apply to all other careers design-related too!

i loved watching your video, as an architecture student ill make sure to take your advice into consideration. it makes me feel somewhat at ease listening to such advices or knowing that the architecture community is out on so many platforms sharing advice and helping the young, thank you! i have one question though, you said grades dont really matter as long as we are passing but what if i graduated with a bachelor degree and wanted to continue my studies as in take my masters degree abroad in either america or canada are there any requirements such as high gpa or so? thank you again, much appreciated!

This is my first time watching your video 1 minute after it was published! xD

nice video I like it, good luck

I needed this tips, im kind of late bloomer for this architecture course. Struggle iz reaaal.

i greatly underestimated architecture. I thought I could do well in class as well as keep doing my side-things (comicmaking) but it turns out it's impossible to do that without breaking yourself. Looks like i'm gonna have to commit to architecture if i want to advance.

I do Comp Sci, but it's interesting how similar our experiences are.

I'm about to start my journey in architecture ... probably next month my classes would begin...wish me luck✨

I majored in Animation and VFX and we would always say the only people working harder than us were Architecture and nursing students. But I've been in the the workforce (retail) for about three years now and I don't see myself doing anything with my Animation degree. I've always loved Architecture and for some reason never considered it until recently. These videos are really helpful in cementing my decision to go back and get another undergrad degree.

I graduated from Architecture School 20 years ago and never regretted nor wished anything I knew stuff back then. I just followed my dreams, cut my teeth and got ready for the life ahead. A good drawing skill and some problem-solving abilities would be helpful for an aspiring architect. Yes the Architecture career is tough, but anything could be less challenging for the ones who persevere. Sounds corny but its the truth.

That beginning has been my life for a year now...

I wish I had half of your drive!

I just started and I’m terrified I’ll make a bad architect, and didn’t know how to start to get better so thanks

You are so amazing and I thank you for being so knowledgeable and relatable. I’m 26 years old and about to start my final year of my masters…I’m burnt out. I’m freelancing drafting work to pay bills while working 40 hours in a restaurant. I need to be in the field to get my hours but it’s difficult where I live with limited employment, hence the freelance. I enjoy learning the business side of things, but when it comes down to codes, pricing, and permitting, I wish I had a mentor. What kind of resources do you recommend for someone in my position who needs hours and loves the industry, but is a newbie in the field and wants to grow?