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Mid-reviews are coming up. Don't forget these three things

2019-11-06T14:30:00-05:00

You're short on time. I know. This is a quick one. As you approach your mid-review, keep these three things in mind:

The jury is there to help you grow and get better. You're not there to prove anything to anyone, but rather to identify what you can work on and develop. Let this reduce the stigma around your presentation. Check out How to Face a Jury in Architecture School if you want to dive deeper.
Arguing isn't always the answer. It's great to stand up for our convictions as a designers, however, sometimes we need to relent and take on another way of seeing something. Go into your presentation ready to defend your idea, but also have an open mind and be willing to receive a viewpoint counter to your own. In the end, you are the judge for what you allow to take root and what you don't. Check out Better Critics Than Crickets for a closer exploration.
Take time to rehearse your presentation. We all need to organize our thoughts. Even Steve Jobs rehearsed. This doesn't have to be a dra...

Lian live-blogs final reviews from Harvard GSD

2013-05-17T14:26:00-04:00

Lian, our resident GSD school blogger is currently live blogging reviews. So far she's covered:

And M.Arch.I thesis reviews...pictures

From the School Blogs: It's Almost Here

2011-05-19T11:15:56-04:00

Exit Reviews are starting tomorrow and we all can't believe they're here. They've felt so far away for so long. I'm probably about 98% done with my talk, I go Tuesday at 4:30 so I have time to polish it up.

Review: The Best Lecture Times by Steven Holl and Bjarke Ingels

2011-03-10T12:56:00-05:00

Lovedog bites the Pragmatic Utopia: "AMBIGUITY"

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"HEDONISTIC SUSTAINABILITY" with white on black slogan slides as presented. Superficial review of Steven Holl and Bjarke Ingels lectures in Los Angeles.

"AMBIGUITY" by Steven Holl

Date and place:
3/2/2011, SCI Arc, Los Angeles

Main Material:
Lecture built around meaning of "ambiguity" in the works of the architect. Large scale mixed use projects in China.
Queens Library in New York, museums, watercolor drawings, concept diagrams, architect's own photos of finished projects with construction slides. Show and tell format. Reading from a text.

Crowd:
Students, 30 and 40 somethings, older ladies and gentlemen, in all equal amounts.

Sense of Humor:
Negligible, except audience laughed in an in the know moment when Holl showed a picture of himself with Thom Mayne wearing hard hats touring Holl's construction site in China.

Relevancy to what's going on (based on global poverty ranking in relation to his clients):
None.

Best moments:
Cantilevered product...