Ultimate Hack For Architecture Critique : Presentation Order And Why It Matters

[@gabybordino6024]

Brilliant! This is an amazing video and I´m going to share it with many tutors I know. I think we all can learn a lot about your insights. I like to highlight this "It´s not a competition, It´s education". Not only students have to keep this in mind. It´s extremely important for tutors to understand that they are not the main characters in this. They (we) are there to help students with their education. And the most challenging part is to engage all those students that are struggling, that perhaps don´t understand quite well an assignment and the main goal is that people learn.

[@Archimarathon]

My believe: good strong students will often then to be good. But our profession is dominated not by the cream of the crop but the majority. It is about raising the standard and understanding of the majority that will lift the profession, not just the already talented few.

[@gabybordino6024]

@@Archimarathon Totally agree

[@tarunifalconer]

Such sound advice. I’ve been an educator on five continents and absolutely affirm what Andrew and Kevin are presenting.

[@taracull-archienglish5174]

Thanks for sharing this. I loved what you were saying about volunteering to go sooner. I think it could be a boost of confidence for them in the beginning. I’m going to share this too.

[@Archimarathon]

Definitely boost of confidence knowing it’s far worse to go late

[@sumaiyagani3209]

Great video! It’s very insightful. Always enjoyed your content. You guys made me fall in love with architecture all over again. Thanks. Look forward to more videos and interesting content.

[@Archimarathon]

Cheers

[@xueqinyi6350]

haha same here, I feel motivated after watching their videos.

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks. Glad to inspire and motivate

[@stefanspasov2385]

that roll intro, perfectly executed :D

[@lvchlvn]

Great video Archimarathon. My memories of university were that there was no order for presentations, it was a 'who wants to go next' routine. I don't think this went well, it generally played out that the confident (high achieving student), went well and the not so confident students went last when people were exhausted and less enthusiastic to provide feedback.

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks. Yes hence this video is either for tutors to take control of presentation order or weaker students should organise themselves to go second or third.

[@jonec8437]

this is really really helpful, thanks archimarathon

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks for commenting. Please share it around

[@davidchannon6004]

Where that yellow thing is now used to be a basket ball court, where in 1993 I won the intra engineering school beer sculling competition. Stay hydrated.

[@Archimarathon]

The old Bowen Lane. Awesome story

[@Nynke_K]

I'm amazed that you got Andrew to do the main chat while he was hungry, Kevin! I think I would have insisted on eating first because a growling stomach is a concentration killer. And doughnuts and coffee would have been a great post-recording treat on their own! Also your order idea makes a lot of sense. It's one of the many many things where intentionality helps us educators :)

[@Archimarathon]

Glad to hear you appreciate my proposition. Cheers

[@urbancolab]

Kevin you hinted at this on discord last week and I deployed this tactic in my studio for their mid review. However the difficult students weren't ready to pin up so I had to shift the order. I will be address this today since they missed all the other crits and a great opportunity to learn.

[@Archimarathon]

Yes you need to let them know ahead of time

[@Itsjustbool]

Love you lads 😌

[@Archimarathon]

We love you too

[@Archimarathon]

Please share the video with friends and colleagues

[@philliparnold5771]

That was great. Thanks guys

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks Phillip. Hoping to meet you in person soon.

[@Itsjustbool]

Kevin's coat is gorgeous

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks. Got it in Beijing during my last tour. I miss travelling

[@laumingi]

great video content and city tour is excellent. Missing Melbourne since 2003

[@Archimarathon]

It’s changed quite a bit since 2003 as you can imagine

[@morneschroeder6255]

Love the intro Kevin! Great topic and it makes complete sense. What is the grey building over your right shoulder at 14:46?

[@Archimarathon]

Scape student housing by DCM

[@wrongcreativity]

I gotta say, Andrew's sneaker game is indeed 🔥🔥🔥.

[@Archimarathon]

Yes indeed

[@fennycruz6714]

Good way to video. Nice!

[@WelcomeToSteph]

"If you don't know you're weak, you're part of the problem." That's a tshirt slogan right there 😅

[@Archimarathon]

“I am not weak. I am part of the problem” ?

