Alex Mapplethorpe
Bio
I like writing poetry and performing music, sketching while walking in the street, and photographing with the inclination of black and white and polaroid pastel colours. And yet. Keeping it very personal. Hope you enjoy my stories.
Stories (2/0)
Architecture School: What You Should Know... In Advance
Starting at architecture school is quite an otherworldly experience. You happen to study interesting projects, develop a wide range of skills, and grow as a creative professional. Nevertheless, it can be pretty hard if you are a novice to this because it is a very specific yet ambiguous field and most of the pre-university education does not really cover its fundamentals. Things can get even more complicated if you are an international student studying abroad. I have moved to my second year of architecture school in the UK and would like to share my experience for those who are interested and possibly uninformed about the course. I will mainly cover the article with studio culture, design process, and tools, and skills needed for an architecture student. So, here we go...
By Alex Mapplethorpe6 years ago in Education
Lamp Post
Sometimes, you have got to dream. Sometimes there is no choice. You get submerged into this fictional world where everything seems otherwordly and things are just how you have imagined first... But you don't always get what you see. Yet it doesn't mean that you shouldn't dream, feel a drop of joy while imagining things that never have happened. Or maybe there is a beauty in being dark and gloomy.
By Alex Mapplethorpe6 years ago in Poets
