Learning to See Like an Architect

[@30by40]

Here's the book at 2:17 which is a deep-dive on local architecture > thirtybyforty.com/local-architecture/

[@natalydiazvite8044]

"To be a good architect, you have to learn to see things differently than other people see" this could be one of my favorite phrases in your videos, it is interesting the way you describe how you take inspiration to start carry out your projects, by observing in places the materials, their location on the site, even their texture and why they have those shapes on their surface, when you study architecture you learn to observe the world with different eyes, improve your perception and even you You become more sensitive to the various environments that materials can create, thanks Eric for inspiring me.

[@yingrunli4439]

As a student of architecture, I am so lucky to see your videos.People who can share their knowledge are really great.Go ahead！I'll be with you！

[@orlandoneto7432]

As a Materials Engineering student, I do appreciate it when other professionals make great use of materials based on their properties, focusing on creativity, beauty, comfort and so many other aspects. Excellent video.

[@algynbagting8416]

Im 15 years old and i want to bacome an architech someday, and I really like watching your videos it can make me comfortable and exciting to become an architech thank you for facts, information about what an architect doing thank you for inspiring me😊

[@ayy8295]

Hello, I’m also 15 years old right now and I also want to be an architect, seeing how you made this comment 6 years ago can I ask if you became an architect? And if you did can you please tell me how to start because I’m kinda lost

[@UndercoverArchitect]

Noticing the familiar, and staying curious about the everyday ... super essential skills for a designer wanting to create new solutions to old problems. Love this video and seeing the scenery that inspires you. Thanks for sharing!

[@azansubhie9228]

in this instagram era, when architect design for popularity. your channel is like an oase for my brain. your channel teach me architecture better than my diploma. thank you

[@sonia230898]

Hey, I'm an architecture student and I have often found your videos very informative, engaging and enlightening. Where I study, they hardly talk about the things you do. Most of the time we just blunder about in the blind trying to solve the problem posed by our design and the project. We have a list of things which are wrong no way, means, or understanding how to make them write. And before we know it the semester has ended and we end up with a half assed design we aren't really proud of. I found your channel during this semester and throughout the course of the semester I've found myself coming back to your videos for guidance and information. Thank you. And keep make more videos! 😊

[@AlGangstaVlore]

Studying architecture has changed my life. I see the world with different eyes, I often stop for a while and rise my head… I like to touch and feel the materials, knock and hear the sound they make, feel the consistency, the type of material. Is it “fake” or “real”? Thank you Eric, for your precious content.

[@santiagomatallana3053]

From a 5th year architecture student, I really appreciate your comments. Seeing the world with an architect's eyes is fascinating indeed. I thank Eric as well.

[@ohrl1146]

I'm glad to have found your channel. I'm about to finish my second year of architecture school, and I'm here working on my final presentation. Thanks for inspiring brother. You are someone to look up to, thanks

[@parthkothari4906]

Learning that as a first year student We are gazing at a cycle for hours and hours and making it again and again in different angles, perspectives, trying to find something we have never known before I want to keep having faith in this exercise cause our professor told us it is the only way you can interact with an object Really inspiring video Will watch it as a motivation really Thanks for sharing this

[@Cooldog3798]

Fascinating! I am almost 13 and i dream of being an architect! Man i wish that i knew about it the entire time!

[@Zoot1343]

Wonderful video. The Moleskins that line my library shelves tell the story of my 48 years as a working professional. Thx for this one. Adam, Tofino.CA

[@30by40]

cheers adam...thanks for watching.... how amazing it would be to flip through your sketchbooks...perhaps you'll share on instagram?

[@robthewaywardwoodworker9956]

I wish I had learned all this 35 years ago. All this.

[@30by40]

always a student my friend...always a student... thanks for sticking with me here...

[@santiagomatallana3053]

I'm glad I'm learning this just before finishing architecture school! You know... my school has tackled some of the fascinating aspects of architecture Eric explains in his videos. Hope it's not too late for you! You're a learner until you die. God bless!

[@faisalsaadouni]

But never too late.... keep going on

[@maxthewannabe9105]

@@santiagomatallana3053 i know that you posted this 9 months ago, but i am interested in a lot of things. Do you think its possible to study multiple bachelors at uni and not waste ur money and time?

[@kanakkothawale9056]

Always love coming back to your videos. Learning something new and different each time.

[@amirahpatel2087]

Today we watched one of your videos in theory class and it made me happy that other students and lecturers get to see your channel. Thanks for the inspiring content.

