The Single Most Important Skill for Architecture
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Can you guess what the single most important skill is for an architect?
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Honestly, I thought you were going to say "time management". What seems to get (forgotten... overlooked... misunderstood?) in undergrad is you can't manage your time well if the skills needed to perform the work are underdeveloped. You have absolutely hit the nail on the head on all fronts. Feeling all the feels! And thank you for the supplies company - definitely checking it out!
Time management is definitely up there!!!
I believe that by being a good sketcher, it drastically affects your time management skills as it saves a lot of hours in the early stages. I am a design engineer (mechanical) who spends a lot of time in a 3D environment design. If I were to sketch things from the start, I am sure the time savings would be astronomical.
@@zakuma22 It definitely goes hand in hand. One of the biggest time suckers is preparing drawings just for the sake of figuring out the design and communicating them with your team. Before starting anything, spending a few minutes assessing and strategizing on what information can be relayed with a sketch vs. digital can save so much time!
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Facts. Drawing always come in clutch when your laptop or tablet fails. A good book to reference is "Architeture: Form, Space,& Order" by Francis D.K Ching. This book focuses on the basics in Architecture drawing. I highly recommend it.
Also, Architeture Graphics by Francis D.K Ching is a good one as well.
I would recommend for both new students and form space order for seasoned architects as well 😊
Thanks 😊
7:20 "Passion is not something you just find; it's a cultivated thing." I don't think this piece of wisdom has ever been articulated before. What a hugely helpful insight.
Ever started a fire in a windstorm? Kind of like that. Doable
Yes, that one jumped out at me, too. I wrote it down and it's going on my fridge.
Absolutely! I see so many colleagues start in 3D software. They then get too much time invested in a concept that may be bad & are hesitant to abandon it bc they’ve “already put so much time into it”.
There’s also less experimentation. And 3D renderings give clients the false impression that an idea is 100% resolved. A looser sketch indicates that it is still a loose idea.
Thanks for your content. So great!
Hmmm, true... "It gives the Client the false impression than an idea is 100% resolved..." This is why an Architect must think ahead, thinking realistically while designing. This takes experience...
Man I lost so many hours trying to find a concept in SKP. I 100% agree with your points in this video
It's one of those things you can only learn the hard way 😅
I think everything boils down to having a good imagination skill.. the better your imagination is the better you can sketch and the faster you can communicate ideas and designs
I understand what you're saying, @abinayae9979, but I can tell you that I have a pretty good imagination but no skill at drawing or sketching. This leads to the idea getting lost in translation, so to speak.
My career was in Industrial Design or product design. The methods and skills are very similar. Sketching is vital and can become a conversational tool to move quickly through ideas while you interact with clients and team members. I am retired and during the growing pains of computer aided design I burned a lot of time trying to do conceptual design on primitive software. The engineers liked being able to convert it to parts produced by machines. Often I sketched on paper before hitting the workstation. It was high pressure being at the lead of a project. I used a design methodology to structure the process and find a solution that pleased the manufacturer and the end customer.
Sketching was taught in the Landscape Architecture Extension program at UCLA by short Japanese man who used the "kleanex box" method for drawing basically anything. He was able to unable aspiring landscape designers to instantly sketch any structure by grouping such boxes into a composition easy to understand.
Finally a series of very good advices for students. I particularly liked the warning about the "primal instinct" of jumping into 3D before to have a solid idea. It's a real Black hole and you are definitely not crazy at all! Or I've been crazy too. Thanks.
All those long nights in the CAD lab... Could have been avoided if I'd just figured it out on paper first. You live and learn!
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this is the quote i needed to hear and I shall write this down EVERYWHERE thank you
There was some interesting synchronicity here; as a programmer I've been considering ditching pen & pad for an ipad, one of the reasons being that my notepad is a dis-ogranised mess, so I find it difficult to use notes I make.
A friend (who's an amazing programmer, and probably the smartest person I've ever met) said "I don't think they're substitutes. i use paper for developing ideas, not so much recording them." It seems that maybe the speed (as you've referenced) combined with a lack-of-expectation-of-perfection in sketching out ideas grants you a certain freedom that's hard to find with digital mediums - creativity requires a bunch of "meh" ideas before you find something great, so the quicker you can sketch out an idea to see if it's viable, the better.
