Conciseness And Relevance

2024 Author: David Durham | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 02:26

Every year in June at the Moscow Architectural Institute there is a distribution in specialized groups for the 3rd year. This event can be compared in excitement with entering a university, because 50% of the success of a future architecture student depends on the choice of a teacher. However, teachers are also worried. On the one hand, this is their chance to select and find like-minded people, because the student is immediately visible by his portfolio and behavior during the interview. On the other hand, recruitment to the group is so limited that you have to make a choice with a pain in your heart. The interview lasts 5 minutes, and the only thing that can best be said for the student is his work completed during two years of study.

Maria Troyan - Lecturer, Department of Architecture of Residential Buildings, Moscow Architectural Institute:

“The last time I recruited students for a group was five years ago. This year's recruitment has impressed us from the very first student who entered the classroom for an interview. Well-trained guys came, they know all the programs, including rhino and InDesign. Their portfolios were designed as booklets printed on good paper. The styling and presentation from portfolio to portfolio were not repeated. But they were all united by a common concept and approach. Students completely redesigned the presentation of course projects, linking them with a common style. The language of visual expression was striking in its brevity, style and relevance. Outwardly, it seemed that each booklet suits its owner. There are no unnecessary details in them, they are complemented by analytics and beautiful infographics. We can say that all the portfolios we have seen speak of the readiness of a new generation of research students. This is both a modern demand, but also a new consciousness of the students of Moscow Architectural Institute. It was impossible to choose from candidates. I wanted to take everyone."

Elizaveta Aksenova

“My portfolio is minimalist and laconic, as I didn't want to overload it. At the same time, the goal was set to interest the “reader” with every word and illustration, because all the most important and interesting information about my projects is collected here. In the portfolio, I considered each project from different angles: environmental aspects, human perception of architecture, research focus, global problems of humanity, and so on. Despite the fact that each project is unique and not like any other, when creating a portfolio, I adhered to one style to make it look whole.

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The portfolio allows me to understand the course of my thoughts and the order of actions when creating projects: from setting a task and performing clauses to prototyping and modeling. As a result, it is maximally n about It reflects me as an aspiring architect."

Daria Svintsova

“The concept of my portfolio was various studies related to the creation of architectural objects in a particular situation. The main goal was to analyze the problems or historical features of architecture and culture in different parts of the world. I wanted to study the characteristics of the population in various interesting areas in order to come up with not only the best option for the selected types, but also add unusual details (garden in the house, bridge over the lake).

The main thing that I wanted to show in my portfolio is the maximum interest in my business, even at such an initial level. Through vivid, colorful pictures, I wanted to convey my expression, to show not only my mastery of computer graphics, but also a special presentation style.

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Of course, the initial goal of this entire large-scale project, which stretched out for six months, was to enter the chosen teacher. But after a while, I began to catch myself thinking that I didn't want it all to end. And in the end, everything was done only for myself. I did not have a goal to show my versatility, which is why I did not insert various works of drawing or painting. I wanted to show myself in design, to show my style, taste, method of work, and how I achieve the result. After all, this, as it seems to me, should be assessed by the teacher, deciding whether he can work with the student or not."

Anastasia Batskikh

“A certain aesthetic form of a portfolio requires an independent creative approach from everyone. However, there is a given platform, as well as conditional boundaries - after all, this is an architectural portfolio, not a zine with beautiful illustrations.

To be honest, I did not set myself the goal of identifying a new format. It was important for me to reflect the essence of the projects from start to finish, starting with the location and master plan and ending with the internal structure of the building itself. So it turned out to be a book, quite simple, but nevertheless with a certain structure of the dialogue. Each project is a short story, each spread is a sequential transition to the final."