Stories That Inspire: how architects in India found their way
Design Dialogues · 12 conversations · a podcast and video series on architecture in India
Twelve short conversations with architects and students who found their way into the profession and made their place in it.
They cover why people choose architecture, what the five-year course is really like, why a career builds slowly, and how to put something of yourself into every design.
- choosing architecture
- B.Arch in India
- architecture careers
- inspiration
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Stories that Inspire, Part I: A designer found his passion in interior design by default. His creative strengths have found architectural design to be a good career path.
The conversations
- Stories that Inspire, Part I
A designer found his passion in interior design by default. His creative strengths have found architectural design to be a good career path. - Stories that Inspire, Part II
Architectural Communications is a field that still struggles to be effective at communicating architectural design to the rest of India. - Stories that Inspire, Part III
A student chose to study architecture, thinking she would have more free time. However, as she began the five-year architectural course, her workload, career planning, and thesis left her with little time. - Stories that Inspire, Part IV
In our architectural educational system, although professors impart knowledge to students, they often have little say or control over the curriculum. - Stories that Inspire, Part V
- Stories that Inspire, Part VI
Our current architectural pedagogy leaves students feeling unprepared as they begin their architectural careers. - Stories that Inspire, Part VII
Many students are initially drawn to the B.Arch program, believing it's a purely creative field with maximal drawing requirements. - Stories that Inspire, Part VIII
Building an architectural career rarely follows a straight line. It involves a time of patience and persistence before we achieve success. - Story that Inspire, Part IX
A student's reason for studying architecture was to give a piece of herself to others. Each design is not just a piece of art made by a designer. - Stories that Inspire, Part X
An architecture student weighs archaeology against architecture, learns what the course asks of her, and chooses five years of study to fulfil her creative aspirations. - Stories that Inspire, Part XI
- Stories that Inspire, Part XII
Adding sustainability to any product can trigger doubt because the label is used on almost all designs or products.
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