Behind the Design: Name

If you guys haven't noticed, the name of this blog, Section Perspective, is taken from a drawing I learned about in architecture school. A section perspective is meant to give you a 3-d visual of an object with a cutaway section to show the space within the object. A section perspective is meant to give you a general understanding of whats going on within the object. In the case of this blog, I strive to give my readers an understanding of selected topics. 

Now would probably be a good a time as any you give you a little info about me, right? I am in the final year and a half of architecture school (5-year professional degree). Architecture school really beats you down the first couple of years. If you can't learn time management within the first year, It is going to suck the rest of the 4-years (if you decide to stay) and a very intense, performance-based education. During the semester, I usually wake-up around 3 or 3:30-ish (a.m.) to get to studio around 4-ish and I stay until 6pm. That's my routine twice a week which, and in all honesty, ain't half bad. I've seen my fair share of blood, sweat and of tears throughout the years along with the constant fear of not being able to make a deadline.

Sunrise from my studio desk

  The video above is a great little documentary about architecture school. I don't think the documentary was as good as I was hoping it would be, but it gives the viewers a glimpse of what architecture students go through during their academic career.