Expert: Nazim Nice - 7/9/2009

Question
i am an artist in gr 9 and have painted some oil paintings and some charcoal paintings so would that be important for an architect and an interior designing proffesion and what courses should i choose for accomplishing my goal of becoming an architect and an interior designer?
                         thank you

Answer
Hi Hinali,

In grades 9-12 I would focus on art, learning about composition technique, drawing, rendering, etc.  You'll get the necessary skills for being an architect in college so I wouldn't worry too much about those.  You should be reasonably good with math and physics (most 1st year college students need to take math and physics courses in college).  If you have classes on using software like Autocad, Revit, Rhino, Sketchup, and Photoshop that would be helpful too so that you can produce digital drawings.  No one does much of the hand drafting anymore so I'd probably skip those classes and do art instead.  If you can express ideas through art or drawing that would be a wonderful skill to have going into college.

Hope this helps.  Good luck.

Nazim Nice
Principal / Architect
http://www.motion-space.com
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