currently working on portfolio for M.Arch application.
I have been out of school for nearly 8 years and most of what I have in my portfolio is Professional work. I have not done many of my own competitions or "side" projects over the years.
My undergrad work is VERY outdated and don't want to show too much from way back then.
That said as has been pointed out in other threads most professorial work is collaborative and not all your own.
Maybe this means I should take another year to develop something more of my own interest/work/competitions before applying????
Does anyone have any helpful comments or suggestions of how to work on this issue? short of making up some new stuff or adding to and improving my university projects.
Adding to/improving/updating your student work is perfectly acceptable and even encouraged. I would definitely suggest doing that if you can, and also finding what professional work you can that has some sign of your hand in it and outlining in the portfolio description specifically what your responsibilities on the project were. It doesn't hurt to go ahead and apply to schools and see what happens.
Thanks nonneutral for the advice. I'll have to see what's possible in the time I have to work with old projects and yes try to note in some of the professional work what my part was.
Yeah will make my late attempt to apply and see what happens.....either way I have learned SOOOO much about this process since I started. Will see if by a miracle I make it this year but if not I will be MUCH better prepared for this whole process next year and understanding what it takes to go/apply to grad school.
And as everyone on this forum knows it's never a waste of time to update our portfolios :)
I think it's a good idea to include the collaborative work you've done because it's occupied the bulk of your disciplinary interest since you left school 8 years ago.
That being said I think its DEFINITELY a good idea to spend some time bolstering your portfolio with independent projects. I left undergrad in 09 and started at a quality firm when i graduated. The best advice I got pertaining to G.School came from one of my recommenders: enter competitions (especially the ones on Archinect thru Bustler). It forces you to produce while also giving you the opportunity to put your name out there and pump up your CV.
I would suggest entering competitions that are free and offer either a premise you're interested in, or promise some sort of compensation (not monetary, but prizes/publications/exhibits.
I've entered two competitions since summer and got honorable mentions in both, am being included in publications for both, and ended up being exhibited (one of them will be in february) twice.
this is coming almost 3 weeks after the post - how is the app process coming?
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currently working on portfolio for M.Arch application.
I have been out of school for nearly 8 years and most of what I have in my portfolio is Professional work. I have not done many of my own competitions or "side" projects over the years.
My undergrad work is VERY outdated and don't want to show too much from way back then.
That said as has been pointed out in other threads most professorial work is collaborative and not all your own.
Maybe this means I should take another year to develop something more of my own interest/work/competitions before applying????
Does anyone have any helpful comments or suggestions of how to work on this issue? short of making up some new stuff or adding to and improving my university projects.
thanks as always for the helpful feedback.
Adding to/improving/updating your student work is perfectly acceptable and even encouraged. I would definitely suggest doing that if you can, and also finding what professional work you can that has some sign of your hand in it and outlining in the portfolio description specifically what your responsibilities on the project were. It doesn't hurt to go ahead and apply to schools and see what happens.
Thanks nonneutral for the advice. I'll have to see what's possible in the time I have to work with old projects and yes try to note in some of the professional work what my part was.
Yeah will make my late attempt to apply and see what happens.....either way I have learned SOOOO much about this process since I started. Will see if by a miracle I make it this year but if not I will be MUCH better prepared for this whole process next year and understanding what it takes to go/apply to grad school.
And as everyone on this forum knows it's never a waste of time to update our portfolios :)
I think it's a good idea to include the collaborative work you've done because it's occupied the bulk of your disciplinary interest since you left school 8 years ago.
That being said I think its DEFINITELY a good idea to spend some time bolstering your portfolio with independent projects. I left undergrad in 09 and started at a quality firm when i graduated. The best advice I got pertaining to G.School came from one of my recommenders: enter competitions (especially the ones on Archinect thru Bustler). It forces you to produce while also giving you the opportunity to put your name out there and pump up your CV.
I would suggest entering competitions that are free and offer either a premise you're interested in, or promise some sort of compensation (not monetary, but prizes/publications/exhibits.
I've entered two competitions since summer and got honorable mentions in both, am being included in publications for both, and ended up being exhibited (one of them will be in february) twice.
this is coming almost 3 weeks after the post - how is the app process coming?
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