Archiculture: a documentary film that explores the architectural studio (full 25 min film) 

As a 4th year architecture student (so very much at the start of my career) I just have to say that many take this profession way too seriously and childishly make it black and white, unpassionate and obsessed. Architecture is a very big part of my life I couldn’t run from, even if I wanted to, but life is not that serious. It is NOT normal to cry in critiques, stamping on students’ confidence is NOT helping them. You can be a great architect and have a life around it, intertwined with it. It’s masochist and counterintuitive to even think otherwise. Improving is about healthy critique and motivation to grow. Not about thinking that no matter what you do, you will always be subpar, trying to crawl up nonetheless and putting others further down on the way. If great architects are something grand and above everyone, how are they supposed to be creating amazing designs for the masses when they have never even experienced life outside their career? To me, architecture is a meltingpot of universal knowledge, curiosity, creativity and life experience.

The "design high"..oh, yes. When you want to sleep because you want to wake up with a fresh mind to work on your project, but have hours of insomnia because you can't stop thinking about the project.

This video motivated me... until i looked at my project again... it's still shitty.

Another thing I’d like to point out in critiques is that sometimes professors can clash and disagree with each other. I’m a 3rd year arc student and we’ve had whole shitshows where the professors just literally fight on zoom over their own opinions, and we as students are just sitting there confused @-@

Me: *just a high school student looking for an inspirational tale of people experiencing my dream* Administrators/etc. : *referring to students as lambs to slaughter* Me: *silent tears*

Sorry guys I am an architect myself, but there are certain things that I do not agree here. This sense of 'struggling'' to design, as an example. Great designs is not about struggling it should flow, this idea of being proud to be 'busy', working 'hard', sleeping anywhere among the mess mostly unable even to have a shower, c'mon this is horrible! This selfish approach to make architecture an intense discipline. In the end your well being, who you are reflects in the architecture you design, and eventually the city environment itself. Sorry....

I'm not an architect, but I have been in construction for the majority of my life ( I'm 45 years old). The biggest suggestion that I could probably make to these students, or anyone aspiring to become an architect ( because it use to be a dream of mine, and why I'm here) is to get a job with a construction company. Actually get out and "build" buildings, and or houses between semesters. This may help give you a better understanding of materials used, and how the whole process works "from the other end". Getting a job in construction might not be everyone's forte, but it definitely couldn't hurt.

I love how the head of the Architecture program was complaining about how inadequate the program is when it comes to preparing the student for the real world. Imagine shelling out 50k+ a year to get an education, only to hear the head of your program say you not being taught adequately.

That's true: Five years of "Do something about it"

You know that feeling when u are a senior high school student and don't even know who you want to be in the future,even your grades are not that good to be who you want to be💔

This video makes me a little sad and overwhelmed but also relieved. There is so much to learn and plenty of things that could be unlearned. The notion of "star architect" and design competitions take away from helping students advance and become better designers. The desire to gain recognition and validation gets in the way of "thinking clearly". I liked how one student described what a good critique is. I couldn't agree more. The stereotype and acceptance of that architects are masochists is pretty depressing. I don't know about all of you but my dream is not to spend most of my days locked away in an office (goofing off or not). How can you think clearly if you're not taking care of your health? Justifying it under the guise of passion seems a little bit deceiving. I find the quote "If you don't like something, do something about it" in this video, ironic. The conflict lies in "don't give up on your dreams" vs. "your dream is about your client". The reality is that it's not just about you. The notion of the star architect is not about being a good designer; but about fame and appealing to the crowd. The other reality is as one student pointed out, you miss out a lot of things working on your own. People - you can't live with them but you definitely can't live without them. It's a balancing act in all cases.

I graduated a year ago from architecture and have to say I do miss studio culture. After moving cities it's hard to connect with other people about architecture or find others who enjoy architecture outside the school environment. The video really portrayed the struggle and joy studio is.

