Cellia Ait-Ouaret
ARCH4861
02/05/18
Prof. Mishara
My academic career in architecture has opened my eyes to different societal norms, concepts of beauty and has helped me shape my own creative perspective. Having to integrate creativity with practicality is fun for me. It continuously encourages me to break away from what I am accustomed to and forces me to adapt to new methods of creating. This includes the scales in which we work, whether it is in the master planning of a neighborhood or what control layers should be used in a wall assembly. I appreciate that architecture lives very far from being conditioned to a certain way of thinking. This is important to me, not only academically in relation to critical thinking and problem solving, but in my every day life. This notion of thinking doesn’t shut off once class is over, it follows me into the outside world and changes how I experience my social environment.
All artists reflect their experience, emotions, and perspective through their work. Submerging myself into yet another unfamiliar grey area of learning, I hope to continue my education after gaining two years of professional experience in the field of architecture. The most important take away from my “dream job” is to keep growing, enriching and enhancing my internal resources upon which I can draw from in the future. Pursuing these personal goals are vital to my development as an aspiring architect and will encourage me in refining my craft.
