Architectural Design Process: Managing Time (Tools + Tips)
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- 14 tools and tips for architects and students to better manage their time throughout the design process. At the end I discuss my fee structure and how I use it to manage the project schedule too. I cover the following concepts - as they relate to architecture - in detail:
1) Time boxing
2) Significant vs. Urgent
3) Tracking
4) Invented deadlines and disincentives
5) Pomodoro technique
6) Pareto principle
7) Templates + systems
8) Organization
9) Working time
10) Saying "no"
11) Notifications
12) Getting (un)stuck
13) Perfect vs. Good
14) Fees + Scheduling
I hope these strategies help you to be a better architect, student or designer! Cheers...
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30X40 Design Workshop Hey Eric, this is great, I think I will watch this again in the morning, given it's 1am I'm a bit sleepy to get the most out of this. The biggest difficulty in regards to time management I find is as I am still learning I don't yet know how long tasks are going to take particularly as I am needing to learn software from tutorials. A large chunk of time is taken up just searching for decent tutorials, so many videos listed as particular photoshop tutorials such as how create 3D isometric maps, are just a video of someone showing a task massively sped up without narration and with loud music. Not really suitable to learn from. I do find it interesting though how quickly you become used to the frantic pace of the last few days before the deadline.
Sir, thank you so much for such an informative session:)
#lots of respect from India.
Sir, would also like to have a session on "Creative thinking in design" or the so called "Out of the box thinking" (even in daily activities)... and how to nurture it as a habit; as i beileve it is that thinking which will take a designer to places.
You have rightly pointed out "If you are always responding to someone else’s demands, you are helping them manage their time and their schedule".
Thanks for your amazing works. Truly inspiring.
You are one heck of an ARCHITECT man ! i really appreciate your hard work making this content for everyone. Nobody teaches anyone how do they work in the field of Architecture. I am so much amazed by the efforts you put into these videos that i am willing to be your Intern for years man, though i am Architect myself.
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I stayed up for my concept sheet last night, passed out when I got home so now I broke my body clock again :) shout out to people watching this at 2am!!!
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I've just started binge watching your videos, and so far this has been the most relevant. Thank you!
Thanks Eric, good advice and appreciate the clean and logical progress and approach you have in serving your clients. Thanks also for the time and effort that goes into making these helpful videos. I have NOT found a lot of my collogues in architecture doing this, so I think it speaks well of your effort to help others
This is by far the best time management tips I have ever received! thank you! keep up the good work!
Eric, I shared your video with my engineering design class today. Your tips were super helpful and meaningful to them as they’re wrestling with how to use their time productively during projects. Thank you. I too was inspired by your tips.
Thank you for this great travel inside the architect's world, our world.
This video exceeded more than what I was expecting (which was already high)! Thank you for considering our suggestions and helping majority of the students make use of the time more efficiently. P.S. That Imapct-Effort chart was next level thinking! Amazing!
I'm a highschool student taking art and architecture classes (just the basics though) and this video is so helpfull! Your channel is great !
thank you this is exactly what I need as a first year architecture student
pros need reminders too!
Annisa Ridhani Likewise for me too. 🐸
Hello! how's architecture so far?
I've discovered and used (for the first time) several of your videos to teach 1st year architectural students at Versailles (France) & I wanted to thank you for your very clear videos which have given them some great tips on finding ideas and managing time. It's much more alive to have a practicing architect speak to them of his experience, than to just give them vocab lists. Thanks, Eric!!
You are truly one of a kind and have been of tremendous help to me as a young architect. I have worked for 2 years after grad school and had not come across most of the business and firm management concepts you have highlighted in your content. Please keep up the good work. Your impact on the next generation of architects is immense.
Thank you for your work. I'm a French interior designer and what you do inspire me. Thank a lot.
Thank you Eric. A very important aspect of architectural production tackled with helpful tips
Always thanks to you fellow architect. This video has given the essential preparation to my future architectural life. Thanks again.
Hi man I am an architect student from Mexico and you and your channel is like another class for me, I can't tell how much I have improved thanks to you, it would be awesome to have the chance to work with you someday 👍
Back here doing research for my stage on project management! Always good to review the basics and good foundational principals
Man, all contents from you in EVERY episode are so damn HARD CORE and ESSENTIAL! Thank you so much for sharing and please keep on!
Hi Eric. Your effort and thoughtfulness to share advices and ideas are really and much appreciated. Thank you for making this to show the value of time in architecture and even outside of it. Glad to discover your channel and be one of your subscriber! More to go! 😁😁 👍👍
Fantastic video, thank you. Spending time doing time management in this way is time well spent.
Although I've been self employed, and managed my time accordingly, but it's a concept I still struggle with on a weekly basis. There's never enough of me to go around. However, every visit to your channel is educating for me and tonight @ 11:42 pm I learned a few tricks about time management and building models. You're a gentleman, a scholar and a natural teacher. Thank you Sir Eric.
This is an amazing collection of hard-won tips. Thank you.
this video doesnt have as many likes as some of your other videos but honest to god (for me) this is both extremely influential and important. Thank you.
Eric you ar amazing man! Every single one of yours videos bring something extremely useful especially for us students. Thank you!! Big fan of your work!
absolutely...you're welcome...
always a student...always...
This is literally the best channel for architecture students!!thankyou sir!!!:)
thank you for this, you have no idea how much you have helped me and my future self
another great video to take advantage of .. already take the notes haha! I'm going to read it every day until I internalize it. things like this are very useful for us.
Also it's amazing how the list of subscribers goes up silently and quickly! I signed up 6 months ago and I think it was 50/52 k, and they are already 64k !! 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻 keep going!
I’m really inspired by your videos and your passion to share you knowledge. Keep up the good work Eric!
I hope we can meet someday to share experiences.
Cheers.
i have been looking for inspiration videos to get back to architecture field. thank you for making these videos. it helps me realize why in the first place I took architecture. please make more videos.
This is an awesome video!!! Literally what I needed 🙏🏻 thanks!!
Thanks for sharing your experiences. Your videos are very inspiring.
Absolute gold right here, cheers man! 🍻
Once again, one of the most helpful videos out there. Thanks so much for sharing! Your work is a huge inspiration to keep me going, and im sure for a lot of other archi students :)
kind words +Bettina Colet...appreciate it!
thank you this is exactly what I need as a first year architecture student
I have been exploring the Pomodoro Technique lately and although i am not as good as i want and still manage to waste more time than i would like it has been amazing. I find these last few days i am even skipping the breaks and just working through. It helps me stay accountable for my time and that why i love it.
fantastic when you discover a key that unlocks something you didn't know was possible...congrats my friend...
Great; educational video . Great ! I wish I knew these pearls of wisdom during architectural school. Thank you Eric for all these videos .
PLEASE continue! 👍🏾
of course my friend...thanks for returning each week to watch!
this is by far, the best architecture related youtube channel. the content, ideas and means to deliver them are on point. thanks for sharing your knowledge.
kind words my friend...many thanks...
This is what I call, amazing content.
As comprehensive and useful video as always. Thank you!
Great video and time saving tips!
Amazing tips ! Great help for students ! Thankyou sir!
I do really enjoy your videos. Elegant and beautiful narrative..
Awesome Eric, a video well needed before I head back to finish my part one at uni. Start Monday so back into the Uni routine and time management. Looking forward to the next video!!
enjoy it my friend...good times...!
Excellent! Thank you 🙏
Your graphic design is amazing.
Hey Eric, i haven`t seen this video before. It is really good and a great time management resource. Thank you again!
Great video.
I'm now a forth year architecture student and I always get trouble with keeping up the deadlines. In the last 2 years, I have been always asking myself if I did choose the right path or not, cause beside architecture I really don't find anything interesting. When I watch your video, I admit that I usually get stuck on the floor plans a lot, how to make it good, does this affect the others or not, or how I should improve this disadvantages of the site, weather to the buildings ... and then come to the elevations, and the result is being late for the whole time. The late of the design leads to the late of turning it into the software working and of course, the late of the submitting.
All of your videos are very useful and inspirational, sometimes they helped pulling the architecture passion back to me when I was desperate in designing buildings. I definitely try your tips for managing time and everything.
Thank you for making this channel. Hope everything good will come to you.
Thank you so much. All the info were very straight forward and clear
I am studying second year......I really dont know when am I goin to get this much of understanding like u...........these videos are really useful for me..........the really get reflcted in my design.....and really tnx for sharing ur ideas its really useful......
Awesome video. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Thank you for these very clean and organized videos!
of course!
Thanks Eric :) You gave me my motivation again... from Philippines.
glad i could help...get after it my friend...!
Great summary Eric. You have absolutely captured the crux of time management. One thing I do believe you have left out in this is preparation. I have noticed that a lot of time is waisted, this more so in bigger firms and bigger project, when things are not properly prepared in advance. This is like setting up a meeting for the sake of setting up a meeting instead on knowing what the clear outcomes of this meeting should be, and in so doing not knowing what the input should be so people tend to just throw things at the wall and see what will stick.
clear objectives...agreed...!
i study architecture for the 1st year at the university. That is really helpful!! Thank you so mach for advices🙂
Thank you! I’m an interior designer/going to get my MArch this fall and have been watching so many videos on how people manage their time. Your videos are saved to my page damn near every time I watch.
Cheers...so glad to hear!
Hi Sadie, can you share those other videos?
Thank you man its really helping me to organize my task . Keep going 🤘
nice...keep after it!
Excellent video. Thanks for a great TH-cam channel.
