So I'm seriously considering taking up architecture as a career. i'd probably become an architectural drafter/architectural designer. the better ones make 100+ a year, which is damn comfortable to me. plus i'd design my own house, make really dope..like with a lazy river or somethin ..

anyway..anyone have any experience with architecture, or know anyone who is becomming, or who is one? anyone try to follow that path and fail? any advice, experience, or just some general architectural knowledge would be sweet

 

Dont know much but I know Ball State in Indiana is one of the best Architecture schools in the US.

 

All I know is if you are serious about it, then you better get started now. Architecture requires quite a bit of school. I considered it at one time, but I find it to be really boring. Thats why I took up Visual Effects. You should find a career that you enjoy and not get into it for the money. Yeah a lot of money would be nice, but if you hate going to your job every day then I don't see the point.

 

This man speaks the truth! There is nothing worse than waking up every morning and saying to yourself "f*** I hate my job" If it's something that interests you then go for it and the money will come. If you can find a career that you like and are good at the money will be there. You might not be the richest person on the block, but at least you'll be happy and you can't put a price tag on that.

 

my buddy is going to school for that. he tells me along with the other stuff, its art classes galore..

 

i go to miami university...took an architecture class for the hell of it and dropped it 3 weeks later it was the most boring class ever.....slide after slide of buildings in europe

i would kill myself if that was my major

 

i'm not going into arcitecture for the money, thats just a plus. i'm legitamatley excited and interested in starting a career in arcitecture.


matt, what else does he say about it?

 

well i never see him during the school year because hes always got homework or work. He says school sucks, but what college kid doesnt? I know I always did... and i gotta go back for more. Doesnt seem like its harder than any other course but ive seen a lot of his art projects and they get to do some cool stuff.

 

Im hoping to go into not so much architecture but more design/drafting, or maybe even mechanical engineering. Then possibly auotmotive design.

 

I play jinga thats as close as I want to building things

 

Sounds like a good choice...be ready for tons of math classes and ****..

 

Yeah im majoring in Industrial design: Design and Development which is more on the Drafting side. Basically using Auto CAD and microstation as well as the old fashion drafting. So far i like it. The highest math i have to take is Trig which isnt that bad. I hope to one day work for a car company such as Ford etc. That way i can actually work on the design of the cars indirectly, you know like just drawing up switches and such the minor stuff on a car. On the bright side ill get a discount when i go to buy a car

 

Architecture? Pfft..I'm going into the Army



HALP US JON KARRY!

 

its a good, relatively easy profession...

thinking about changing direction myself... **** engineering and do architecture

 

i go to lawrence tech university in michigan. which is one of the top engineering/ arch. schools in the state. Im not in the arc program, but i have friends that are, im in contruction management which is grouped in with civil engineering. but what i do know is that my program and the arch program share alot of the same math classes. especially statics and structures, if you go to a high end arch school you will have to be good at engineering math period. so make sure you are willing to put time into it. most people who take arch classes and say they suck only took an intro class and looked at pictures all day and listened to boring lectures (i cant blame them). but I've had to take design classes and those are fun, but time consuming. especially since they want us the learn to draw by hand, and I dont mean circles and squares either. I mean design a complete floor plan with elevations and wall sections detailed with every item with perfect line work and no errors. that **** takes time. If you know someone in that field or going to school for it, pick their brain about it. you may find its not what you want.

 

hmm..thanks bcassettee..good info..

ill probably end up doing that jack

 

im not trying to scare you off, it can be a great job. but you have to be ready to put the time in because it will not be a cake walk.

 

All that I know is I wouldnt want a pot smoking snowboarder who like to wreck bumpers designing my house

 

Im in Civil Engineering, my second year. Be ready for some "pull your hair out" math and engineering type courses. Its not too bad if you really like it (put time into it). You have to want it, and it is what you make of it, much like anything in life.

 

If your looking at schools Virginia Tech and University of Maryland have really good Engineering school that deal with arch. My neighbor and close family friend graduated from UMD and designs malls and large corp. buildings. He's been doing it for a real long time but like everyone is telling you be prepared for a rediculous work schedual, he never gets time off and does alota work at home just so he can spend time with his family. But some of the places he's created are bad ***...

 

duuude im soo stoked. i'm gonna design this totally gnarly house RIGHT on the slopes..with like this badass ski lift going in and taking you all the way to the fresh pow..but each ski lift will have a lighter on it so you can smoke a j on the way up man. and ill have an auto collision center RIGHT in the house..yeah...sick...

 

oh and thanks for the help. i still like the idea...but man i like my free time..i still gotta party (maybe not as much), see my girlie, and board..atLEAST the last two, those are really important in my life

 

interpretation of jon's architecture work while stoned:

 

I remember that, haha. That was good artwork

 

I love how you put the 100ft scale on....classic...

 

lmao, awesome.









it took me a few minutes to realize it was a giant *****. dank.

 

Think about it, you'd be the first person ever to make a giant *****-mansion.