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Architecture School

For a few individuals, it was all about some building that inspired them as a child. Possibly they grew up in a few gorgeous mansion. possibly they went to one of the great museums of the world as a kid and were completely captivated by it. Whatever it was, just one building got them thinking about the process of designing and building others.

For other individuals, architecture schools are part of a political mission. You wouldn't believe how a lot of visionaries there are at an average architectural school. At the one I go to, they probably make up half the class. A few of them wish to design buildings with the idea of providing beautiful and affordable housing to the poor, others to change the way we see space as a society.

For me, going to architecture school was part of a much more down to earth experience. As a matter of fact, you could say that I always had an interest in buildings. I grew up on a farm, in one of the last neighborhoods in this country that still practices barn raising. For me, architecture school was not the realization of a lifelong abstract dream, but rather a way to build on my early, hands on experiences with communal buildings.

I feel like this provides me a much clearer vision than a lot of individuals in architecture schools these days. Your typical architecture school student has his or her head in the clouds. In several ways, this is a good thing. It is good to have a vision to unify your buildings. There are many things that buildings have to be. They have to be functional, structurally sound, and comfortable to occupy. They do not necessarily have to be beautiful. When they are beautiful, however, it is like a wonderful luxury for the town around. Although not everyone understands an architect's vision, they can tell whether or not he has one.

Then again, if you enroll in a school of architecture without any hands-on experience, you can lose track of the purpose behind what you’re doing. Architecture is, in the end, about providing spaces for individuals to live and work. Architecture school can teach you a lot of things, but unless you go in with this understanding, you’ll never build with both elegance and practicality.

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