Architecture Student's Encounter with Reality By : Meetali Gupta " Architecture has no money" " It is hard to get projects" " Explore as much as you wish to in college , it'll become difficult later" The above statements are thrown at architecture students at least once during their education. These come to perspective only when faced by a situation. One of which is entering an architecture office for experience. Right out of college into the pool of this professional world , most of the students are lost. Stepping into an architecture college calls for sleepless nights , tussle with self, finding new perspectives, re-thinking the old ones and most importantly , an ability to question all that exists. "Questioning" is one skill that an architecture student learns during his years of study. Despite everything it can't be denied that the student is lost in the process of becoming a professional with some open ended questions hovering his mind. 1. Is this for me ?
Image courtesy : Pixabay , Coffee URL - https://pixabay.com/en/architecture-blueprint-floor-plan-1857175/ It is a fact less known that Architecture colleges don't train the students to deal with practicality. After five years of hard work a student expects some return after leaving the university. From artistic freedom in the campus where he would dream to build the impossible, he is brought down to a regular job where nothing matches his expectations. At this point while some adjust to the change , there are few who "QUESTION".