[@nnnnoe]

Such a valuable piece of thought, as always. It also makes me wonder how this same criteria could be applied at my uni where crits go on for tree nights in a row… Take the whole thing as if it was a single day or count each one as a separate situation? It’s true that energy gets renewed with each new day, but I bet tutors still get tired of seeing the same thing after the first and second day

[@Archimarathon]

Each day/session is different. Think what it would be like if you are on the other side giving the feedback. In the case if it’s spread out over the few days/nights I would still have the same format but would divide up the group based on what I think from working with them though the semester and still have the similar spread (good communicator good average project, difficult ones, then crescendo to the top ones) for each day.

[@Archimarathon]

The system is also intended for engaging external crits as well but from what I heard that doesn’t happen often at FADU?

[@nnnnoe]

@@Archimarathon Well during each semester you have weekly crits with your assigned tutor. Only in the third and fifth year of the career you have formal crits where you present your project in front of tutors from different studios or even different subjects. Sadly those two opportunities are the only ones where you have that external input on your project. I personally believe we should have them for every single project, not just two out of ten. And that also makes students dread those situations instead of getting used to present in front of an audience.

[@Archimarathon]

No external crits from the profession? I have learnt of this a few weeks ago from Gaby.

[@nnnnoe]

@@Archimarathon No, not even from other unis. Just people who teach at FADU. I mean it’s pretty easy for professionals who want to stay involved in academic activities to enroll as tutors. Most of us start as students and eventually stay after we graduate. In that sense, you already have a huge variety of professionals involved. But still, it would be interesting to have guests that don’t do academic activities on a day to day basis.

[@Elzilcho1000]

This video is good.

[@Archimarathon]

Thanks dude

[@Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaron]

The alphabetic approach to presentations has served me well - even if they go in reverse order to shake things up, I know when I'll be called up 😂 Edit: Also sensing a 'born to be wild' vibe with the royalty free music at the start

[@Archimarathon]

Looking for music that doesn’t suck too much is the hardest part

[@grandmasterplank]

It does seem like Kevin is very much a modern type of tutor, in that he feels his job is to help, advise and educate with a gentle guiding hand, and all with a distinct lack of pretention. How I wish he'd been my tutor. This approach may well be the norm at Aussie Universities (I hope it is), but it's not, or certainly was not, the case in UK Architecture Schools, particularly the 'red brick' ones. Back in the day crits were nothing short of a way to actively humiliate anyone who wasn't quite there (yet) and pump the tutors and panellist's ego. It was sanctioned bullying by any other name, and did not do one thing for most of those who went through it. It pains me to this day thinking back to them. I was appalled and (quietly) angry at the time. But now I'm a parent, I'm even more incensed it was allowed to be. Imagine treating your child like that and scolding and humiliating them, and in front of their peers(!!), at any point in their life. But worse, do that when they've presented something to you their proud of and have dedicated a huge amount of time and effort to produce. It's a scandal tbh. Those crits did nothing for me. Not a single thing, other than to help me realise how insecure and spineless some people are. They'd never have thought about saying anything like that to my face in the street. I kind of wish they had.

[@Archimarathon]

I know I am often the “bad cop” and I am scary because I don’t sugar coat my feedbacks. Using the What Why How system against what students say really cuts through into the heart of the projects and there is nowhere to hide.

[@RB-zm4fk]

Andrew & his collection of runners.. Australia's version of Imelda Marcos 👟

[@Archimarathon]

Lol

[@twiggyvlogs6441]

You say does this mean student know how they're going by what order you put them but like, students know that anyway. You know when you've smashed it and you know when you haven't.

[@Daviid-2009]

GIVE ME FUEL GIVE ME FIRE GIVE ME THAT WHICH I DESIRE ooouuUUH! 🤘

[@Magmoormaster]

Less than a minute into the video and all I can say is: "QUENCH MY THIRST WITH GASOLINE!!!!!!! Oooooooh YEAH"

[@Archimarathon]

🔥

[@Simon-Simon-Simon]

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[@Itsjustbool]

Feel like y'all need a better microphone! Too much white noise in the background

[@Archimarathon]

Yeah didn’t bring the lav mic this time and didn’t expect that background was so prominent. Focus on the message

[@Itsjustbool]

@@Archimarathon and the message is strong ✔️

[@computationdesign]

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[@Archimarathon]

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