[@adampalo8728]

I love this Eric. It makes me see the purpose with a lot of things we do in architecture school. Thank you sincerely, Adam

[@jirehjazzielcontrerasrodri8515]

Following your videos changed my view of architecture, now I see the beautiful part of it. Thanks for sharing your work, really amazing what you do keep it

[@davidcordero3618]

I love this. I'm always glad you do these videos for us. Not enough content on social media that is as real as you are. Cheers

[@dorianaluciadelpilarcruz4374]

Thank you for teaching us young architects to see, and actually learn from our surroundings.

[@cwgatti]

I LOVE your videos. Inspiring me to completely revamp my business.

[@jay903ster]

Great Video! Living in a place like NYC, I think one learns pretty quickly. I'm also looking around at certain things and asking questions, analyzing, observing, etc. It's starts to become a habit and something you do without even thinking about it. But you start seeing that you look at things deeper and deeper each time, picking up a certain quality that can help you in school and in practice.

[@yamoyajk6823]

I love your videos ....they are always powerful...I'm a first year student in architecture..And your videos keep inspiring me and help me in my studies ......

[@azizkhlid46]

I can’t express how I feel about your work... it’s just great ...

[@thainajassek]

I met your work and your videos this month. Congratulations on the content. I was deeply touched by your words from this video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm from Brazil, I used the Google translator to help me translate this text. I hope it's understandable

[@YISUSPT]

i listen this video during sketch to get more inspiration; his words, voice and the music is real motivation.

[@antonionil8112]

New video from one of my favorite chanels! The best news! Your videos really teach me many things about architecture, even if only from autumn i will go to a high school of arhitecture! I hope i will became an architect and i hope i will put in my work a lot of love and passion like you! Thanks for your videos, wish you all the best!

[@30by40]

appreciate the kind words my friend...cheers...

[@imadasmone8915]

Great content is the standard here.. love them.. got a request for a video, "the parallels between film and architecture and about cinematic architecture".. cheers

[@30by40]

appreciate the suggestion my friend...it's a topic that's of great interest to me...i'll see what i can do... cheers...

[@vee6442]

30X40 Design Workshop YES, YES, YES.

[@imadasmone8915]

Awsome.. looking forward to it

[@blubberinghumdinger35]

I've had similar musings on this topic in the past..wrote this a while back, thought you might enjoy it :) Everybody has a story. One of the great challenges of humankind has been expression of thought. It is remarkable how different people have different forms of expression; we are not only limited to speech and action. Through speech and action, we have developed and discovered several modes of expression, and have given birth to Art. Indeed, Art is expression. Two forms of art have fascinated me; so much so that I decided to write about them, and the close relationship that I realised they share. Filmmaking, and architecture. Earlier, perhaps due to lack of understanding, I could not really appreciate filmmaking. Today, perhaps because of age or exposure, I've come to learn that making movies is a very 'real' way of expression. It is not just about the actor or actress who play their parts, but about the writer, the direction, the person with the vision. When they Direct, they open their mind to the audience, and reveal what lies within it. He, is the architect of his film. Perhaps he doesn't want to just convey his ideas through speech. By involving characters and a story to tell, he essentially Expresses. When I watch a movie now, I view it as an insight into the mind of the creator. Every setting, every scene, every emotion, is an expression of the intricacy of its creator. This made me think. Isn't all this what architecture is about? A building is a physical manifestation of human thought, which has the ability to evoke emotions. The meaning of a building, and the spaces that it explores and creates have deep meaning. And great architecture stands true to its meaning even with the test of time. The architect of a building pours his heart and soul in desinging a building. What he achieves by doing this is that he Expresses himself through a building. Indeed, he building becomes a symbol of his mind, and of his emotions. An important contrast between films and architecture is that the former tells a story in which there is physical movement, along with dialogue and action. There are characters which very visibly Move and speak. It is vital to remember that all of the characters arise from one story. While in a building, architects achieve dynamism even without movement. Hence it is much more static environment which is still capable of 'moving' us. It dawned on me that both filmmaking and architecture are trying to tell a story. Both are powerful and poetic forms of art which are beautiful forms of expression. It is truly fascinating how we as humans share a very fundamental need, one to reveal how we truly feel, what we really think. Imagine if all of us were to keep our thoughts to ourselves, and lose the ability to communicate; what a chaotic world that would be! Thus, it is important to express. Expression is what gives us hope to survive, especially in an extroverted, noisy world such as ours. The thing is, not everybody has to express by talking, and that is very important to remember. Filmmaking and architecture are two forms of expression that have struck a deep chord with me, which is why I truly love and appreciate both these forms. So the next time you watch a movie or pass by a great building, remember to look beyond what you visibly see, and read between the lines to understand the creator; he who is trying to express himself. You might not understand them by talking to them, because their form of expression is the art that they create.