Having gone through this discipline (30 juried critiques in 5 years) I would say that a good critique depends largely on the panel of instructors or visiting architects who review one's work. Some provide valuable insight; others waste your time with their bombast and posturing as they use your jury to show you how smart they are. I also would like to add that there is still a place in architecture for those with idealism and a benevolent sense of applied aesthetics. The world needs people with dedication to bring imagination and the application of a body of knowledge to solving people's problems.

I'm a struggling architecture student. this documentary somehow gave me motivations. thank you

This doc is a perfect vid to tell the aspiring to be students the need of the passion for architecture to be an architect. Don't take architecture half-assed since it wouldn't take you anywhere, take it seriously, it would surprise where it would take you. I'm someone who went in and realise this isn't for me and regretted later why I pushed myself to finish the school even this is not my passion. But I'm thankful for my school for it taught me the skills of how to perceive my surroundings critically and later to solve a problem efficiently by creativity, which I could use in any kind of field of work. Think twice when you wanna be an architect, since it would literally require you to change your lifestyle and dedicate yourself fully, when it is not passion you have, it would likely become a torture for yourself later. Thanks for sharing this amazing video :) !

After I watched this video, some urge deep inside me that has long forgotten and lost is back. It's the inspiration. As an architecture student ,who has been completely lost ,depressed, stressful for 2 years, it's hard to be motivated if you are not in the proper environment . Unfortunately, I have to admit that my architectural school environment is ,socially and physically , disagreeable and unproductive. However, this documentary film did exceedingly inspire me. That makes me want to give it a try again.

this doc has me in my feels. i miss Studio so much. i have a friend that went off into the military when i went off to SPSU for my prof. bach. when i was in my graduating year, he came into the program. now that he's out he said to me: "the bonds that you make with our studio-mates are exactly like the bonds i made in afghanistan. we all went through war together."

i have spent five decades working with Architects trying to make their ideas fit into budgets, while not falling down or letting the rain in. Some of the best work: was not struggling to look cool or different but actually just solve a practical problem a client had, and fit into an existing community.

It made me understand my son...who is doing Architecture ....Thanks

I am an architecture student and this was such a beautiful glimpse of our world.

This Film was well put together. As an Architect student who goes through the daily struggle it re-energizes me because I know there are other out there willing to make a difference. GREAT JOB!

Hand sketching is SO underdeveloped in architecture graduates and even in licensed architects... Can't tell you how many arch interns come looking for a job and can't hand sketch just a chair. How embarrassing it must be for architectural professionals who can't sit across from their clients and quickly sketch ideas... I have seen this time and time again. Looking back to my studio days I remember just about every student trying to design their vision on CAD which is totally non efficient and unproductive. Hand sketching is usually an elective in architecture curriculums but it should be the most emphasized fundamental skill for an architect..

A good tip to prepare for a critique imho is not to explain/talk/rant more than asolutely necessary about things we cannot see. Talk about what is present in your material. If you did not finish all your work, don't overexplain what should have been there, focus on what is on your panels. Also, if you have too little stuff, print the best stuff really really big ;)

This was EXACTLY what I experienced in architecture school and it seems not much about "studio culture" has changed or adapted to the real world as architecture has. As an arch student, the one thing that I never understood was the jury critiques. While some critiques sparked meaningful discussions between instructors who actively participated in my development as an architect, others were just browbeating sessions by random people off the street as it were. Ultimatel6, I didn't really "find my niche" in architecture until I walked away from architecture school and into the real world to help people/firms with real needs. I will credit architecture school with that much, it did help me find a place where I could expand myself and still provide a needed service. It wasn't all bad. There were some fond memories born in the studio as well.

One of the main problem of being an architecture is the critique you heard from your professor because you have to swallow her/his words. Some people see critism as pressure, but some see it as motivation and what to improve. The world of architecture is very complicated afterall.

just listening to this talk without even watching the video while doing my design project is already motivating me. good luck, to every architect students reading this!