Try an iPad with Apple Pencil, best of both worlds
tab drawing or paper drawings is the future of sketching in architecture
I am 14yo and since I was a kid architecture have been my ambition/dream job. IK I still have time to prepare but I love learning about it and your vids are really helpful. Plus I would love for to see some of my sketches (they may be bad but I am still training :))
We have to start somewhere 😊 key is consistent practice
So has ur skill approved? Im also 14 and im thinking Abt architecture almost all the time and i thought I should definitely learn any sort of skill that would help me out but where do I start? Idk
Thank-you for highlighting this in your vids. I’ve been pushing a need, yes need, for our designers, and even our technicians, to be able to sketch. It’s how we communicate with each other, without clients, our consultants, even our contractors. Computers are very accurate, yes. However, they command a high level of accuracy and information before you can start laying out a plan or elevation. If you start on the computer too soon, you end up with the computer’s functions driving your design. One of my university professors said to us that our creativity flows easier when the tool is easier to use. A felt pen or a pencil will let the ideas flow much easier that typing, moving a mouse, or struggling with a particular command to get what you want. It blocks the brain’s idea making. Improve your sketching and you will improve your designs and your communication skills.
Thanks for going over this. I'd love to see more architecture content directed at hobbyist and people who might like to learn how to go from construction to architecture. I'd maybe like to design my own home one day, and I'd love to learn architecture on my own time until then.
I always get a lot out of your videos, so thank you for making them.
U don't even know how much u help us! Thank you sm for this info ❤️
YES! Thank you for explaining why this is such an important exploration and communication tool! And thank you saying that it doesn’t have to always be pretty. I do all kinds of scratchy figuring out on trace or a sketchbook to work out thoughts floating around in my head - sometimes they are beautiful, often they are not, but they always move the design forward.
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Totally agree. I work as a technician in a architecture school and i have noticed over the years (won't say how many) a decline in sketching by students and allso model making by hand. Students are now pretty much on their laptops 8 +hrs a day. Sketching is a very powerfull communication tool which is invaluable when students are out in industry.
What about sketching in apps like procreate etc
I love this, simply because it a subjects I teach, I start by asking a student to communicate to me a design for a building, and I then tell them I can not understand their language sketching is the only means of communication. This came from my experiences when I was working for a large building materials manufacturer, I travelled the world sorting out problems and mentoring staff, some days I would be on a site where no one spoke English or French, my only other language or very basic German, So I would get out my pencil and sketchbook and start drawing the problem, and how we might solve a specific detail, instantly the operative was asking to interact, drawing his version of the problem, yes and no are universal, but so are the pencil paper and a few ink pens, "Words Fail See Sketch"
You’re amazing!! Thank you so much for creating this content 😊
I'm a retired millwork detailer. I worked for a high architectural millwork company in R.I. I whole heartedly agree that sketching is GREAT. At job site meetings the best architects I worked with had their roll of yellow tracing paper where we could work out issues and I left with a sketch to put into my AutoCAD shop drawings. AND use a fine point sharpie, pen or pencil so the details actually show up. I hated getting marked drawings where I could not read the hand writing or make out the detail in the SK. At the end of the day you are telling a story. Your medium is pencil and paper, SketchUp, AutoCAD etc. I can't read your mind so if it is not on paper I can't detail it and it is not real.
I would say, also knowing when to stop iterating thru the design process and figuring out when it is good enough, perfection requires infinite amount of time.
Your iterations are improving my iterations
Thank you :)
Congrats on 100k subs, and thanks for all the useful information
Knowing how to build for real is the great single most important skill for an architect. If you don't know how to build something, you'll never know how to sketch it.
I really love what you said about passion at the end of your video!
1:35 :D among all the videos I watched today this moment put a smile on my face.
Oh with me it's the opposite! I wish I could draw every single project, beginning to end! Unfortunately to get a job in the industry we need to know so many softwares now that we need to include 3D models in most of our projects.... but it is 100% a really important skill that is being forgotten rather quickly. As always I love your videos, Dami! ❤🥰
Yes especially early on in our careers, software skills/hard skills are essential to getting hired. But I think hard skills can be learned on the job and can be temporary based on changes in technology, while sketching and clear visual communication is acquired over a long period of time, and is more of a permanent skill, which is why I would urge students to focus on developing this skill during school!
what is lost today is having the pencil in your hand ! so many today only have experience with a computer and that is not even close to what the connection is between sketching and your hand with a pencil ! It should be the number one thing that is taught !
I am a software architect and your video is also applicable for my profession! I am buying your sketching kit!
Studying Architecture is stressful when your trying to keep up with the class work and work a job in construction management. I am still trying to find balance and happiness
The same way as I have the concept in my mind and start it directly in 3Ds Max... And my manager said, u're a revese brainstorming. :D
I love your channel! I've literally been watching it for days straight while doing work and outside of school after I recently discovered your channel. Ive Literally watched the same video three times sometimes😅...its also my dream to become an architect and you've been so helpful in showing what it's really like and how to make a portfolio. Also one of your videos was very useful for when I was trying to find inpiration for research for a project for school
That's awesome! Glad I could help 😁
One of my mentors once said that the truly most important skill for an architect is the ability to sit for 12-16 hours without sore bum. Everything else will come around with practice.