[@imadasmone8915]

Andromeda Moonster very nice piece of writing tbh... thnx alot for this

[@phillipchan9125]

Wow I find your content so inspiring.Makes me want to learn more and more about Architecture.How it shapes us as people and how it shapes the world we live in. Thank you.

[@utahsportfanatic]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who struggles with "precedent studies." I'm 2 years in to a 3-year graduate program and have struggled constantly with this topic, especially since I'm relatively new to the field of architecture. A number of professors stress the importance of precedents, and while sometimes I can see the merit, for the most part, it seems to strangle creativity and limit the potential for any innovation in our projects. I've had better experiences in studios where precedents were encouraged, but not necessarily forced upon us. We used them more for instances when we weren't sure how a specific wall or component would be assembled instead of as a basis for an entire project.

[@tomaszlow1186]

Mundane beauty, thanks for eloquently talking about something I have had a hard time explaining in the past. I am sure you know, but Jasper Morrison comes to mind, his study of everyday design has always been a great source of inspiration for me.

[@30by40]

cheers my friend...for sure...thanks for the reminder...

[@danielvillacis835]

I love your videos! I'm an architecture student in Barcelona and things like finding inspiration are becoming difficult to me, trying to come up with something new, something others haven't seem is hard...and to be honest I don't know how to change my view of how to do things. Thank you so much for your work and your videos!

[@30by40]

thanks so much for watching...i think your struggle is not unique...all creative people face this and we all face it alone...my best advice is to leave the studio, get some fresh air and don't place any demands on your free time, that's the time when ideas flow...then just dig in and start making things...accept the idea that most of them will be bad and keep searching for the good ones...cheers...

[@H.T]

I love the video .. very inspiring .. As part of my life as a architect is to see things as no one has seen before.

[@thomaslusty7032]

Architecture today has become more dependent on the amount of profit a building s gonna give. The better architect today is a one who plans more number of habitable roims/units in a given plot of land. That's how it's going on right now.

[@30by40]

well said my friend...

[@dhamaljarba5296]

Im so Motivated 💗 thanks alot for these great videos... A fine job ordering the scenes and directing even the sounds... A big fan of your work and i wish one day i could meet you

[@natcranst104]

love your channel! Its great getting new perspectives and finding new ways to work!

[@lanest.2733]

just exactly what I needed! thank you, Sir for creating inspiring and informative content :)

[@weird_airam]

I love your videos sir. It's very inspiring and helpful. I'm glad that I discovered your channel

[@tiborgyorvari7057]

I love all of your ideas , you are my inspiration of doing architecture. Can you make a sketchbook flip through

[@leonardodossantos5357]

Another great video from you Eric, well done once again, keep inspiring us \m/.

[@Garbanzobean-24]

Seriously thank you so much for these videos.

[@ArchieDeZ]

precedent sure is hard, and I know they should be done at some point in architecture shcool. but for me the challenges are availability of the object you observe, how 'architectural' the design, and how much you can observe. each country, town and region has its own limits to do this. it is lucky for us in here (kalimantan) we could do precedent by observe through internet, but we can't get full grade except we observe the BEST object of observation which cost us more than our tuition per semester. but again, i really like how i can learn from this.

[@gsaarchitecturalmechanical5872]

Thank you very much for sharing this video

[@campini8242]

Cheers from Brazil! Really nice video.

[@sandracorazon7280]

FASCINATING As Always!

[@evertoncarmine8884]

Ótima inspiração. Obrigado SDS. Brazil

[@vee6442]

This is indeed art.

[@poopingbuffalo2095]

Verónica Sánchez This is architecture. Similar to art sometimes.

[@vee6442]

Pooping Buffalo architecture is ART. But I'm talking about his skills and this little movie he made.

[@thanhdo5043]

I love this video so much.

[@ShanerTheGrey]

Love these videos man.

[@30by40]

\m/

[@VanKhoo]

Thanks for sharing.

[@chrisnovelli-n3architecture]

Inspirational as always

[@amritkhatiwada7883]

Superb!

[@archchina4705]

Nice video and a very important advice to we upcoming architects

[@sohailai.darwesh]

i just wanna be like you ... someday keep the great work :)

[@emhassy]

I love his videos

[@30by40]

\m/

[@wecan947]

Yes,Eric lets keep on questioning and become more curious everyday. The ending music was really vibrating, can I know the title? Thankyou so much for everything Eric.

