Any architects or architecture students?

[jesta]

Hey,
I'm a first year architecture student and I want a drawing board for home use but don't fancy spending £160+ for one was wondering is it possible to build your own using wood?I want to make one with a stand,it doesnt seem too hard to build but just asking if anyone has ever tried?

Thanks.

 

[jesta]

Thanks for the replies people.Thats a generous offer AJUK but unfortunately I live in London so it won't be possible.

Talking to the 2nd years they said they used drawing boards for this term and it be more computer based after xmas.

And trickyj I'm at Brighton Uni studying architecture at the moment.Not a well known uni for Architecture but most of the 2nd year and 3rd year work I have seen are amazing.

I'm going to search around on ebay and newspaper ads and see if I can find a cheap one. Is A0 drawing board necessary or would A1 do?

 

[jesta]

Having heard of Sue and Julia,don't think they still teach there,what year tutor are they?All the tutors I know are males.

Where you at Brighton for the full 5 years??When exiting the elevator i take a right to my 1st year studio(the right side is now where the interiors are based) the 2nd,3rd,Post Grads are on the left. We have Stephen Ryan as our 1st year tutor along with Jüri Kermik(apparantly a fairly well know furniture designer)

Yeah will make sure I make it to the Grand Parade show,I'm staying at Varley Halls,where did you stay?

P.S. I have never ever seen Natal Road that empty in the day before.You must have got up helluva early or during the weekends!

 

[jesta]

Ahhh that could explain the emptiness of the road.

I applied for Phoenix Halls but unfortunately I didn't get it,apparantly this year 1000 people applied for it.Yeah all the eye candy are at Grand Parade or so my housemate has been telling me,have to check them out soon as I have some free time(which isn't often as the amount of work I get for 1st year is unbelievable)

Yer I've been going to 2nd and 3rd year crits to see their work,hoping to get some inspiration from them,I got slated for my work on Friday so hoping to use the inspiration I got from the years above to improve my work!

Btw are you an architect now?If so where are you working at?Wanna look for some work experience this summer.

 

[jesta]

Yeah I've seen a few 2nd and 3rd year girls crying after a crit,but most of the guys I see just laugh it off.Yeah I think I need to learn the art of BS,guess that comes with experience after crits.

trickj what uni is that?Plymouth? Brighton building has to be the ugliest architecture uni building in the world!

 

[jesta]

"I like where you have placed that balcony- it is the perfect location to throw your self off from after looking at your hideous building."

"well, to be honest it's a bit poo but that's ok, you'll learn!"

"Rendering and adding context to your elevation is like putting glitter on a piece of ****."

Those quotes cracked me up,I would have no idea how to react if they said that to me!

The one I heard that made me laugh was "Am I blind?Because I can't see a building in this pinup"

(star out the sweary mate)