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Welcome to the final episode of Designing Thoughts!
In this episode, we talk about our lives after university, the struggles we faced with job hunting alongside the lessons we learned with interviews. We then talked about our first job, getting used to working life, and being an adult in general. Interesting topics such as job vs school and adult vs student are also discussed, which you hopefully find interesting!
Thank you for listening to the final episode of Designing Thoughts, and being along with us throughout the journey!
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Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/
Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/
Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolioYen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.
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In this episode, we reflect upon our third year and our time at the Bartlett School of Architecture as a whole. We talk about all our different projects, relationships with students & tutors, workload, time management and summer show experiences. We compared our experiences to our first & second year, stressors, the controversy with the Howlett Brown Report and moving forward with career opportunities.
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Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/
Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/
Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolioYen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.
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We are finally back from our hiatus since Christmas break!
In this episode, we talk about what we've been up to since Christmas break, introducing our architecture building project and how it goes with our tech module. We also talk about what type of relationship people have with their architecture unit tutors, leading up to unit dynamics and some storytimes in the Bartlett.
Timestamps:
0:00 - 19:58 Catch Up: Building Project & Tech
19:58 - 45:28 Relationships with Tutors & Unit DynamicsLeave us a review if you enjoy listening to the podcast!
Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/
Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/ Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolioYen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.
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In this episode, we are joined by a special guest Ifi, who is Glory's unit tutor! We talk about how she got into architecture, the balance between analogue and digital work, running a unit with your partner, and being a young woman in the field of architecture. Join us for a chill and relaxed informal chat about all things architecture-related!
Thank you again Ifi for joining for this episode!
Leave us a review if you enjoy listening to the podcast!
Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/
Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/ Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolioYen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/ -
In this episode, we do our weekly check-in with our submission and presentations, how we have been feeling leading up to the days of submission and working hard, and entering the end of Term One and Christmas holidays.
We then move onto the topic of time management with scheduling, using a planner/bullet journal and our thoughts with checking off to-do lists. We also talk about the prevalence of toxic productivity in architecture or university in general, and how to combat that, alongside with the well-known problem of procrastination: why we procrastinate (conflict within ourselves), whether it can be beneficial, and how to overcome it.
Timestamps:
0:00 - 7:10 Weekly Catchup
7:10 - 49:26 Time Management, Toxic Productivity, ProcrastinationSources:
James Clear Article: https://jamesclear.com/procrastinationLeave us a review if you enjoy listening to the podcast!
Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/ Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/ Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolio
Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/
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In this episode, we sit down and talk with our architecture history tutor, Guang Yu Ren, where she shares her life experiences in architecture. We talk about her work in getting Asmara to be listed as a World Heritage Site of UNESCO, finding her identity due to cultural differences and getting into teaching.
Thank you Guang Yu for joining for this episode!
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Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/ Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/ Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolio
Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/
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In this episode, we do our weekly update of our week after reading with a history field trip and good tutorials, then we move onto our topic of aesthetics in architecture and also architectural education (in our projects). We talk about what aesthetics are; functionality vs aesthetics and the saying of 'form follows function' in architecture; composing a hero image for our project in architecture school, and developing an eye for aesthetics as a designer and also in real life. We finally wrap it up with how we think aesthetics/visuals influence our design projects and how we balance it with more grounding aspects, and why aesthetics could be important.
Timestamps:
0:00 - 5:40 Weekly Catchup
5:40 - 53:04 Aesthetics in ArchitectureLeave us a review if you enjoy listening to the podcast!
Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/ Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/ Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolio
Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/
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In this episode, we first caught up with each other for our reading week and how we felt over the week: Yen Shan going on holiday and Glory feeling low in energy.
Then we discuss our experiences of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) in secondary school and university, why we get FOMO due to unhappiness and insecurities, how we feel inclined to say yes to everything despite having too much on our plates already (especially in first year!). Then we also discuss our experiences and negatives with social media, particularly Instagram stories and the pressures of posting and the idea of the. 'highlight reel'. We also go through tactics and ways to overcome our FOMO: being grateful, reflection and surrounding yourself with good people.
Timestamps:
0:00 - 6:55 Reading Week Weekly Catchup
6:55 - 51:07 FOMO & Social MediaLeave us a review if you enjoy listening to the podcast!
Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/ Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/ Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolio
Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/
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In this episode, we are joined by a special guest Dan, who is Glory's unit tutor! We talk about how he got into architecture and his story in getting into architecture; tutoring students versus being a student yourself, and the progression of architecture education, just an informal chat about all the things archi related!
Thank you again Dan for joining for this episode!
Tutors are human beings too!
Leave us a review if you enjoy listening to the podcast!
Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/ Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/ Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolio
Yen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/
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In this episode, we talk about everything mental health related: the struggles we went through in first and second year with balancing school and personal life; getting help in terms of counselling services at university and outside and how they helped; our different coping strategies such as good time management, friends & family, and just learning to chill; and finally whether it's necessary to struggle from a creative standpoint. We also go through our bad mental experiences this week of how Glory almost got scammed and cried, and how studio culture and talking to someone may be a way to dissipate negative energy. Hope you can relate to our experiences and enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 Weekly Catch-up: Glory getting scammed, YS figuring out her work-life balance
9:38 Mental Health at Uni/Architecture/BartlettLeave us a review if you enjoy listening to the podcast!
Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1paD9knrRZH38Zczxf-awg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/
Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/
Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolioYen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.
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In this episode, we do a weekly catch up for the first two weeks of our third year, how we feel about getting back into a routine, meeting people again and going back to the studio. We then share our experiences of moving out from home, living abroad in London, the differences between living alone in halls versus living with flatmates. We also discuss potential problems with flatmates, such as syncing schedules, confrontation, awkwardness, cleanliness and how to deal with them. Finally, we talk about what we learned from these different experiences from 2-3 years and how we learned more about ourselves and how we act.
