Straight from a portfolio 5th year (uk).

A Defensive Architecture_ Nicholas Szczepaniak

Portfolio Help!

Portfolio Help!

Generally I find it is best to make portfolio pages is clear and simply and clutter free.

-Don't reduce images if detail will be lost, actual size is usually the most appropriate.

-Often 1 or 2 good/large images is far better than 10 OK small ones. don't cram (fill up) pages full of work, Although some work will be needed to be visible together .

-Importantly don't fill portfolio up with repetition tends to bore the reader.

- No need to add a defined template to each page eg. A bar/logo at bottom/top/side, just for the sake of it. This really does achieve nothing other than branding. Although there is a balance betwwen approaching each page as a isolated piece, and a tidy uniform portfolio. If you do, make it simple,not to dominate the page.

- Think about each sheet as a composition itself, including a title/caption if needed - keeping the text small and discreet in size and font. Unless part of the drawing itself.

- Is fine to start each project with a chapter/intro page, describing the project (as much for yourself as the reader )

-Include process, even if sketch, make the portfolio clear to follow but not contrived!

-Importantly let the work and drawings speak for themselves, do not over work pages, this is a waste of time. Clean and clear; IT IS THE QUALITY OF YOUR DRAWINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT.


A few 4th/5th year portfolios from students i know you might want to have a look at

http://www.presidentsmedals.com/Project_Details.aspx?id=2428

http://www.alexotiv.com/ - examples of individual pages

http://www.lule.co.uk/ - download for portfolio

http://www.esnips.com/web/DS16UrbanAnimal - U have too download each part

http://shownd.com/markrist/

Mark's VERY English Student Book List

Any book by 'Neil Spiller' on drawings is normally great for students, and all of the following are avialiable on amazon.co.uk (U.S. may be cheaper for you guys to order from!?)

- Bartlett Designs: Speculating with Architecture by Iain Borden

- Unit 20: Bartlett School of Architecture by Marcos Cruz (Tutors who are sort of standing out in London at the moment)

- Drawing: The Motive Force of Architecture

- AA Book 2009: Projects Review

- Lost Architectures (Paperback) by Neil Spiller

- Visionary Architecture: Blueprints of the Modern Imagination by Neil Spiller

- Future City: Experiment and Utopia in Architecture

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