Architecture school is challenging for a few important reasons. First, architects need to learn a lot of different things to do their job well . They have to understand math, science, art, and even psychology. This means they must study a wide range of subjects, which can be tough. Why Architecture School MUST BE HARD... Weekly architectural digest Friday, February 09, 2024 TAI #W1-0224 The human brain uses emotion to assign meaning to the objects and relationships it perceives. Emotion is fundamental to the brain’s creation of meaning, and there can be no meaning or significance without it. motion is the raw material of human E consciousness. Emotion is what causes us to feel alive; it creates our experiences of beauty, wonder, and awe. Emotion and our capacity to reect on it is not a part of our humanity, it is our humanity. Just as every construction evokes interlinings and nervous states, emotions confer architectural spaces and high and low walls. Solitude is a sitting room and happiness is a garden . There is no emotion in us without a place, just as there is no place that does not generate somatic commotions, as mild as they may be. Therefore, if we’re lucky and get to choose where we will live, it is essential that we empathize and sympathize with the place . That light reaches the spots we want it to reach and that shadows do not over-texturize the place where we usually rest our eyes (thoughts tend to “texturize” or imitate what our eyes see). Architecture must confront us and communicate with us on psychic and emotional levels, as well as visual and intellectual . And it does, but we often overlook it. Every architecture, every infrastructure, yields before us and vice versa. - All architecture is Emotional Architecture. Bringing architecture of the times to your hand Upcoming: Architecture and Entertainment, Snow in Saudi Arabia? ArchInsight welcomes you back to a new season and wishes you a Happy New Year. We hope your wells of creativity did not dry out over the holidays!! -the team at ArchInsight Second, architecture is all about problem-solving. Architects have to gure out how to design buildings that are safe, functional, and beautiful. This takes a lot of practice and creativity. In school, students are given difcult problems to solve so they can learn how to think like architects. lifeofanarchitecturestudent.net Adu Mensah, Daniel Good Third, architecture is a profession where mistakes can have serious consequences. If a building isn't designed properly, it could collapse or cause harm to people. That's why it's so important for architects to learn from their mistakes and constantly improve their skills. School is a safe place for students to make mistakes and learn from them before they start working on real buildings. Lastly, architecture school is hard because it requires a lot of time and dedication. Students often have to work long hours on projects and assignments. They have to be willing to put in the effort if they want to succeed in this challenging but rewarding profession. If you want an easy life, don’t become an architect. -Zaha Hadid In conclusion, architecture school is hard because architects need to learn a wide range of subjects, develop problem-solving skills, avoid making serious mistakes, and dedicate a lot of time to their studies. But with hard work and perseverance, students can become skilled architects who create amazing buildings that enrich our lives. WHAT AN ARCHITECTURE SUDENT should know. Bema Appiah, Nana Akua BIENVENUE Jadwiga Kuprinsk writes a book for architecture students and teachers to describe how each student can adopt the architect’s working method. It shows how architects learn to cope with uncertainty with special attention given to criticism, an essential part of the design process. THE POETICS OF SPACE Genius Loci In this page turner, Gaston Bachelard carefully captures the psychology of human perception to various types of spaces. This web of intelligence challenges the reader to redene the awareness os spaces that are otherwise taken lightly and provides a refreshing perspective of what spaces could be about. THE SECRET OF THE GREAT PYRAMID Knowing the unknown This is an exciting intellectual adventure about a journey to demystify the secrets behind the construction of the Great Egyptian pyramid. Bo Brier, along with a French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin tell a wonderful story about Houdin’s obsession with Egypt’s great Pyramids and how such a marvellous structure could have been envisioned and construction. archinsight_en ARCHiNSIGHT LEARN NEWS WITH US ON: 1 Page 2 Henry Ko, Danso Architecture AND EMOTIONS Architecture is a deeply emotional experience Maybe architects suppose that integrating neuroscience and design would result in a reduction of architecture into purely technical components. Maybe they believe that science is utterly mechanistic, poorly equipped to channel creativity. If these assumptions contribute to architecture’s aversion to affective neuroscience, they’re based on a fundamental misunderstanding of emotion: what it is, how it functions, what it’s for. Elijah, Anyirinaang CHANGING THE NARRATIVE Latest from Ghana and Africa South African embassy in Berlin, Germany showing traditional African detailing and their central courtyard (corral). These alterations in the African architecture are taking a new shape as some architects are working relentlessly preserving the traditional, local architecture of the continent. here has been persistent effort taken by some to T conserve as well as re-invent the architecture and architectural methods in the continent. Combining local solutions with the most appropriate western ideas. These architects through their designs, articulate African culture and traditions with well modernized designs to create spaces that t into the African continent. Also, these architects have committed to using the available materials in the various distinct regions of Africa to create well informed designs that identies with that region. Committed to changing the African architectural narrative includes architects like; Sir David Adjaye, Arc. Francis Kere, Arc. Kunle Adeyemi, Arc Mokena, African architecture reflects the interaction of environmental factors, such as climate and vegetation as well as culture. As a vast continent along with being culturally diverse, there are lots of architectural styles that can be observed throughout the continent. Arc. Lesley Lokko, among others. Engaged in showing traditional African architectural styles on buildings and using local materials as well as indigenous skills for their building construction shows their commitment to ensuring that the traditional African architecture is not lost. TAI#W1-0224 Architect Leslie Lokko Architect David Adjaye Architect Kunle Adeyemi Architect Francis Kere Friday February 09,2024 Ati, Mark