Leave us a review if you enjoy listening to the podcast!
Glory is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/
Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/
Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolioYen Shan is a third year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/ -
In this episode, we have a special guest, Nicole, who is studying biochemistry at UCL. We go through her journey of doing research regarding the gut microbiome in UCL, how it shaped her as a person and her lifestyle. We talk about the differences between our courses and her story of coming from Germany and realising how she loves science and research in the lab. Finally we talk about how we should 'listen to your gut', involving intuition and decision making, our experiences with listening to our body and trusting our gut during the academic year, in both architecture and biochemistry.
References:
"I contain multitudes" by Ed Young, The Diet Compass Bas KastLeave us a review if you enjoy listening to the podcast!
Glory is a second year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/
Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/
Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolioYen Shan is a second year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/ -
In this episode, we discuss our experiences for our second year summer, activities we did and lessons we learnt, including internships, creating this podcast and creating content online (why we started it). Glory shares an interesting internship & sports story and learning about HK culture while Yen Shan talks about how her non-architecture internship experience was valuable. Finally, we talk about our fears, hopes and expectations for our third and final year at the Bartlett.
Leave us a review if you enjoy listening to the podcast!
Glory is a second year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/
Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/
Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolioYen Shan is a second year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/ -
In this episode, we discuss our thoughts after reading "The Fountainhead" (1934) by Ayn Rand. After a quick summary, we discuss individualism vs collectivism;l whether we agree with the author's views in architecture. We relate the plotline to our experiences in the Bartlett and whether architecture is about copying or innovating or improving; and also relate the characters to our own personalities. Finally, we also talk about if you can have too much confidence in the authenticity in your work even if it can be 'bad', and if there is really is a purpose in producing work when no one can appreciate it.
Leave us a review if you enjoy listening to the podcast!
Glory is a second year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/
Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/
Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolioYen Shan is a second year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.
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In this episode, we go through different personality tests (MBTI, Enneagram, Strengths & Weaknesses, The Big 5 Personality) and find out what our personality type for each one is, and whether we find it to be accurate or not based on different scientific research and our own experience. We discuss the issues, problems and limitations for each test, such as confirmation bias, inconsistency in results, and our subconscious tendencies to subscribe to an 'ideal self'. We explore how these tests can actually help in real life, and whether it is useful to categorise ourselves and other people. We then discover a hidden and surprising use for these personality tests with identifying others around us.
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References:
Adam Grant: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130917155206-69244073-say-goodbye-to-mbti-the-fad-that-won-t-die/Glory is a second year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/
Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/
Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolioYen Shan is a second year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.
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In this episode, we talk about everything to do with perfectionism and how we feel the need to excel in every part of life. Yen Shan and Glory go back to their childhood to discover why this mindset is ingrained in them (e.g. Asian culture and ranking systems), the negatives that resulted in this, such as self-blame and destructive thinking. We go through our journey of university and life and talk about parts we felt that we might have missed out on or did not experience in a 'perfect' way. Then we finally move onto alternatives and solutions to mentally escape this crazy rat race called life.
Leave us a review if you enjoy listening to the podcast!References:
Mimetic Traps by Brian Timar /
Glory is a second year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/
Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/
Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolio
Yen Shan is a second year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/ -
In this episode, we have our first guest, Valerie, who is studying Law at the University of Warwick! We talk about introversion and extraversion, which we identify with based on tests, and if these tests are really accurate at all. We discuss stereotypes surrounding each type, and if there are any advantages and disadvantages that come with it. Finally, we question whether your type is based on genetics or upbringing and if your type really matters in society and the work field.
References:
'Quiet' by Susan Cain
Glory is a second year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Hong Kong.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glory.kuk/
Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gk.draws.archi/
Website: https://glorykuk.wixsite.com/portfolio
Yen Shan is a second year architecture student studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, originally from Malaysia.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tingyenshan/ -
In this episode, we discuss our thoughts after reading "The Midnight Library" (2020) by Matt Haig. After a quick summary, we talk about what we think constitutes a good life: celebrating the ordinary, mattering and impacting people around you etc. Also our thoughts on some literature and books glamorising depression and suicidal thoughts, and does accepting your fate means not being ambitious? Finally, we talk about how mindsets impact your life, how to live with regrets, and if we should really have regrets in life.
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In this episode, we talk about everything related to friendships. We go through our thoughts of friendships in university and different stages of life, the indicators of strong friendships, and the negative side of friendships, such as drifting apart and toxic friends. Yen Shan and Glory also discover their style of making friends between being in a friend group or one-to-one, and what factors they think make their friendships valuable: networking, reassurance, having fun, and clarifying thoughts.
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The School of Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGedUxTAfBk -
Initiated by Yen Shan (non-vegan) to ask Glory (vegan) questions, this episode discusses topics related to veganism, ranging from why vegans get hate based on stereotypes, why it is so hard for vegans to change people's minds etc. We also explore topics of why doesn't everyone become vegan despite the benefits, how eating meat is a cultural construct, and why men believe eating meat is a part of masculinity.
References:Gary Rofsky's Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5hGQDLprA8
Netflix Documentary: Game Changers
Sex Robots and Vegan Meat by Jenny Kleeman: https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Robots-Vegan-Meat-Adventures/dp/1643135724#:~:text=In%20Sex%20Robots%20%26%20Vegan%20Meat,it%20means%20to%20be%20human.
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