2024-12-30T23:09:15-05:00 https://archinect.com/blog/article/21452533/second-year-projects hoya shuya 2008-09-25T11:45:54-04:00 >2011-09-23T13:01:14-04:00 <p>So I understand that second year is supposed to be the year of "architectural self-discovery"; finding that inner design voice that will propel you through your professional years, or at the very least, the remaining four years of school. However, is the only way to realize your innate design approach by being given purposely vague projects? The projects and explanations I have received thus far this year, have left me asking the question: is it necessary to discover the bounds and questions of our project statements in addition to our own approach? Or is discovering your interpretation of the problem and your approach to the design one in the same? I'm not saying that I would prefer to revert back to the hand-holding of first-year in which, at Carnegie Mellon, you are literally confined to an architectural cube. But I feel that the deficient explanation of the actual assignment hinders the discussion of students' response to the problem, whereby you spend more time discussing the ...</p>