THE LATEST ON architectural competitions Introducing the Architect’s Chair Competition, an exciting opportunity for architects and designers to showcase their versatility and creativity by designing a signature piece of furniture. Inspired by the long-standing tradition of iconic architects creating custom furniture as an extension of their work, this competition challenges participants to distill their design approach into its core components and represent their unique style in a single piece of furniture - the architect’s chair. ELIGIBILITY This competition is open to all. Participants may enter as individuals or teams. ENTRY FEE There is a registration fee which ranges from €70 - €90 depending on the time of entry. KEY DATES Reg. Start; december 12, 2023 Reg. Deadline; june 19, 2024 PRIZE FUND 7,000 € REG. START; DECEMBER 12, 2024 # THE ARCHITECT’S CHAIR Throughout history, renowned architects such as Charles and Ray Eames, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, and Arne Jacobsen have successfully designed iconic chairs that embody their distinct design philosophies. he Architect's Chair #2 competition T seeks to continue this tradition by inviting architects and designers to explore new materials, construction techniques, and ergonomic solutions within the constraints of a chair design, ultimately producing a functional and aesthetically compelling piece of furniture. y creating a signature chair that reects their individual style and vision, B architects and designers can demonstrate their versatility and contribute to the ongoing dialogue between architecture and design. So, take a seat and let your creativity unfold in the Architect's Chair competition! frican architecture seem to be growing but more inclined A towards the modern, westernized way of architecture to the neglect of African architecture, which denes the continent, making it lose its identity. owever, H African architecture has been inuenced by external cultures throughout history. This has led to changes in the style, materials, shape and context of African architecture. This software is what I personally call the magic wand of Graphic Design. Adobe Photoshop is wrought with so many design tools that arm every designer with versatility. From editing 2D maps to creating realistic 3D renders, Photoshop was created as a Do-it- all software to save both architects and architecture students. A rst glance at Photoshop’s drawing interface can be a bit intimidating but this software is worth learning. The nature of its interface is due to how richly endowed it is with tools to make any designer limitless in the visualisation of their works. For maximum Photoshop experience, you will need a minimum 8GB RAM with another 8GB available hard-disk space for installation. You might also want to have a display resolution of 1280x800 and a windows 10 for windows users of macIOS 12 for mac users installed. KNOW YOUR SOFTWARES!! Bema Appiah, Nana Akua 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Page 3 REG. DEADLINE; JUNE 19, 2024 www.architecturecompetitions.com TAI#W1-0224 Friday February 09,2024 Avagah, Eudora NEOM’S TROJENA eom is a new urban area planned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to be built in its northwestern N Tabuk Province. The site is north of the Red Sea, east of Egypt across the Gulf of Aqaba and south of Jordan . The total planned area of Neom is 26,500 km2 (10,200 sq mi). The city's plans include 10 distinct regions which host architectural marvels. Featured are a 170km long skyscraper, a futuristic ski resort, an upside coastal hotel, a tourism destination in a mountainous valley, and many more. It was launched in 2017 by Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. www.neom.com www.archdaily.com The region has been master planned by LAVA architects and already features plans for a 330-meter-tall skyscraper designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. DID YOU KNOW? Only -3 degrees Celsius is enough to create snow and Trojena can do that for 3 months in the year. espite Saudi D Arabia’s hot climate, the temperature naturally drops below 0 degrees in the mountains close to Neom during the winter. Referred to as “The Mountains of NEOM,” Trojena, located 50km from the Gulf of Aqaba, is part of NEOM's regional plan. xperiencing sub-zero winter temperatures , E Trojena will feature 36 km of ski slopes, outdoor activities, 42,000 sqm of retail and commercial dining space, and over 3000 hotel rooms and serviced apartments. In fact, the resort gained global attention when it announced the winning bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games. Page 4 Snow in Saudi Arabia? While winter offers the chance to ski down Trojena’s 36 kilometres of slopes, people would be able to enjoy the man-made lake and practise all kinds of water sports there, as well as mountain biking, during the rest of the year. www.euronewstravel.com ARCHITECTURE and ENTERTAINMENT HEAT IN THE HARMATTAN The warm up schemes Avagah, Eudora he new semester began with the T strongest of combinations , against the student population. A combo we are yet to nd fans of. With what began as an odd weather condition at the resumption of school duties turned out to be a rumoured pollution of the atmosphere. We see it so visibly that we can describe it as a thick veil of fog hanging right on the top of our heads, a terribly terric facilitator for smoke and dust. Bearing features highly similar to that of the typical harmattan weather, one sweats even as they feel cold and get sticky in all of the wrong places. Nonetheless, what better right hand man could this nameless weather have other than merciless ‘warm up’ schemes? Grovels and groaning have leaked from all the cracks and crevices in the architecture department upon the prompt commencement of academic duties. These ‘warm-up’ schemes as they are called have effectively reminded students of the inferno of a discipline they signed up for when they committed to practising architecture as a major. he warm up schemes have packed a powerful T punch to every year group it seems, and even though most of them are almost over, students have no words to explain how they get through the scathing combination of the weather and the schemes as they still go through it even now. Not many people are sure if this rumour of a polluted atmospheric weather is true or if they can nish their schemes, let alone give them adequate transparency and understanding, but what they are sure of is how they cannot wait for this cruel season to pass. Perhaps they might learn a thing or two from this predicament, but at the moment, things are hot, and things are cold, and there is no middle ground. What is the semester like for you? Are you wearing pollution masks? Are you always inside? And most of all, are you hot or cold? archinsight_en ARCHiNSIGHT CONNECT WITH US ON: