
Why is architecture seen as a great overall design degree when there is only one major called ‘design’ and they pigeon hole your education from such a young age, early on in the programme? By making us solely learn one major and have the overlapping of so few classes how can we be expected to make informed decisions on our future? As class sizes increase every year, are we distanced from being individuals instead favouring capitalist acclaim? How can we expect to prepare for our futures if we are not meant to focus on our heritage and past? Why is the architecture profession so centered on anti-homelessness through desgin instead of desgining more housing for said people? Why is it not discussed that architecture is a profession geared to support oppression? How is it determined what is worth learning? What role does architecture play in sustainability? Are we actually the problem instead of the solution? Why are we forced to become registered architects? Why is mental health glossed over to make deadlines? Why is it celebrated to survive on energy drinks and no sleep? How can they grade us on things that we were never taught? Why do they want 30% of students to fail or drop out every year? Shouldn’t every student be set up to succeed? Why does this competitive cut-throat attitude need to be fostered? Why does school stop caring and supporting us after undergrad? How does architecture follow its own set of rules; acting as judge and jury simultaneously? Why are we constantly creating projects based on what the professors like, their personal style, instead of designing things that we actually want to design? Why are some things “not done that way” and thats why we cant try them? Why are some students singled out early on to act as the “stars/poster child” of the programme? Why is architecture so elitest?