How to Develop Concepts in Architecture School - Impress Your Teachers
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- Concepts are the key themes and ideas underpinning every studio project in architecture school. This is how you develop a successful architecture concept.
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Concepts are what drive your architecture projects forward. Without a concept, your project has no legs. With a concept, you can get passionate for your project to take it to higher levels.
For studio 4 I was given a brief to design something having a key focus on the design concept. There was little focus on budget, structure, sustainability and detailing. Rather, we were able to immerse ourselves in the purity of architectural creativity. I’ll be going over my studio 4 project which has been my most successful concept and project to date to explain how you can develop successful architecture concepts in architecture school. Stick around to the end of this video to hear my best advice for developing concepts.
There is a lot that goes into an architecture concept. And I’m going to go over an exact strategy plan for you to follow to come up with your own successful concepts, But if there was one thing I’d like for you to take away from this video, it’s this - the most important thing to know is that a concept takes time to develop. It’s not something you can pump out in 20 minutes. It’s not a word you pick from the air, or a diagram you sketched, it’s an idea. It’s a multitude of ideas. It is not something that is chosen but formed and developed over time. Think of the forming of the Earth. The mountains and valleys weren’t just placed there, scientifically speaking, but moulded from external elements, volcanic eruptions, wind, water, temperature, climate, natural events that formed the rocks over millions of years.
Your architecture concept is an idea that is moulded over time from external elements. Just by working on your project and spending time on it. It needs time to stew and ferment.
This doesn’t just mean waiting patiently at your desk. Here’s the process for stewing up the perfect concept.
Step 1 - distilling the brief.
All studio projects begin with the briefing. In architecture school, you’re given a brief. A document stating what is being asked of you for this project. In real life, you’ll need to talk with the client to understand what it is they want so that you can form this brief yourself.
This is fundamentally where projects rise, and other projects fall. It’s overlooked how important understanding the brief is. I would spend a whole day underlining, highlighting and trying to debunk the brief. Understand what is being asked of you. This is where your first ideas will start to cook up. The key for step 1 is to sum up the brief in your own words. Don’t underestimate the power of who, what, where why, how. List everything you can.
You want to try and distill the brief down to a couple of key words. Through a filtration process you want to filter out the unimportant and focus on the key information.
A lot of people become so overwhelmed with their projects that they start to get stuck. They stagnate and lose motivation. This is often caused by looking at the brief as this huge document, and the brief ends up becoming a wall from stopping you moving forward.
Step 2 - visualising the brief diagrammatically
Once you’ve filtered the brief into 2-3 key words, you want to visualise this diagrammatically.
Take out your pencil and an abundance of sketch paper and write these key words. Begin drawing what you think these key words look like. Don’t hold back. Draw anything that comes to mind and don’t throw it out. For my studio 4 project I began by layering a3 sheets. I drew all over them, drew over other drawings and scribbled all over it. When the page was full, I’d layer another sheet on top and continue. I ended up with a 100-page folio showing my concept development through sketch designs to more detailed plans and sections. This wasn’t apart of the project, but it was something extra I handed up with my project that was just something cool to look at to see my process. Unfortunately, my professor wanted to keep my project as an example for future years so I don’t have that anymore, but I encourage you to do this.
Step 3 - stay inspired
Step 4 - consider the site
Step 5 - revision
Each step of developing a successful concept should be revisited over the course of your project. They happen in order but are constantly referred back to and revised as your ideas progress. Don’t be afraid to return to step 1. Don’t be afraid to explore a new key word or a new theme for your project. In fact, your first idea is never going to be your final idea. Developing a concept is a process that happens over time through filtering, refinement. It’s a journey of experimentation.
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Making own concept is very hard. It took me 7years to define myself.
Best video you've done in a while matte !!! Keep up with the good work!!
Thanks a lot man! Really appreciate it
Very clearly and nicely explained! Thank you. This is very helpful for students in early stages of architecture school! ✨
Thanks Ethnie! I appreciate you watching :)
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Simply and powerful
Very useful, thank you. Keep up man!
Thanks a lot! Appreciate it
Pure Gold. Thank you.
My pleasure Miguel! Thanks for watching
The BEST as always 🔥🖤
Cheers Ayoub
You got a subscriber. This helped ❤
From Turkey, i see u in Instagram and i affected cuz i can't see good architectural videos ( for students ). I wish ur channel gets better every day. Respects.
Thank you so much Ibrahim. I really appreciate your support!
I am an Angolan student and thank you so much too for your videos.
Thank you so much Mario! I appreciate your support :)
This is a good piece of information; thanks man
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
Well Explained... Thanks a lot!
Glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching :)
Great video! You literally summed up my 5 lectures in 10 minutes ✅✅
Haha, glad to hear it was useful! Thanks for watching
Hi, do you have any suggestions or tips on making architectural thesis?
Thank you Kyle !❤️
My pleasure Nes! Thanks for watching :D
watching this the night before my jury lol
Literally took notes!!
That’s the way to go! Hope it was helpful
perfect explanation, thanks a lot❤
You are so welcome, thank you!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Thank YOU for watching! :D
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Thank you very much my dude! All the best
Thank you for this
My pleasure! Thank you
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You're welcome :D
For me it's something different, for me i don't want to impress teachers, but i just want to show my architecture that i imagine. For me i always liked traditional architecture or older styles of architecture, architecture school doesn't really teach that, all they do is create different forms but not teach about classical orders or nothing of the past, im just wondering why? I want to build beautiful, not ugly like the way modern architecture design is.
