Designing Thoughts

Welcome to the final episode of Designing Thoughts!

In this episode, we talk about our lives after university, the struggles we faced with job hunting alongside the lessons we learned with interviews. We then talked about our first job, getting used to working life, and being an adult in general. Interesting topics such as job vs school and adult vs student are also discussed, which you hopefully find interesting!

Thank you for listening to the final episode of Designing Thoughts, and being along with us throughout the journey!

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Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.

Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.

In this episode, we reflect upon our third year and our time at the Bartlett School of Architecture as a whole. We talk about all our different projects, relationships with students & tutors, workload, time management and summer show experiences. We compared our experiences to our first & second year, stressors, the controversy with the Howlett Brown Report and moving forward with career opportunities.

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Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.

Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.

We are finally back from our hiatus since Christmas break!

In this episode, we talk about what we've been up to since Christmas break, introducing our architecture building project and how it goes with our tech module. We also talk about what type of relationship people have with their architecture unit tutors, leading up to unit dynamics and some storytimes in the Bartlett.

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Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.

Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.

In this episode, we are joined by a special guest Ifi, who is Glory's unit tutor! We talk about how she got into architecture, the balance between analogue and digital work, running a unit with your partner, and being a young woman in the field of architecture. Join us for a chill and relaxed informal chat about all things architecture-related!

Thank you again Ifi for joining for this episode!

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Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.

Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.

In this episode, we do our weekly check-in with our submission and presentations, how we have been feeling leading up to the days of submission and working hard, and entering the end of Term One and Christmas holidays.

We then move onto the topic of time management with scheduling, using a planner/bullet journal and our thoughts with checking off to-do lists. We also talk about the prevalence of toxic productivity in architecture or university in general, and how to combat that, alongside with the well-known problem of procrastination: why we procrastinate (conflict within ourselves), whether it can be beneficial, and how to overcome it.

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Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/ Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/ Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolio

Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/

In this episode, we sit down and talk with our architecture history tutor, Guang Yu Ren, where she shares her life experiences in architecture. We talk about her work in getting Asmara to be listed as a World Heritage Site of UNESCO, finding her identity due to cultural differences and getting into teaching. 

Thank you Guang Yu for joining for this episode!

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Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/ Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/ Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolio

Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/

In this episode, we do our weekly update of our week after reading with a history field trip and good tutorials, then we move onto our topic of aesthetics in architecture and also architectural education (in our projects). We talk about what aesthetics are; functionality vs aesthetics and the saying of 'form follows function' in architecture; composing a hero image for our project in architecture school, and developing an eye for aesthetics as a designer and also in real life. We finally wrap it up with how we think aesthetics/visuals influence our design projects and how we balance it with more grounding aspects, and why aesthetics could be important.

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Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/ Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/ Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolio

Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/

In this episode, we first caught up with each other for our reading week and how we felt over the week: Yen Shan going on holiday and Glory feeling low in energy.

Then we discuss our experiences of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) in secondary school and university, why we get FOMO due to unhappiness and insecurities, how we feel inclined to say yes to everything despite having too much on our plates already (especially in first year!). Then we also discuss our experiences and negatives with social media, particularly Instagram stories and the pressures of posting and the idea of the. 'highlight reel'. We also go through tactics and ways to overcome our FOMO: being grateful, reflection and surrounding yourself with good people.

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Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/ Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/ Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolio

Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/

In this episode, we are joined by a special guest Dan, who is Glory's unit tutor! We talk about how he got into architecture and his story in getting into architecture; tutoring students versus being a student yourself, and the progression of architecture education, just an informal chat about all the things archi related! 

Thank you again Dan for joining for this episode!

Tutors are human beings too!

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Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/ Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/ Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolio

Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/

In this episode, we talk about everything mental health related: the struggles we went through in first and second year with balancing school and personal life; getting help in terms of counselling services at university and outside and how they helped; our different coping strategies such as good time management, friends & family, and just learning to chill; and finally whether it's necessary to struggle from a creative standpoint. We also go through our bad mental experiences this week of how Glory almost got scammed and cried, and how studio culture and talking to someone may be a way to dissipate negative energy. Hope you can relate to our experiences and enjoy!

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Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.

Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.