[@skylartkitchen]

Great video.

[@deadliersheep7697]

at this point bro is just a philosopher

[@Smalltime]

Wauuu, Where’s that coastline?

[@urosnovakovic4649]

I liked this one a lot!

[@underblackhelmet-u8d]

Could you please do some interior design videos?

[@yenegh]

Great message. I am inspired.

[@30by40]

kind of you to say...

[@tomdaniel4201]

Where do you get your a5 sketchbooks from?

[@DavidDrazil]

Hi Eric, thanks for this vid! It's important to keep reminding myself of how important it is to discover new things on daily basis and be a student forever. I have a question off topic though, do you have any suggestions for resources of ambient background music for videos (preferably free)? Thanks in advance!

[@30by40]

Hi David, here's where I get all my music> thirtybyforty.com/music/ I used to purchase songs individually but that proved expensive ($50+ per song)...which for YT vids just seemed silly. If you sign-up at my link you'll get 2 free months and you can download as many songs as you want and use them royalty-free forever even if you cancel. It's by far the best deal I've found and I love their selection. Companies like Epidemic have perhaps a deeper collection but they're also pricey...and although there aren't any snips available yet, but I hear they're coming. Hope that helps...

[@DavidDrazil]

Awesome, thanks a lot, Eric!

[@rogerhines4368]

Great video, very Inspiring

[@theconcreteaffair]

Hello!! Been watching your videos and learning many things on how I can rewire my studio too. JFI, where can we study and keep ourselves updated about new materials and products? What do you suggest?

[@Bluejayhunt]

How often do you go out and just observe as part of your weekly routine?

[@harshitaverma4273]

Which markers do you use?

[@furiapr8712]

Inspiring

[@cinthialarabarradas9942]

Que estás usando para dibujar es un lápiz ?

[@kaybee1836]

Thanks 😁✌️

[@TadiousKakooza]

How can i improve on y sketching skills. A from Uganda doing architecture and its has completely change the way i see and experiences spaces. I have watched your videos and i have noticed how good you are at sketching. How can i improve my sketching as well?

[@santiagomatallana3053]

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[@marcosleiro7721]

I love this videos, i really do

[@30by40]

appreciate that my friend...thanks for watching...

[@litoboy5]

great !!

[@RafaelGomesx]

An other awesome vídeo 👌

[@hariharan-ub9rj]

Loved it.

[@derrickssentongo8724]

I love your videos though I get to watch them somehow late, I face the same as I want to base on what was done and I do something new

[@saksheebanga4969]

I'm finishing my 2nd year of architecture. Can you suggest the best places to do Masters?

[@JudgeFredd]

Very true -

[@RealSameerRaza]

Im a 3rd year Architecture studen got 2 more years left, i have a problem that i face as an Architect student, i can design the building but i struggle to understand the engineer structure drawing plans. What should i do ? instead of Maths i took Arts, English Literature and Urdu as my majors in my Highschool before going to university to study Architecture. What do i do to learn to understand structural drawing plans easily ?

[@rvxn]

*_Familiarity keeps us from asking questions_*

[@junhaozhang6915]

thank you !

[@kholikovbezhan5974]

What is name of the Book?

[@unprofessionalcook7848]

hello.. i am an aspiring architect.. i am from indiaa and my college is about to begin ..is their an international standard for books i shld read beforehand i am listening to the harvard lectures from K.Michael hays and its amazing but us there anything else i shld read beforehand?

[@unprofessionalcook7848]

some books are really advanced and i wanted to do basics before so..

[@Juddy84]

What is experience being there

[@Garbanzobean-24]

What markers are in the thumbnail! :D

[@urielliendo4187]

Gabriel Irby copics

[@30by40]

Here's the set I like: thirtybyforty.com/copic-sketch-grays

[@Garbanzobean-24]

30X40 Design Workshop thank you so much Eric! :D

[@neuroflopxxii7823]

Nice video.

[@30by40]

\m/

[@nawal2027]

Nice

[@rohanurs2914]

Heyy! love the content:) Is it not possible to break the stereotypes from a very fundamental stage of a design process??

[@30by40]

cheers...i think it is possible...yes...

[@prajnadattameher6210]

OK

[@adrianguardiola9837]

First!!!

[@30by40]

much respect! cheers mate...

[@armandohernandez5595]

30X40 Design Workshop jajaja

[@mrcxko4218]

I've been in an architecture work place and my god were they lazy, everything is done by computer, no hand sketches just measurements and numbers, no creativity

[@moufrit]

That's a really "not American" way of thinking..!