Thanks Dami for this inspiring piece.
The most important SKILL is to be able to the give of the gap to communicate, ie ability the skill to sell you ideas.
The rest are only consequential of ability to " Sell you dream/concept ".
Tips on books on learning to sketch? Not an architect or student, I'm just interested in it as a hobby
Using the pen makes your unconscious aktive and it makes miracles. Using 3d modeling pc for designing blocks that.
Off topic question: do you find yourself judging fictional architecture (such as in movies, TV, or games)? For example, spaces or layouts that make no sense in terms of function or which have omissions that stand out as immediate problems to an architect but which most people wouldn’t notice
Sometimes yes, but most times when I watch movies, I think about how they created the set, and what it would feel like to zoom out and actually be there. It takes the magic out of the movie sometimes 😆
Already congratulations for 100k subs ❤️❤️
Thank you 🙌
True, that's why on 2 years of study in University we focus on hand sketch even we already use 3D.
no need a pretty drawing as long people can understand it.
On real job it still the most powerfull skill, for example you are on a project meeting and try to solve a problem, sketch take a few second.
At the end all the drawing will be done by the draft person.
I absolutely agree. I'm not an architect, but I am in a design and fabrication industry. I sketch all the time in front of customers to confirm what they want. Great video, thank you.
BTW, loving your videos, I am finding a renew pasion about architecture, and lots of inspiration in them. Please don't stop doing them, you are very good at it as well.
Thanks for the advise. Very appreciate.
You are perfect teacher and student
Thank you very much
My life has nothing to do with architecture I just enjoy hearing you talk about it :)
Agreed whole heartedly! No mater the direction you follow, sketching is really important. Architecture, Engineering, or Design Studio…all facets of sketching to share ideas and concepts is critical in business. You never know where you’ll end up in business. Architectural Mill Work was so much fun for me. I guess I liked the creative aspect of the work. Ultimately, do to a down turn in the architectural industry in the 80’s, I ended up in Mechanical Engineering. And now Electrical Engineering. But by far, the creative aspect of Architectural Millwork design was the most fun I ever had. And sketching was a huge part of that! And that ability helped me tremendously in the Automotive world as well.
Well done Dami. This rings SO TRUE! I like this one a lot. Thanks for your efforts.
And the most important skill for an Architect, is verbal communication
That's also true.
And visual ofc
Thank you for this video
the little jokes and funny edits in between make these good videos even more entertaining👌👌
The ability to communicate effectively and powerfully. sketches are one powerful tool, but not the only one nor the most important one which is actually Language. Take out the words of your video, then take out the sketches. You will quickly see that the Word is far more powerful than the sketch.
Sketching is essential. If you can use bim software just as efficiently than you are going to be great!
it's so true....3D modeling on softwares takes too much time... 😖
Great video, I am first year student and it gave me idea to start practicing sketching. Congrats on reaching 100k subs!
Offtopic: Is that normal that after half-year I still feel like I am on the basic level of understanding the architecture and what defines a good architecture? The only thing that I learned is how to express the idea on the paper.
Hi. That's very normal. Most architecture programs start you out with the basics in presentation and expression of your ideas before you delve into the design. I hope you're still at it though. All the best
You are 💯 right about sketching!! Our instructors used to tell us that a lot! But I wanted to ask how did you reach the level of drawing out what you envision? I do have a skill of drawing real life buildings and capturing perspectives I see, but when it comes to drawing what I imagine its super difficult. So if you have any advice on that it would be great🙏🏼
You need to build a visual library in your brain. For example if you want to draw imaginary buildings, than you need to draw buildings in different perspectives and designs tons of times. Maybe 100 maybe 1000 times. You can’t draw something from imagination you never had drew before. I’ve never drew a shark before, so it’s probably impossible for me to get a proper drawing of it. But when it comes to portraits, i can draw 100 of it. And they will all look different. So long story short, i gave some examples out of my experiences. Hope it gave some idea for you on the idea of drawing from imagination :)
So true! My sketches have landed me more jobs and/or interviews than most other parts of my portfolio... And I wouldn't consider myself an amazingly well sketcher ; )
My love in 3D modeling hinders me in presenting idea.. I need to digitalize it first becouse deep down i know my sketch suck and i am not confident enough to present it.
yup, its definitely a black hole
Have you ever seen hand sketches of Koolhaas ..? They have the visual clarity of a Jackson Pollock and the conceptual clarity of a Rorschach - i.e. intentionally misleading and confusing.