I spent 5 years in this studio culture, and then the next 40 years trying to move beyond it. Studio life and crits are an important skill to have, but the great failing of architectural education is that once you get past imagining something that doesn’t exist, it is a team effort to actually build anything. The last two years of arch school should focus on understanding the complex process of bringing architectural ideas into a world of collaborative business. Architects limit their own influence on the world with this constant focus on design heros who ‘..get some experience, but then I want to have my own small firm’. The Broadway actors who move from the chorus to stardom all understand the complexity of putting on a show, they don’t retreat to a cottage in Vermont putting on their own plays at the village rec center.

Would be excellent to follow the same folks at 5 year intervals to check progress, accomplishments, changes in attitude and beliefs and see how the world treats them, how marriage and family and potentially divorce and certainly age and life in general, changes their perspectives. This was an excellent video that captured unique points of a niche education/career. Thank You!

I cannot express how inspiring was that short movie for me few years ago, when I was almost finished with my studies and I felt really overwhelmed and tired. It reminded me about passion, hard work that every one of us at architecture school experience and the satisfaction when we see the growth. Today the video popped up once again in my watch later section, and I am grateful for reminding me again how great it is to work in a creative environment. /L

I never knew I needed to see this. Architecture school is so unique, so few truly understand

This is truly one of the most inspiring architecture documentaries I have ever seen. It gives a very accurate representation of the architecture studio life and culture. It encourages further discussion about the grand ideas of architecture and raises important questions of “what is architecture” and “how should it be taught?”. It also helps to explain to outsiders why we put ourselves through such scrutiny time and time again. This documentary also helped to justify some of my personal feelings toward architecture including the constant struggle, doubt, and fear. I have come to realise that these negative feelings are imperative to the design process in that they accompany the passion and internal strengths that emanate once these struggles have been overcome. The design struggle is real and powerful and inevitable but ultimately, it is the driving force of great design.

5 years of study plus 2 years of apprenticeship before you can take the licensure exam. This video is inspiring.

aaaarrrhhh the Critique hahahahaha. I'm in 2nd year, and for our final semester studio we had a 6hr presentation/critique and less than a quarter of the class actually came to present (our prof was really hard in previous ones, but not compared to her new Final Boss mode she had going on in this critique). So in this 6hrs we had 6-8 people present out of the usual 20-25. Our presentations would last a minute or two, the critique lasts what seemed like days, and weeks when it was happening to myself. Our prof made people cry, and stay standing as we basically just got humiliated in front of everyone in class for the finals we presented. Not one person got any recognition for their efforts. Instead of 6hr it become 7.5hrs, basically an hour each. And everyone actually stayed as a form of support for everyone else in class (felt like an army team building exercise hahaha) But what made it worse, like what they guy said @about 9mins in, is that the professors explain their ideas in a minute, we then understand their thought, but then they reiterate and then perpetuate the stupidity of your choices for the next 20-30mins. I know this is mean as fuck, but it just shows whats going through their minds when they design or looking at others design. The knit picking and attention to detail, which we as architect have to have as a skill. But damn is critique a scary and fun place at the same time.

hahaha this is soo funny,I finished my BA Architecture in other side of the globe and we had the same workshops, the same problems, the same funny groups of crazy architects who never sleeps and when it is 3 AM it looks like brain is lack of oxygen, because of 19 hour working without sleep and it starts to make some funny jokes out of nothing ...so completely the same lifestyle. I think architecture unites the architects of the world, only architects know what you are going through, and also the professor not constructive critic talks 20 min about your "mini problem" what actually not a problem :D But i learned to accept that with smile ,always agreed, but anyways done everything my way :D

This motivated me in an incredible way i didn't know was possible. It touched every corner of me, and cohesively spoke to everything that has been on my mind for the last 6 months. Thank you for creating this.

I am currently a PHD student studying architecture and I feel like I want to quite architecture completely. Ive felt that the more you study about how poetic and beautiful architecture is, the more frustrated you become on the current state of the construction industry. Im sure that there are many positive aspects but the recent economical events that have hit the construction industry and the current condition of the construction industry has made me probably too pragmatic and pessimitic for architecture.

