Musicians have daily practice routines to develop their skills. What would a daily practice routine for architects look like? Simply drafting stuff every day is not enough to build skills - there is only a small amount of learning going on, the rest is click, click, click. So what kind of routine should I adopt to really build my skills?
Some of musical practice is click click too. But drafting isn't really a performance art. You can edit a drawng, where the goal of a musician is to be able to play an error free performance, time after time.
Learning and keeping up with building technology is good. Learning about coordinating with strctural, civil, and MEP is important. Maybe the most important thing is learning to communicate your ideas, both verbally and visually. So sketching is a good idea like Combs mentioned. Try to learn to communicate your ideas to everyday people like clients and contractors.
One way that I keep up on skills is to enter occasional competitions in my spare time. Not even with the intent of winning (though it is a perk if it happens), but just using the brief as a laboratory to test things out that I've been thinking about. It provides a framework to "finish" something too. Everything mentioned in posts above could be worked on with the exception of maybe advanced project coordination, just find one with a nice leisurely time limit (because who wants to relive school deadlines after hours...), and with a low entry fee.
developing a "practice routine" for architecture
Musicians have daily practice routines to develop their skills. What would a daily practice routine for architects look like? Simply drafting stuff every day is not enough to build skills - there is only a small amount of learning going on, the rest is click, click, click. So what kind of routine should I adopt to really build my skills?
Sketch at every opportunity ... teaches you to originate - and refine - new ideas.
Some of musical practice is click click too. But drafting isn't really a performance art. You can edit a drawng, where the goal of a musician is to be able to play an error free performance, time after time.
Learning and keeping up with building technology is good. Learning about coordinating with strctural, civil, and MEP is important. Maybe the most important thing is learning to communicate your ideas, both verbally and visually. So sketching is a good idea like Combs mentioned. Try to learn to communicate your ideas to everyday people like clients and contractors.
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One way that I keep up on skills is to enter occasional competitions in my spare time. Not even with the intent of winning (though it is a perk if it happens), but just using the brief as a laboratory to test things out that I've been thinking about. It provides a framework to "finish" something too. Everything mentioned in posts above could be worked on with the exception of maybe advanced project coordination, just find one with a nice leisurely time limit (because who wants to relive school deadlines after hours...), and with a low entry fee.
Make three cold calls for new work every day!
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