PORTICO PERSPECTIVES

The secret lives of architectural enthusiasts

PORTICO PERSPECTIVES features a range of different people at different stages of their architecture journey. Each of us has a unique, messy, inspiring perspective on what architecture is and how we shape our lives in relation to it. Sharing these perspectives enriches our understanding of the field as a whole, inspires others, and illuminates the realities and complexities of a career in and around architecture beyond the face value that is often presented.

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1. Where did you love to be as child? Or what could you most often be found doing?

2. What have you made that positively impacted your life in the last year or so? A model, drawing, relationship, change, cake?

3. How does travel influence you creatively or personally? What's a favourite travel discovery?

4. What is one image that you often hold in your mind's eye? A photograph, memory, artwork, place? How does this inspire you?

5. How has a failure, or something that didn't seem to go right at the time, set you up for later success? Do you have a “favourite failure”?

6. What is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you’ve ever made? (money, time, energy, etc.)

7. What is an unusual habit or strange obsession you have?

8. What is important for you in your career? How do you define and follow your values?

9. What advice would you give to a smart, driven student about to enter the “real world”? What advice should they ignore?

10. In the last five years, what have you become better at? What are you working on becoming better at? Who has helped or informed this change? Any tips?

11. When you feel overwhelmed, unfocused, or lost, what do you do?

12. What does creativity look like to you? How did you figure out your own creativity?

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