I'm an architecture student. This video has inspired me to put more efforts in my designs. Also the studio is a very effective space to work on a design. And the ideas of the people there, like about the critique and changing what you dont like, surely gave me motivation to work more efficiently. Nice work! :)

brilliant point about stepping back from the giving of a sales pitch -

Thank you for making this film. I've watched this before and even watching it again still motivates me as a student going into architecture. Struggling but the world need such minds as ours.

Thank You for creating and sharing this video. It is an inspiration to see the "inside" of Architecture. At first I thought the students were professionals, but then I noticed that they were in a studio. This video has impacted my inspiration on my view of Architecture. Architecture is the craft of the world's design. Architecture is part of Life.

I thought it was funny they kept trying to make it seem like the architecture students were a reputable source of information about how it is to work as an architect or what real-life architecture work is. Both the teachers and the students live in a school version of whatever it is that they're learning which I've found is more fantasy than reality. I've found that working as a welder. College made me optimistic and like living the life of a welder would be fun and exciting- but instead I was working against the clock to meet efficiencies, breathing smoke and scrapping bee-bees (you'd know what that means if you're a welder ;), working my butt off and putting my health last for the sake of a sweat shop. I really wish we could all jump straight into the career we wanted and learn it from professionals and do the exciting ground breaking and creative work as soon as you're capable- but instead that is only left to a few people which makes sense financially obviously but is sucky for everyone who isn't at the top- and if you want to get there you'll have to sacrifice so much of the goodness life and your limited time to get there. Maybe. Eventually. Thats why I'd much rather make my own path and go my own way instead of joining in the rat race- but starting out by yourself is hard and you do ultimately need to know what you're doing if you start going your own way. You can't become an architect with doodles. There is specific standards that must be met with a blueprint that a regular person would not know, and a different version of that example is true of any job. There is also the problem that people's job responsibilities are getting more and more specific because it is more immediately profitable for the business if people are doing the same specific thing everyday. The more humans switch between responsibilities or work from work the more time is wasted and the more mistakes can be made which all costs the business money, but switching focuses is exactly what helps people de-stress at work and love their job. People doing the same small thing over and over all day, but everyone doing the different things working towards an singular end product is also the description of a factory. The more and more factory-like our jobs become for the sake of the monetary profit of the business the more we are all going to hate our jobs. The up-side to all of this is that you can do pretty much whatever you want in your life and you can go as far as your hard work can take you- I just think there should be less friction so our hard work takes us all farther. But still we should fix the competitive attitude out current businesses have to be less Olympic games and more self-sustaining. Maybe that's why people don't hold onto jobs very long anymore- perhaps it is because they desperately need change. Jeez this has become an article. You might say "Well jeez Brenden, isn't business a competition where you're trying to beat the other companies?". Thats what everyone says, sure, but in reality when have you ever seen a company "beat" another company and destroy their business? Its not like CEO's are Warlords trying to conquer each other. Would you even want that? No! Even the thought of taking jobs away from other people who may love their job and coworkers is sad not to mention that they may be the sole income of their family. That would be terrible! Businesses are all about the long term game and their employees, but modern businesses don't play it that way. Why do we even have jobs in the first place? To provide a good life for people and yet people are more miserable at their jobs and out of their jobs that ever! What are we doing wrong? Us as people need a good environment. A healthy amount and variety of responsibilities and freedom, and good people around us. We also strive to learn about the things that interest us at the time. This should all be available to people, but its going to require us to have a change of focus about how our businesses are run.

This film is so meaningful and awesome!! It always motivates me and inspires me to think why i enter architecture and why architecture matters. "You don't go into architecture if you're pessimist, if you don't actually believe that the world can get better." fantastic!! archiculture!!

After watching this, I immediately miss my Architecture school days. The goofing around while doing projects and the criticisms from my professors and colleagues.

My favorite studios in school were in creating planning documents and conceptual designs for small towns/ pueblos in my home state of New Mexico. The 'starchitect' stuff was lost on me. I genuinely loved the opportunity to work in real communities and expose them to the design process. I kind of enjoy the task that is working with a limited budget - because it's REAL LIFE. I love my job as an intern at a small firm and I feel so fulfilled. I have learned so much. I still have to attend grad school as well. This video made me miss being in the studio environment and look forward to going back soon enough. Thanks for making this :)

Any other high school students kinda intimidated by this...?

