Its nice, but it is the exact same template that a few of my friends have as well. I doubt that would hurt you any but you should look at the website as an extension of your printed portfolio and design it that way. Thats what I did with mine and have gotten praise about it in the past few days (including from the Dean...which is always nice).

Josh-

I definitely see your point - especially in regards to potential employers (it's a bit difficult to quickly get a good overview of the work with the current layout)

Your site looks great. How did you build it? I assume you either have some knowledge with code or had someone who does help you? I think I could definitely benefit from a more fluid and graphic method of navigation...and perhaps less ramblings.

I have a little bit of experience, but am still a novice. I took a basic two column template from Dreamweaver and altered it to what I needed. To do the slideshows I used VisualSlideshow.com where you can download a program that codes it for you. I also had help from a friend who designs websites on a few things that I couldn't figure out myself.

My experience comes from just playing around with Dreamweaver and picking up a book on it. Its pretty easy for most things.

Thanks for the compliments and good luck.

i wanted to say that your work is quite lovely and that it seems you have had a successful educational experience. and while im not much on the "california style" that some of us from the internet have succumbed to, it is very interesting.

your layout doesn't represent the ideas and language that your research does. maybe reflect is the actual word. this is always a difficult thing for architects to do, designing the frame for their own drawings. looks solid though. keep charging and tell kenneth his megaform lecture is a bit pretentious.

spacefraud-

Thanks for the kind words regarding the content!

Might be a dumb question since I'm a bit new to architecture but I haven't a clue what you mean by the "California Style".

I definitely agree that the layout is a bit lacking...along with other things. Anything in particular about the layout bother you? Since I'm not exactly the most eminent source when it comes to website building, I'm trying to have a relatively solid game plan before sinking in all the hours to redesign.

Thanks for the comment.

I think what he means Charles is that your work looks like a lot of what is coming out of Berkeley, SCI-Arc and UCLA right now. There seems to be a focus of parametrics and computational modeling in your work, which has been the calling card of the California Universities for quite a while. If that is the stuff that really interests you, make it show in the website. Do it just like a portfolio, sketch out a layout then find someone in the graphic/website design major to help you out. Sometimes they will work for beer, one time it was a Bears hat.

I was hesitant to navigate through the website. I think you have some interesting studies there but I felted you didn’t document them right, aesthetically speaking. But like most people said, it may have been from the layout or theme you have chosen as the template to frame your work. I would do without the pencil sketches as it hurts the value of your work. I always felt that people that put unworthly art or sketches don’t really have good design projects. At least that’s my observations.

I think you raise a good point regarding the sketches I did in Paris.

I started the site simply as I place to throw any work that I produced after 2009, whether good or bad – a sort of storage bin. I was hoping to sort of track the development, be able to look back upon the entire excursion I had taken, and perhaps share it with anyone who might find it interesting.

However a portfolio is an entirely different animal unto itself (on my site and in the title of this post, I did call it a portfolio). It is more of a showcase - something to edit and polish to summarize one’s talents, skills, and vision. I guess I should decide which one I’m actually attempting and make that clear.

I haven’t stumbled across anyone who has posted everything they’ve created. Perhaps there is a good reason? …especially when you are making it public.