I am a Lecturer of Architecture at Curtin University in Whadjuk Noongar Boodja, Perth, Western Australia. These videos are some of the lectures and video tutorials that I make for my students as part of the curriculum I have designed for them. If you would like to see some of the outputs of my students using the skills shared here, check them out on my website: www.chrismewburn.com/teaching
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I think good Architecture really needs the Architect to feel the feeling the client seeks. If I'd design for many different clients this could be challenging as I'd need to understand more of the human experience. I know this sounds maybe a bit pretentious at first, but I strongly believe empathy comes from having experienced something myself. So how can I know what a group of meditating business people truly need if I cannot feel how they feel in their business during the day and how they want to feel in the evening when they meditate or what meditation actually means to ME? Just one example out of infinite possibilities..... Maybe a four person family wanting a suburban house. How are they ticking? Do they like to stand out and like the obvious extraordinary? Or are they more modest on the outside but are keen for little unusual details? Do they just want a functional house or do they resent too much order and want something more quirky where you can get lost in while still being able to do everyday chores and care for the kids? What do kids need actually? My point is, I'd really get to know the people up front intimately as much as possible. Otherwise they will never truly feel at home. It will be A home but not THEIR home. Architecture has so much to do with the psyche. It can allow the psyche to unfold because we feel respected to our depths and trust the building. Or it can press and squeeze us so we become one-dimensional. It can put pressure on us through too much perfection or allow us to be ourselves through simplicity and maybe a slight crack in the wall, unpolished wood or natural untreated stone..... I love it!
Totally agree. New research is pushing into neurophenomenology. The overlap between neuroscience and psychology, and the felt-experience of architecture. The other side to what you’re discussing is Spatial Intelligence and the idea of Spatial History - that we experience architecture before we can even say the word, and that every experience we’ve ever had acts as a lens through which we view architecture as good or bad. Highly recommend reading Leon Van Schaik’s Spatial Intelligence. Great fields.
@@ChrisMewburn Interesting! Isn't that strange? There's infinite space ...... you restrict that space, put a wall there and a window there and it creates a feeling, a flow of energy felt in our bodies. Strange and mysterious. In Jazz there is the term of "Freedom in the form (the musical piece)". Without any form (attempted in Free Jazz sometimes) there can't be felt any freedom. Freedom needs a form so we can feel the liberation. It cannot exist without restrictions. Strange.... It's like the transition space in the Collusseum where you enter from the outside, go through the narrow dark into the broad spectacle and fresh air. I can imagine how different those rooms sound going though them. And the way back: from the spectacle through the narrow dark (almost sobering) into the day to day live. It's like the bath-Architecture you presented. A similar experience of some sorts but more intimate!
Thank you so much for this!! I've been looking for basic architecture lessons and this one is much more easier to understand than others, I'm 13 and don't know where to find books about this so this is very helpful!! I've shared it with a friend since his dream is to be an architect too :D
That’s great, I’m glad I could help. A favourite book on Architecture basics is called “101 Things I Learned in Architecture School” Then, after that, another great entry book for architecture is called “Thinking Architecture” by Peter Zumthor. Enjoy, and let me know how you go.
I would like to pay you to mentor me or give me a personal course on Architectural background?
I’d love to if I had the time. I am a full-time lecturer at Curtin University, and my workload is already stretched beyond capacity. I do also teach online in the Architecture course with Open Universities Australia, so if you were part of their course I’d be able to meet with you briefly to chat. Otherwise, I try to post all my content here and on my website for free, so you can have it all.
I would love to study with you. Your calm, positive, encouraging, asking, compact way of teaching really resonates me. You don't want to impose your view on your students but just want to convey the fundamentals of Architecture as compact as possible. In my experience, every great person in any field can express its concepts so easy that a child could pick it up. On the other hand, people who don't really understand a field tend to overcomplicate stuff.
That is very high praise indeed. Thank you for the compliment!