Olá, quero parabenizar os criadores do vídeo, foi realmente muito bom e inspirador. Sou estudante de arquitetura do Brasil, estou no 4º semestre da faculdade. Esse vídeo me mostrou como realmente uma universidade tem que ser, como realmente os alunos de arquitetura tem que se comportar perante os desafios e questões sociais referentes ao seu projeto. Fiquei muito feliz e inspirado ao ver como é realizado a metodologia de ensino para os esses alunos de arquitetura. No vídeo mostra que não estão formando apenas arquitetos, mas também pensadores, críticos. Isso é o que falta para o ensino das universidades Brasileiras.

Fantastic Documentary. I love architecture and the creation process.

I've only been in architecture school for a month and after reviews I've already started to relate to this

#Archichat This documentary was announced when I was in my first year of architecture school. Now, having graduated 3 years ago, I still found this very enjoyable. The studio culture really is like nothing else out there. I think my favorite part was when a student mentioned how much was lacking when working from home. Studio really is one of the most important aspects of architectural education.

I am curious where each of these students ended up. How their attitudes expressed within this video translated into their workflow/collaboration and influenced their job landing.

That strong sense of community is what I was looking for in art school. Didn't find it there since everyone was simply doing they're own thing, going in they're own directions. The fact that everyone here shares the same goal and interest make it so much easier to form strong bonds.

A great exploration about how should we learn the Architectture

Really enjoyed the video. I've thought about studying architecture for years and this is exactly what I wanted to see. The part about using right and left brains and having optimism was enlightening and explains why I've always been drawn to architecture, since I think the same way. Thank you for giving me a taste of what arch education is like.

Wow, this really took me back to my days as a student! This is a really good start to a whole set of topics we need to start discussing in the industry. Right now that I'm finishing my postgraduate studies, I have a broader vision now of where us architects have the potential of coming out from the dogmatic scheme under which we've been working so far. I hope this inspires many architecture students to move forward!

Thanks for helping us appreciate the world of architecture

I graduated in 2014 from NJIT School of Architecture and Design and this is exactly what I went through.. It's like Deja Vu.. but you know what? I am glad I did and if I could I would live it all over again. Those were one of the best years of my life..

Car Design/ Industrial Design Student here- There are too many similarities in the design school world- students who stay up and destroy their sleep, health, and overall well being are almost seen as "design martyrs" and put their work above themselves... I used to do the same exact thing. its really not healthy. its sad how normalized it is to have a a mental breakdown/burnout as a "rite of passage", along with the intense low self worth rampant among design students because they're not the best one in their class. Don't focus on becoming the "star Designer" and focus on your own aesthetic and what makes your work special. Take care of yourself, and the care in your work will reflect that. ALSO- the heavy reliance on 3D programs is truly not a good thing. its only a tool to flush out your idea, but SKETCHES are the utmost important thing..picture this: you're in a meeting, and you come up with a great idea in the moment that you'd want to show the team...what're you gonna say "oh hold on let me model this for you and ill be right back"? HELL NO. grab a pen, grab some paper and sketch out your idea. That's happened to me in so many meetings and i couldn't even begin to describe how much of an impact it's made. While computers are needed, you cant solely rely on them.

I know there a lot of comments here on either end of the spectrum, this video has really polarised people. This is not a bad video, its well edited, very well shot and nice to watch. But at the same time it is being framed badly as a movie about the studio, when it's actually about studio mentalities. I know some people enjoy this stuff, and it seems from the comments that it has motivated a lot of people, which is great. I think there is a real danger here of glorifying the design process and the way we're educated. Just taking the section on The Critique, the students are shown presenting their work and arguing with critics and then say privately how they feel about the crit and they great struggle they go through. Its not until Kenneth Frampton comes on is anything of substance actually said about the crit, and he challenges the 'sales pitch' idea of the crit. It could just be the way the students are speaking so generally about the studio culture, and Shigeru Ban almost makes out like the American schools are they only ones with communal studios? Regardless, its always interesting to see how other schools do things

This school it seems brings out the best out of a person as well addresses the part of being human that needs to be refined. I see architecture as evolution. In my eyes you are a special breed.❤

I love it how the part from 4:08 to 4:38 seems as some kind of a movie scene. I accidentally watched this video a second time now and remembered how great this part is.

