Im a few years out and looking for grad school again. It seems to me I have never heard anyone rave about any program in Paris, but Im guessing that here has to be.
Assuming you are American, I would suggest you enroll a solid grad shool in the US with an exchange program to Paris, as grad equivalences are not so equal between the 2 countries.
I am indeed american, though I have never been so concerned about equivalencies. From all I have ever heard, portfolio is still king, and the folks I know walking away with a diplma from the AA or ETH dont seem to have problems because their degree isnt 'american'
i'm actually considering paris/france as well... maybe a few other major cities outside of north america as well to attend a grad school.
i'm really curious to know if there are problems or many problems with having a degree from outside of north america and practicing/licensing within north america? i assume it's not too difficult as architects obviously travel the globe to complete their work.
Paris an amazing place. however french schools of architecture are all pretty lame, especially by US or UK standards so i would recommend you stay away from them. Got study in london instead and travel to paris as much as you can, it's less than 3 hours on the eurostar and well worth the trip.
'however french schools of architecture are all pretty lame'
thats daft ... simplement.
however unlike the u.s. 'progressive' schools ,there is less stress on being 'cutting edge' and less reconceptualizing of the profession.
but that doesnt mean much beyond what it means. there is much
pretty (i dont say that in a belittling manner) work coming out of french schools, funky even. being marinated in socialist ideals, the largely left-of-centre (de mode) students and their projects have much more political and social sensitivity, especially with regards to urban proposals (a strong feature in the traditional french program, hardly so in the u.k. ). less loco lines and parametric modelling, mais oui.
an inter-us analogy for the above: princeton isnt enslaved to the slogan 'progressive' (though a few on its faculty are) as columbia seems to be , and it is altogether an intellectually richer (a personal viewpoint) less tech-geek (as uber kool as one might wish to be) environment.of course it is not an exact comparison, but the gist...
as for us/uk, i dont think u can just group them together simply for being anglosaxon. and within the uk, aa is hardly just uk, the bartlett, oh yes. good school, established, dont find much else to say about about it. but the aa is still an oddball, still interesting (though so many declare its downfall every now and then)
Grad School in Paris?
Grad School in Paris
Im a few years out and looking for grad school again. It seems to me I have never heard anyone rave about any program in Paris, but Im guessing that here has to be.
Anyone?
Assuming you are American, I would suggest you enroll a solid grad shool in the US with an exchange program to Paris, as grad equivalences are not so equal between the 2 countries.
I am indeed american, though I have never been so concerned about equivalencies. From all I have ever heard, portfolio is still king, and the folks I know walking away with a diplma from the AA or ETH dont seem to have problems because their degree isnt 'american'
Horror stories out there?
i'm actually considering paris/france as well... maybe a few other major cities outside of north america as well to attend a grad school.
i'm really curious to know if there are problems or many problems with having a degree from outside of north america and practicing/licensing within north america? i assume it's not too difficult as architects obviously travel the globe to complete their work.
but, any thoughts?
Paris an amazing place. however french schools of architecture are all pretty lame, especially by US or UK standards so i would recommend you stay away from them. Got study in london instead and travel to paris as much as you can, it's less than 3 hours on the eurostar and well worth the trip.
'however french schools of architecture are all pretty lame'
thats daft ... simplement.
however unlike the u.s. 'progressive' schools ,there is less stress on being 'cutting edge' and less reconceptualizing of the profession.
but that doesnt mean much beyond what it means. there is much
pretty (i dont say that in a belittling manner) work coming out of french schools, funky even. being marinated in socialist ideals, the largely left-of-centre (de mode) students and their projects have much more political and social sensitivity, especially with regards to urban proposals (a strong feature in the traditional french program, hardly so in the u.k. ). less loco lines and parametric modelling, mais oui.
an inter-us analogy for the above: princeton isnt enslaved to the slogan 'progressive' (though a few on its faculty are) as columbia seems to be , and it is altogether an intellectually richer (a personal viewpoint) less tech-geek (as uber kool as one might wish to be) environment.of course it is not an exact comparison, but the gist...
as for us/uk, i dont think u can just group them together simply for being anglosaxon. and within the uk, aa is hardly just uk, the bartlett, oh yes. good school, established, dont find much else to say about about it. but the aa is still an oddball, still interesting (though so many declare its downfall every now and then)
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great link, but let's face it: the true reason above all to go study in France is food and women.
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