The stereotype of landscape architecture often can be confused with urban planning due to the broad concept of ‘landscape’ itself. While there can be some level of residential garden design involved in landscape architecture (most common spaces such as shared courtyards, rooftop gardens, townhouse neighbourhood garden designs), we usually design for the public realm at a multitude of scales (from urban street parks to rejuvenating degraded landscapes). To summarise, the role of a landscape architect begins in “creating spaces within our natural and built environments that respect and enhance our interaction with landscape.” (Kombol 2015, 8) The study of landscape architecture teaches the necessary skills that influence the foundation and analysis of each project design.
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Architecture for Two with Lily Jiang (III) : The Lessons We Learn After Architecture School
One day, I bumped into my construction tutor at a social work event. We conversed about uni and work, laughed over the fun moments during class. One thing he shared about that was particularly insightful to me was that he finds joy to see his students continue to develop into outstanding architects. But beyond that, the most rewarding experience to being a tutor is to be able to see students grow away from the education bubble and becoming good mentors for other students as well.
I’m interested to hear their stories again in ten years time. And how will my journey continue?
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Architecture for Two with Lily Jiang (II): The lessons we applied during architecture school
I will never forget a classmate of mine commented on how I looked haggard and worn down after putting up with my optimistic personality in life drawing class in first year. Till this day I still don’t know how to feel about the comment. Perhaps it is the experience from first year of architecture and to be able to be in the studio of our choice, our decision makings are different, and should we land in something that matters to us, our optimism may still be there, but the first year experience has given us some layer of realities of what’s to come.
Continuing from our previous conversation, Lily and I have reflected on the lessons we have learned during our time at architecture school – ones that we learned and applied along the way.
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Architecture for Two with Lily Jiang (I) : What they don't tell you about Architecture School
In this series, I’ve teamed up with my friend Lily Jiang. The two of us have experienced very different paths and have reflected on different issues that we would’ve like to have known, things we have encountered during and after leaving architecture school. These are small memos to ourselves in the past and future and for anyone really.
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This year, I was thrown into a world of political conflicts in the architecture field. It was a very brief glimpse of what it was like to be working in the midst of it. From event organisation to attending meetings of different committees, as if it was not obvious from the very beginning, there lives a huge political agenda behind each section of the faculty. Whether it’d be who would be running the studios to what projects can go through, or who can be part of the party the circle can become a toxic bubble - let alone those who have come across it can already become part of the degrading situation.
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