Sketches and Schemes

So I’m assuming this question is really asking if I didn’t have to go through ‘architecture school,’ but I still got a degree in architecture, how would I go about it.

The one goal in my life is to travel. I want to see things and places more than I want a college degree, it is very close behind though. So if I could do both, my life would be perfect. Of coarse, this lifestyle would not have costs, and I could just go about my days without the worry of money.

First Stop: Europe. Definitely. I would fly into Paris, France, my dream destination. Spend however long I need exploring, drawing, and experiencing the history and style of the city. I would continue this trend across Europe, visiting major cities and small villages. I’m not sure what my next destination after Paris would be, but my Europe stay includes: Spain, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, England, Germany, Greece (need I explain), Switzerland, and Italy, to name a couple (it’s not like I’ve thought about this or anything). When I say I’m spending my time exploring and experiencing, I mean doing things such as laying on the floor of the Sistine Chapel just taking it all in.

Second Stop: After all this freedom and exploration, I would spend a month following around a famous architect, maybe Frank Gehry, although he’s not my favorite just the first one I thought of right now. I could see how they work and how they’re inspired. One of the best ways to learn is to learn from someone who is living what you’re learning.

Third Stop: Take my new found inspirations and work for something along the lines of Architecture for Humanity. The comment in lecture about people living in refugee camps for 15 years really stuck with me, and I feel like that is the help I to do. “Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope.� I want to help put that hope back by doing something I know.

Fourth Stop: South America! Hey, I’m graduating now, I need to party.