@@ChrisMewburn you're welcome! :) Also checked your website and some of your essays / the intro to your master thesis. Seems, that you are fascinated by similar things as me in Architecture. I already studied music (and later computer science) as a teenager/young adolescent. The one thing I was unprepared for was how much the creative, child-like wonder can be stifled through the harsh shame and pressure by the teachers. For me it is a reeeeeaallly delicate balance to give students juuuuuuust enough solid basics so they can navigate this craft with ease and get more sufficient but at the same time respect what makes them unique and what they can bring to the world. I met a few teachers where I felt I could be myself while they were guiding me. And I met a lot of arrogant pricks. In you, I feel this calm fluidity and relaxed autonomy but also a true dedication to the Art/Craft. Is architecture Art? Is it a Craft? For me it is the sweet spot between both: a useful, practical survival-aspect, which respects that we are biological beings, and a transcendental aspect, which respects that we are spiritual beings and need more than 3 dimensions and matter. There's more than meets the eye. There's more than could be expressed by words. But at the end of the day I also just want to crash in my comfy home where I feel secure, sheltered and "held". :=)
@@Yetipfote wow, what a great message to receive. I’m humbled by your praise, and I agree with your reasoning. Nice one.
@@ChrisMewburn oh now I want to study with you even more.
Hi! I’m 13 and I’ve been inspired to be an architect by the people that surrounded me in a young age. I have no Idea where to start, and I’ve been practicing my drawing skills. This has been really helpful for teens who needs Ideas what architecture looks like, thank you! Keep up the good work.
Thank you for sharing, that’s great to hear. Thank you for your kind words too.
im in middle school and im considering going into architechture after high school, this is all really helpful. thank you!
Glad I could help! I recommend talking to current college students studying architecture. They will be much closer to the action than I am. (I finished my Masters degree over 10 years ago, and I’m sure my opinions will be different to someone who is currently studying.) All the best!
GOAT ❤
Perhaps an overstatement, but I’ll take it, thank you!
I wanted to become an architect all my youth (slept with a copy of Neufert's Architect's Data under my pillow. And then ended up doing medicine. Now, at the age of nearly 50, I start watching architecture lectures online. I really enjoyed this one.
Never too late, Doc. I have students in their 60s, 70s and 80s with similar stories. You could do a one year Diploma or a three year undergrad course to learn all the fun stuff without worrying about all the professional certification that comes later. Some of our students are happy just doing the three year course and designing small projects for themselves, family and friends. No need for the professional architect registration for that kind of work. Enjoy.
@@ChrisMewburn Definitely something I am considering in a few years time.
Amazing Work , and so easy and clear explanation Could you give us the dwg file to work on the model and do step by step with you?
Glad you like it. Unfortunately I can’t share it as the house is designed by Studio Bright Architects and, therefore, not my intellectual property. You can download the drawings (images, not DWGs) from Studio Bright’s website.
@@ChrisMewburn ok thanks and waiting for more great content
Thank you for your lovely videos, your passion is inspiring
So nice of you. Thank you.
Thanks !!
You're welcome!
I'm from Iraq and i want to thank you for this content We aren't getting like this explaining in our universitys
You are welcome!
Best lecturer ever I had
Very kind of you!
lol the answers to the first stage
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hi! im a 14 yr old and the lecture was so good that even i could understand it
Nice! Glad you liked it.
Thank you so much Sir❤
Most welcome
Thank you very much for the lecture! I gained valuable insights from it.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Chris, 44 year old surveyor considering studying Architecture at Curtin via open university’s. Just wondering if you have any comments regarding online student graduation statistics and age diversity. Thank you for time and any feedback you might be able to provide. Cheers Abraxas
I teach in the online course too. Generally, but not always, our online students are mature age and have more industry-related experience than on campus. To my knowledge graduation stats are similar to on campus, but best to email the admin team to find out.
Thanks Chris, I am really loving your videos and I appreciate the prompt reply. I will contact admin for more details. Cheers Abraxas.
@@braxamus No worries, all the best!
Awesome video, great personality!
Thanks so much!