Interesting! At my uni went spent a lot of time looking at historic architecture. Had dedicated courses on the topic especially in the first few years. Perhaps it will come later in your degree? Otherwise, keep doing your own research if that’s your passion!That’s the best way to learn.
thank you man
You're welcome!
Awesome , thank you 🔥🙏
My pleasure Gabriel, thanks for watching!
Helpful
Glad you think so!
nice
Hey if anyone can help me out,im having a hard time grasping this “concept” idea.
Does concept really have to only have 1 keyword and everything design will be relate back to the “concept”
I get it if I have to show it in terms of forms but how about space planning? does it have to relate too?
How far do we have to follow this concept thing in our design?
There's really no right or wrong way to go about it. The idea of a concept is to have something to guide you in your process. I would say that it does follow through the entire design process, but you don't need to be constrained by it, simply use it to guide you when you're split between 2 decisions, or trying to think of ideas.
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Do you have an idea of your concept before you get into site analysis? If so ,doesnt it bias you, close your mind to possibly getting a concept from the site itself?
Not usually. Concepts can come any time after the briefing session but the first thing I'll usually do is site analysis which gives a lot of ideas. It's important to remain flexible in the design process.
Can coconut could be considered as a concept?
Sure can! Anything can be, just depends how you use it.
@@kylesinko thankyou so much❤️
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Hey I hav to design a guest house with different concept will u plz help me
I can only really recommend watching this video again, or checking out my previous concept video for help. If you follow the steps it should be pretty clear what you need to do to come up with a concept for the guest house :)
@@kylesinko give me some suggestions to develop my concept
@@kylesinko give me some examples of public guest house with all dacuments and concept plzzzzzzz
@@kylesinko if u say I will send u some info about requirements and brief plzzz help me
Sorry I'm late, you already know I'm a student. And can i ask you or help me made up my mind... I am scared to take architecture school because I know It's very expensive and I am from Philippines and I am not blessed with wealth only blessed and raised with great parents. I live in poverty and I'm scared if I can sustain and survive as the only archi school are far away. I like to Design things, being creative and think critically. I am scared to start...😢 I am a Grade 11 student
Hey Guianne. That's a tough one. I've always believed that if you want to do something bad enough, you'll find a way to make it possible. You might need to travel to a place where your University fees are deferred (in Australia, we don't pay a majority of the Uni fees until we start earning a certain amount of money). Perhaps you might need to get a part time job to sustain it.
If you'd like to watch more videos to help you decide, here's my playlist for "Should I Study Architecture?"
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All the best :)
Ok it's settled, i'll become one. No matter what happens i'll find a way. If my nightmares are holding me back, my dreams as an architect soon are the one that keep pushing me. Thank you as always your the BEST!
@@izugami5802 You've got a fantastic mindset. I've got a lot of faith in you! Good luck!
@@izugami5802 are you still on it?^~^
From India...🙏
I m 3rd year architecture student.. I m always confused about concept .... I m doing college campus project in this semester. My vision is clear about project design... According to location, weather and climate I m following Brutalism architecture. I m focusing how to connect with nature. I'll provide natural ventilation , lot of trees for campus landscape.. I m going to use local material only. It'll cheaper and low cost for maintenance.
See.... Little bit I tried to explain to you...
What am I going to do and it is the best according to location.. but I m confused about concept... I m unable to think about key words..🥺 please suggest
Probably a little late, but you could "create a verb" for the purpose of you building. What is your building doing and how does the form, or other characteristics of the building being portrayed? Brutalism in old Soviet countries to me takes on the verb "to pervail" or " to establish". The buildings were built in such a way to make the single person small and the government was big. This could be good or bad depending on how you see it. It could mean security or it could mean dominance. Either way, I found this way to be an easy way to follow my concept through the end of the project. You probably won't use this in practice. You're method is fine too. Just come up with a verb to summarize what you've already written.
Man, how do I develope the brief
By listening
My teacher ask for a concept in 5 days is that possible?
Sure, the design might not be fully resolved but it's possible to have ideas
TH-cam is kinda broken wont give me notifications any time you upload. Only know form your Instagram...
That's odd. You can always feel free to sign up for my email list. If you go to my website successfularchistudent.com/ and click the button to gain access to my free course, you'll start to receive emails when I release new videos on TH-cam :)
i clicked on this video not to listen what my arch teacher says about how it takes time to develope it. I NEED ANSWERS HOW TO MAKE A CONCEĘPT IN 20 MINS OMG
what if my breif is too vague
Develop it yourself. That's what I found. You almost need to make it into your own brief.
I've been watching videos about architecture concept co'z I got failing grade on how to develop concept LMAO
oh noo! Haha, I hope this helps.
Hello how have you been since it's been 3 years
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Thank you!
The cuts make me dizzy damn
Sorry, I only use 1 camera now if that's anything. Cheers for watching!
@@kylesinko I couldn't watch actually because the cuts made me dizzy.
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So this is a video where he just talks 💀
01:56 the earth was created by Allah. not developed by nature which is a creation itself.