I'm really proud of this career :) and being one of the future architect in my country Philippines :)

Great film, thanks for uploading :) Im a 2nd year architecture student thats going through a rough patch at the moment and this little gem just filled me with some much needed motivation. Thanks!

Being an 'Architect' is a serious personal challenge that does not ever end. The preparation is intense and the result totally immersive. The profession is very demanding and unforgiving...you do need to have a very strong belief that what you are doing will make a difference at an individual level, as well as to our national communities. It is a total surrender to positive, enduring and sustainable change. The opportunity to contribute to a better world is out there. 'Journey as Place...Becoming as End.' All the best to those who choose to endure the challenge.

Greetings from Tunisia, as an architect student, I found this very motivating and inspiring, great job, THANK YOU!!!

Great film, thanks for uploading. I'm a student in high school and I wanted to be an architect. That's my biggest dream. I have so much passion to reach this dream and this film just gave me so much motivation to struggle in high school. Thanks!

I really enjoy this film! Mostly because it shows the student and the professor situation at the architecture school. I am a last year student from Bolivia, I think this film could remind our motivations as future architects, our convictions to do things that help to change the perception of the world and the world as itself. And one of the most important thing to listen smartly every day.

Very inspiring.... Truly needed to watch that.

very inspiring and at the same time it makes you think what type of architect you want to be....

Giving another perspective on the architecture college vision: I'm an architecture student in Brasil (don't spell it with Z please) and our reality is almost the same as the students from the video, but it doesn't have to be like that, trust me. There is a type of romanticization surrounding the way students put health and social life on a second plan to give space for the thinking and designing of our projects. Speaking as a student that is living (was living, thanks to miss Rona...) in the chaotic world of architecture, we don't need to be so stressed all the time and give priority to our classes. We can live our lives and also study!! It's all a matter of balance. If your thinking that studying architecture is all stress and work...you're deeply wrong. We have lots of fun, play and laugh all the time with our colleagues during the times we're in the studio creating, we go to parties, get wasted on weekends, have relationships and etc. I fell in love with my course and I don't see myself studying anything else.

Wow, this video really inspires me.. I spent many days agonizing which job I want to do in the future (I'm a high school student). I think Ive found what I am really interested in, architecture. This video shows a spectrum how architecture affects our society which is awesome! This might be helpful to pick my courses. Thanks

The definition I give of good architect is a guy who know various things and is able to summarize in a building, the particular problem are just the part of the game!

Being a couple years out of school now I often wonder if I would see the world and interact with my surroundings the same if I had not gone to architecture school. I walk to work every day in downtown Chicago and constantly see people who appear so out of touch with their own surroundings. people that walk the same route everyday who appear lost. I believe architecture school truly altered my psyche, and made me more aware of my surroundings while also allowing me to think critically about them.

What a good times! :)

Pretty accurate. Great film.

I'm not an architecture student but is a counterpart - an Interior Design Technology (which incorporates interior architecture with design principles) and this documentary is really exciting! I'm only a Freshman who's yet to have to do boards and models yet but I am looking forward to it! I hope to get a Master's of Architecture someday!

Thanks! This video gave lots of help to me considering being an architect.

I was brought here from a public speech we had in beauty school. He said if you want to be good at building a hair structure. you must know architecture.

I'm an Architect here also, and I totally disagree with this whole documentary, Architecture is not a struggle, it is a challenge and quite pragmatic and practical as a profession, you design, you build, for purpose. Losing sleep does not create good Architecture but rubbish details and incompetent clarity of thought...................