16 from South Africa I find this very benefiting considering that at my school no talks about architecture buildings thank you ❤
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
Thanks for sharing, it's much better and more interesting than the architecture courses in chinese colleges.
Glad you enjoyed it!
amazing, the channel I was looking for all this time 🫡
Glad you enjoy it!
Thanks for sharing Mr. Mewburn.
My pleasure!
I have recently found your channel! and your videos are so helpful! I also love how you've covered literally the quint essentials when it comes to rendering a "feel" of a space in photoshop!
I'm so glad!
Filippo BrunellesChi, typo and wrong pronunciation
Ha. Fair enough.
I teach the architectural design program at a local high school here in Pearl City, Hawaii. Your videos have been extremely helpful in breaking things down! Random question, do you think it's better to focus/develop students with Revit or Sketchup at the high school level?
Glad you like them. The way I structured our course is Sketchup first to give students the opportunity to learn the fundamentals and play with 3D forms, Rhino second to explore boundless creativity, and Revit third to tie in with their gained knowledge of construction techniques, materials and legislation. To answer your question, Sketchup would give students more freedom to explore, and could lead to many different pathways, whereas Revit is really a tool for documenting how something must be built. Of course you can be creative in Revit too, but I argue that at a high school level, it will be easier to be creative in Sketchup. Ultimately, it’s up to the students, you, and the intention of the curriculum.
Thank you ❤❤
You're welcome 😊
Could you apply the pdf of the lecture? Where I can focus on the details and see it better
Can’t do that, sorry. That starts to get into some grey areas with copyright.
This lecture is so great it’s a live saver for me as a first year student. Thank you so much 😭💓💓
I'm so glad!
thank you so much for everything please keep posting im in a foreign country and i don't understand the language much but i really appreciat the efforts you have put in your lecture
Thank you, I will
Amazing lecture, Great Content.
Glad you liked it!
My childhood dream architecture ❤️🤧
Go for it!
Childhood dream ❤
Never too late. I have students in their 70s
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
This is an incredible explanation, thanku for ur sincere efforts in bringing it together.
Glad you liked it!
What type of measurement did you guys use because I use inch and I can't understand about mil 😅?
“Mill” is millimeters. 100mill is about 4 inches :)
@@ChrisMewburn thank you!
usefull
Glad you think so. Thanks!
There is any full video of these classes ? I really like architecture and Structures but Unfortunately don't have the opportunity to go uni These series really helps ,thanks a lot from thailand
Glad you enjoyed the video. That’s the whole class.
Could you please consider doing videos on Interior design, the important works for case studies.
Happy to, the only problem is that I teach Architecture, and Curtin University also offers an “Interior Architecture Course”, which means other lecturers cover that topic.
Could you please do a video on technical help for interior designers
Happy to, the only problem is that I teach Architecture, and Curtin University also offers an “Interior Architecture Course”, which means other lecturers cover that topic.
Great video for Junior Architects as well ❤
Glad you think so!
thank you so much for this interesting video am 20 years old and i remember many years ago my passion is ARCHITECTURE stil now 😊
You are very welcome!
Thank you for sharing this. I literally did everything wrong, but this brought some clarity.
Glad it helped! Good on you for critiquing yourself and making improvements.
Another australian legend!!
Ha! Thank you.
Thank you Chris so much!
My pleasure!
wow😢 great content❤. i wish i'm a student there which university?
Curtin University. This lecture was Perth/Boorloo, Australia, but Curtin has other international locations too.
Very nice lesson and very clear sound
Glad you liked it!
22:27 if you darken the video, you can see a grid on the floor of the area. Other than that observation, great lecture and explanations!
Thanks!
what is the diffirence between internal and external doors?
Generally speaking - width, you usually have a wider external door to allow furniture and appliances to get in; and the thickness/solidness of the door leaf. Many practices will draw internal doors without a leaf (rectangle) for the door and just us a single line, reserving the full leaf (rectangle) for external doors only to represent the difference.
A medical student with a childhood dream of architecture passed here❤
Never too late. Depending on your university, they might let you add one or two architecture units to your degree as electives.