Pragya Bharati
Nov 3, 20192 min
So how can we create challenges for ourselves, as student architects and graduate architects that force us to ‘just start’ and challenge us to push to the limits of our ability?
Attend one architecture event each month where you’re not allowed to leave until you’ve met someone new.
Enter at least one design competition each year.
Choose one thing that you can focus on improving for each project you work on.
Before you take something on, ask yourself whether you are truly genuine about it, and focus on your genuine reason, rather than ‘the payout’.
Choose something in your studies or career development that you are avoiding facing, and use your architectural problem solving skills to work out a way you can begin to address it. Then, action this plan as soon as you can.
Find a mentor or take someone you admire out for coffee.
Attend one industry event every two months.
Be present for your friend’s critiques and inquisitive about your co-worker’s projects. Invest time each week collaborating on their ideas and helping them succeed.
Pick an area of skill or knowledge that you would like to develop and set a habit for studying/practicing it.
Consider what it is you really want in your career and then reverse engineer a plan to get there.
In summary, there is a common theme to all of these challenges.
At their essence, they are all about working out what you want/need, and solving the problem of how to get it. At an architecture conference I once heard an engineer say something to the effect off “you architects are blind to your best asset - you’re professionally trained at problem solving. You could apply this skill outside of architecture.” So this is my final ultimate challenge to you, young architect: work out what it is that you want, then design a solution to get there.
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