The Midreview

I was invited by a friend to a mid-review critique in his studio today. I was anxious a bit but felt excited more. This is my first academic review after all, the first time I sit on the other side a pin up board. The experience and result were more exhiliarting than expected. It was not as difficult as I thought it would be when I was a student and for a short moment came the thinking about pay back time; a revenge, sort of, of all the intellectual dignity abuses we endured as a typical architecture student. Fortunely that dark delusional thought from me evaporated as soon it started. We finished the review for 8 students in 4 hours and a lunch in between. Engaging an interesting student project was so so so rewarding, a truly new experience in my life. This is what I am really excited about in my life, the first time in the last nine months after Columbus that I felt so quenched, so fit in: the campus life, the academic atmosphere. Like I told CW in my sharing with her, I don't feel smart, but I feel I can truly contribute something to the education of (some) architects here. Thanks for the chance Henri!... And happy birthday.