Implementing my own thought

Implementing my own thought | Part 11

When I got back into my design studio, there was a strong decision I took. I ditched all the designs I had developed till then and started working on something I had never tried. It was a very good experience processing the design in my laptop, working on different Sketchup models. Though I was forced to do hand drawn experiments to develop a form, I found the digital way of expression and experimenting much better. I was happy with the new way of learning.

I didn’t show most of my design stages as I felt that my guides would pull me back into confusion and to voids. But I knew I was taking risk. I had a trust on myself that I would not fail this time. I somehow managed to find a very suitable form and design for my structures. All the buildings had exposed bricks. And almost every design had organic shape. I started to hate square and rectangular plans and shapes suddenly.

It was in December when our jury was announced. We were told we would be having an external juror. I completed all my sheets and for the first time in my life, I slept peacefully on the yesterday of submission date. On the day of jury, I pinned up all the required sheets, even though they weren’t marked on the guide’s register. My guides stood there reading my sheets for the first time. And while in jury I was surprised to know that he liked my stuffs. Though there were some corrections I needed to make, I had done my best.

I recall the scene from the film ‘In pursuit of happiness’ when Will Smith walks along with other people on the foothpath crying with happiness because he was selected for his job as a stock broker. The same was the feeling I felt. Because this was the first time I felt so contented after I had done my work perfectly. I was so confident because till the last sem, I did some rubbish and submitted them.

My confidence shot up so high that I failed my next semester design jury.

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