IDEAbuilder: Digital Fabrication, Robotic Manufacturing & Design. Architectural Portfolio's and Their True Purpose | At one point or another, every architecture student or graduate has a portfolio of their work that they have agonized over creating. I had one – maintained it for several years too – it was the tool I used to land my first AND second jobs. I was convinced for years of the importance of my portfolio – it represented me and my unquestionable “genius.” As I have matured (re: gotten older) I have come to realize that a young architects portfolio is not what they think it is and it won’t be evaluated in the way you think it will. I wrote a post in September 2010 titled “Design Studio: Top 10 Things You Should Know” and for today’s purposes, I want to highlight the #4 item on that list: 4. Your portfolio has a 3 year lifespan (max) Yes, your portfolio is important and you will use it at various points during school and your early career to leverage it into something you want.
Best of luck - Blog. Architonic | architecture and design. ARCHITERIALS. Spacehive. Value of simplicity in design - Diagramming Machines. When building generative design prototypes, I tend to either over-design solutions or do the quite opposite – not do enough design. From getting things done point of view both ways are perilous. Underestimating the benefits of planning and design does end up often in a dead end stuck in front of some unforeseen obstacle. But if I was asked to choose my side then I would be more cautious about doing too much work at the planning state. I would argue that the value of simplicity in planning and design is about being open to change. From my experience, there are two major pitfalls – losing momentum or not being open to the feedback. Don’t get me wrong – I am not promoting skipping planning and design at all. After weeks and weeks of hard work and days of painstakingly slow testing sessions I discovered that my ‘sophisticated’ agents were able to build very unsophisticated models that anyone with a little bit of SketchUp and basic spatial reasoning skills would model in a few hours.
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