You are my inspiration ..
🙂
Nice ideas. As a cabinet maker, I think design software has become almost too easy. I often get fancy digital renderings from designers that make no sense. If they would take the time to think it through and sketch it out first then there would be far fewer problems in the long run.
Dimensions to Grid?
Good video Dami, I am going to make this mandatory viewing to all my students that think pencil and paper are archaic.
Knowing building codes?
It's funny, I'm the best sketch artist but in our country but in our country software is valued more🤔
I have this method of placing a chair in a room or in front of a house and remodel and sketch it in front of the client,and it doesn't impress as much as showing them a 3d render model😅😅
I wish I was in another country😢
You call second year of school late bloomer?😂 My friend, I'm about to graduate and yet to grasp it
as an artist , an oil painter, and illustration isn't as important as the expressive and the illustration aspects of a painting, but it is important and I agree with your advice about practicing
A "DRAWER", gosh that cracked me up 😂 😂 😂. I'm just watching and learning here tho 💯 freshman vibes be making me shut up and listen to the bosses 😂
Hahah why is it so hard for me 😅
same computer modeling ,takes way more time
Hey, I'm going back to Archi school next year and I wabt to ask if Blender is s good 3D renderer??
can you make videos about sketching, because it's make me confusing when start to sketching 🥰
Is sketching more important or maths? 😅 i am only good at one thing
Yes I would say sketching is more important than math.
i am very bad in planning and deaigning tell me what to do although i work hard in designing but i never understand how to design
Even I'm studying as an engineer, I still want to know how an architecture works. And to advoid wars between engineers and architectures in the future🤣
very important
"A drawer"
I'm crying ಥ‿ಥ
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Watching your videos, it brings to mind that being a website designer (that's what I do) is much like being an architect. When developing a web page, I draw out what the page should look like by hand. As I draw out the page, I make notes of any special functionality required. Once the drawing is complete, then I'll copy it to a designing software to provide a cleaner view of what I want. Keep putting out the great videos!
Has anyone ever yelled Damn it Dami at you?
Yeah my friends say that all the time haha
Thank you sister that explains by fluency ❤❤
congrats for 100k!! you deserve all the hard work to help us. thank you so much!! much love from us.
Thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰
I agree. The sketching is extremely important for design activity.
Hi what kind of architect are you?
Sketching
I love you Dami 😍❤️
nah i think the most important skill is creating eloquent and believable BS from nothing to the boss or client or at the final semester presentation jury
the business!!!!!!!
maybe sketcher..🤣..You are right I have been drawing for 30 years and not only the speed, but problem solving. I always fixing other designers problems... on site, showing the contractor a 3d view of a plan section....don't be a bore ...draw!
Not lettering? I was taught 55+ years ago that a distinctive hand-lettering style would set you apart. Have things really changed that much? Am I really that old😢
You'll be old when you decide to be old :P But that's so interesting! Why would the hand lettering being distinctive set anyone apart? What was the idea behind that? Super curious.
Definitely agree with those points. hope pandemic students see this :) haha
I am also from Vancouver! I am still in high school, so I wanted to ask you where you studied architecture and what you can advise?
Thanks for the advice!
I found myself explaining to the new engineers cad view scales. I had to tell them in the old days, the scale was the ruler used to measure your design. And the scale only came in certain sizes. They had no idea.
Lol she said she was a late bloomer because she "didn't get it" until she was in 2nd year! Lady, I "didn't get it" until I was like 26 or 27! Lol I was lucky to have a boss who was previously a professor and took time to explain lots of things to me. Working for him was honestly a much better education than my actual schooling
Imagine using Sketch up or CAD to design!!! Always use paper , CAD and BIM software are used only when NEEDED.
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🥺💬 80 Baht per month is not expensive but you need to reply to anybody your English is good and hearing conversation is skills to set.
You are correct, this skill is lost, especially in Industrial design, they lean to hard into computer aided drawing/drafting and forget how valuable the naturally gift of sketching is worth. Such a great way to communicate and brainstorm ideas.
It was good.
As always, another great video! :) Advance congratulations on eventually reaching 100K subs! :) I'm sure it'll reach that in another day or so.
Seriously so crazy...!!! Thank you so much 😆
Not lying but I honestly guessed that you were gonna say sketching and even some of your reasons such as communication.
IMO: in most scenarios, not just in architecture, sketching is a very important skill. You don't have to be really that good in drawing but being able to at least convey them well will be good enough.
We perceive the world with all our senses. Many senses get neglected for "the visual" as many ways of representing design ideas do by just show them with images, which unfortunately most architects do as they become victim of the mainstream predominant visual realm.