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Hello my Archinect friends, I’ve been thinking about my future as an Architect and I’ve stumbled upon some issues, I need some guidance and thought you could help me. I’m studying what I think would be the equivalent of your B. Arch at ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico; in case you haven’t heard of it, it’s one of our countries highest credited colleges. I just finished my 2nd year and still have 3 to go.
To keep it short, I’d like to know what I can do, in your experience/recommendation, to get the best out of my education and plan ahead. As far as my college goes, we have some programs that get you internships at Renzo Piano and other Worldwide Arquitects. But I’ve been wondering if by reading some books I might be able to improve my quality and design skills, since i have an avarage gpa, maybe learn a third language (I wa
was thinking dutch), start building my portfolio, basically anything that will help me have a deeper understanding and keep an edge over my classmates. I’d also like to work in the U.S. in a near future and I don’t have a clear idea on what do i need to do after i graduate here in order to work in the U.S. ( I am a U.S. Citizen) Overall anything you can come up with would be extremely helpful, thanks in advance.
why would you like to learn Dutch? To enhance your possibilities in finding a job/internship in the Netherlands? Because than I would recommend that you invest your precious time in learning another language or skill. Everybody speaks English over here and at the big international offices like OMA, MVRDV or UN Studio they speak English all the time.
And I think you can't really enhance your design skills by reading books but taking extra design studios or an internship probably will. Although you should read to enhance your other skills as well of course. Well good luck in keeping an edge over your classmates.
EDLCM a good school i was going to apply to that school in Monterrey before i ended up in at another school in the USA, mexican national but i graduated and the best experience that i believe would be the most helpful is to study and learn in another country (for short semesters) nobody says that you must learn dutch in order to go, if you have a chance just do it man because it will be good for your resume later also, buy and buy every book you like because its good for your library and every time you need to go back just pull it from your shelf and ready to go
Ivo, answering your question regarding why would i want to learn Dutch, it's because i think Netherlands is proving to be one of the best countries in design. Anyways, thanks for your answers.
1) get as much "experience" as you can. this can be in the form of:
a) attending any workshop/summer schools you can find/afford (local or international)
b) working as an intern at any interesting local or international offices
c) travel as much as possible, visiting as many good works of architecture as you can fit in
the experience is both about seeing and visiting good architecture and about developing a network of contacts for the future. you have to treat school as an opportunity for 'constructing' your education, not for letting it just fill you up with a pre-determined amount of information.
forget dutch. it's only useful in the netherlands, and even oma's job listings don't require it: http://archinect.com/jobs/description.php?id=75706_0_30_0_C
they're looking for english. if you need a second language (and i often think i do), go for spanish or mandarin.
u can try arabic language..there's a construction boom there..and many demanding jobs
Arabic language might be an option, but Dikor, do you think it's worth it? I really have a dilemma, given the fact that the area where i want to work is design, do you think that Arabic may be the best choice for a 3rd language? (Spanish and English)
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