The most useful channel for architect's
Much needed video... Really helpful ... Thank you 😊
Tonnes of great points here that I can relate to.
Totally changed how I assess and control time management both in my carpentry practice and architecture studies during the school year! Oh and I'm blowing off designing an organizational strategy for my material receipts haha
Good Video and very Useful insights
very practical & hands-on! ......... making SD 40% of your time rather than CDs is a worthy (and difficult/challenging) goal -- because the quality of the project will most likely increase and quality is what the client remembers .... that is how a reputation is built - and the opportunity of being in the driver's seat re: winning high end/high fee projects/clients are won. ........
KEY issues are HOW to actually accomplish this .... plus handling OBSTACLES such as unexpected expenses - car repairs - computer maintenance and purchase of more computer stuff $$$$$ - family problems - etc. while staying ON SCHEDULE ...... (Fees will be another Comment). ty again for your excellent posts!
Thank you so much, I really needed this video right now.
so glad you found it...cheers +HanaTNT
The firm I worked in before used a software called 'documan', where they can track time spent by each employees each and everyday.
It can tell you the specific task that they were onto too. I sometimes did get annoyed knowing the fact that i was being monitored everyday. But now watching your video, I look back and think from their perspective about how billing is related to time management. I mean I knew it was made sense. But your explanation through a small example can help people to understand its importance. Its really crucial guys.
By the way, as always, great video and my pleasure.
Cheers Eric.
many thanks my friend...I had a similar experience when I took my first job in university...tracking every 6th minute of time (1/10 of an hour!)...now, I totally get it...
this is a great one: thanks a lot. It sure helps in my own one-man-show!
Wow, thanks! Your ideas can be used for work in other industries!
thanks for this golden advice man keep making viedos. wow amazing. cool fella
I have just discovered a new master!!!!
Excellent video.
In my extremely short experience of just 3 years as a draftsman, a true architect or "the boss" of a firm is the one that has top notch management of his or her time. Time management is the single most important subject for me as i am terrible at it. Thanks for your videos! Keep em coming.
always a student...always a student...(me too)
Wow, this came at exactly the right time. I'm in the first month of studying architecture, and I find myself getting not enough time to get everything done. This will help a lot thanks!
glad it found you at the right moment...keep making things...
The right momment...? being an architect, each day is the right moment to learn smth new. Either being a student or a veteran, you always have to deal with a variety of decisions and tasks - love it or hate it, this is what it is!
Too good you are and this Vedio surely is helpful when it comes to time managing
Thank you, extremely helpful!
Very helpful for me being 5th year architecture student. A Big ThumbsUp 👍
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This is cool....helpful especially for students who have a lot going on....from studio.other subjects.hobbies..social life.Tec...thx
Very good statement!
it was much more than EXCELLENT !!TnQ soo much for such videos! many of those are my problems.
so glad to help...keep at it...
Even though I am not an architect, this video is very insightful.
Hello Teacher... I would like to thanks You a lot for this tip...
I have facing big problems about how to divide the time for my projects
So informative! I wanna be this guy x
Your channel is really inspirational. The ideas and techniques you share help me a lot through architecture school. As you've done in the past, can you make more videos about creative blocks and trying out different design processes to overcome them?
I'll see what I can do...thanks for your support!
Will try to apply this knowledge
+1
So useful! Thanks
I'm a conceptual designer for games and film and this video has been very helpful to my profession
fantastic...glad to hear it!
Thank you very much Sir. Video helped a lot.
cheers to you...
thank you very much ! Saludos from Ecuador..
Thank you so much I love the tips!
you're welcome denise francisco !
Eric - thanks for all the great videos! I also have both your books and have purchased your tool kit. It's so great to have generous folks like you in the profession willing to share your wisdom with folks like me. I am one year in after starting my own firm in MN. Could you share what software you use for project tracking? I liked the graphic of the reports that popped up on your phone in this video and I could certainly use help in saving some time in those areas. I didn't see it listed in any comments. Thanks again - cheers!
Thank you very much for your contribution
of course...thanks for watching...
Thank you, precious knowledge for pro
+1
I got my answer about managing the time :D thanks
Thank you for your effort!
yes, of course...!
Thank you for this
Luar Biasa . . . video inspiratif. thank you sir.
you're quite welcome...
great video
my many problem is time. your video is very helpful. thank u so much
Hi, what is the APP on your phone that you are using to manage the time that you spend in every task that you have day by day. Great Video by the way!!! Thanks.
“What are you blowing off to watch TH-cam?”
How did you know!! 😂 it’s a 3000 word report hahaha
Oh I’m so guilty of Parkinson’s Law. This is a brilliant summary of how we can think about the time we spend on what we do. And get better impact with it. Nice cameo Gimli. Thanks for sharing Eric :)
wait...what are you doing watching videos...? you don't have time for that!