I have been pondering it ever since I graduated with my interior architecture degree. As a little background: interior architecture is NOT interior design and it is NOT architecture. If you look at architects as envelope designers, interior architects design the inside of that envelope. Thus, I do not pick out colors, fabric and furniture, though I can by all means. I have been educated to understand building systems and to create spaces that are commercial, not residential. Still confusing? Google it.
So with the economy the way that it is, I figure that there is not better time than the present to re-enter school. After graduation and working in a firm I slowly realized that although interior architecture is great and I liked it, there really are not very many jobs in that field that fit what I wanted my career to be. I wanted more freedom with design and to be able to have better career opportunities. So, after much deliberation, I visited the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and chose to attend. Something about being in an architectural studio makes me feel right, this is what I am supposed to do in life.
I have accepted and registered for my summer class. Being that I do not have a BFA in architecture, I have to attend extra school with everyone else who is lacking the background. So now I start my 3 1/2 year program. The blog is switching it up and now turning into a sort of documentation of my schooling, experiences and work. By doing this, I hope not only to allow myself to become stronger at explaining myself and work but to also inform anyone in the same boat that I was in.
I will not be blogging about my schooling until it starts in July but I aim to write not the typical student blog or architecture blog for that matter. While I plan on writing about my current projects, internships and coursework, I also plan to write about my life as a grad student, Milwaukee resident and anything else that I so choose.