Great job friend! Bright shots! Architecture is frozen music. Good mood and growth!

this video has just made me a lover of architecture ❤❤thank you

i love architecture .. i want to be an architect after watching this video .. iam so energetic .. i really want to be the best architect

great film, thanks for uploading i'm a 1st year architecture student from indonesia

I'm doing civil engineering in school, but I have a great interest in architecture. I do admire it and I've been trying to improve towards it. Thank you people for your comments. I read some, and felt a small part of what its like going to an architecture school snd pursuing the career

I have been waiting to see this film since I first heard about it 2 years ago and the wait was well worth it. I am finishing up my undergrad studies and am starting my grad courses in the fall and this really helped to light that fire again. I cant tell you how many times I watched the TRAILER for this film when I was feeling down in studio and it helped to pull me out of a rut. I do wish that it had been made into the feature length film but I understand why it wasn't and I just want to thank you guys for making this.

I loved the point @9:44 about critiques! That's also my biggest peeve. I always tell my peers after a rough crit, "That is their job! If they don't point out some point of improvement, then They are not doing their job & You are not improving." But I love the addition to that, where the critique is others personalizing your ideas as their own thoughts...so in some regard, more discussion=more impact.

wow, messy studio. I love it so MUCH !

me encantó este documental sobre la educación de la arquitectura y como debe darse en nuestros tiempos, el ejercicio MANUAL cotidiano de los alumnos Y LA INTERACCIÓN que hacen con su ambiente, con sus compañeros y con su escuela les permite rescatar los métodos tradicionales de la enseñanza en nuestra profesión, ESTO SE HA PERDIDO YA NO SE PROCEDE CON LO BASICO, ahora domina la tecnología y los principios que sirven de base se hacen a un lado. ..

Este video es motivador, porque te ayuda a entender lo que en realidad significa "estudiar arquitectura"... Es algo que va mas allá de lo que la sociedad puede imaginar, el estudiar arquitectura es entregar tu vida por ella... Definitivamente lo que busca una personas con grandes ansias de transformar el mundo...

Thank you for the subitile

Thank for sharing this video!!! I am going to study architecture this year. When i was a child, i love lego and built lot of buildings, cities or models. Therefore, i have a passion to be an architect. After wasted a year waiting for a chance, finally i got it! I hope to be a professor in architecture one day and contribute to the society!!!!

Very interesting was to see this documentary movie. He can really motivate a lot of people with desire to study architecture. It is like little history but with many useful information that can helps in the future plans.

Great videos shared here. Thanks for sharing this video. I am so enlightened

am i the only one that thought that this was a video of architects just stroking each other (Im an architect)

best inspiring movie ever :) motivation level 10000000000000000

This is a great video and 100% true in my experience. I did not find that architecture school prepared me at all for the reality of architectural practice. It is very difficult to combine the creativity and unique vision that is required to be a great designer with the pragmatic skills necessary to juggle budgets and fit into the larger structure of the construction industry. I only wish that architecture students would try harder to be original and unique.

What a great video! Well done guys!

"Because there is nothing absolute about this" yup.

I cried when he restated "Do something about it, just do something about it.

Architecture is my passion! Thanks for sharing!

Speaking as someone who has only taken an interest in the academic side of architecture (as opposed to simply experiencing it and enjoying it or deriding it as the case may be!) since my son decided to study it, I found this documentary to be extremely interesting and well presented. If I had to turn the clocks back and study something other than what I did, I would be seriously tempted by architecture, even more so after seeing this. The emphasis on the need to recognise and learn from constructive criticism is a pretty good dictum for most walks of life. I empathized with Kenneth Frampton's proposal about a less conflictual critique process and it was good to see and hear him. I like the insistence by students and lecturers alike on the continuing positive contributions that architects can make to society without becoming power-crazed starchitects, since the vast majority of them will not be following in the footsteps of Frank Gehry and co., which in my opinion is a good thing. So you have my congratulations and thanks for this film, which, for me at any rate as a non-specialist, provided numerous valuable insights.