Architecture stories

Bobby • 2015 • 2 Answers

Hello all, Here I am at my computer on a gloomy Friday afternoon and I was thinking of all kinds of ridiculous events that happened in studio during my last school year... It got me wondering if any of you have funny stories, horror stories (the xacto knife is the most dangerous tool after all), or embarrassing episodes from school or firms (current and/or past) to share! It can be anything... from how you fell asleep during final crit because of your last all-nighter or how a mouse got into your model because your school is falling apart (true story). I think it would be a nice end-of-week laugh, what do you think?? Whoever comes up with the funniest or most cringe-worthy story will receive this virtual golden scale:

Answers (2)

gregco • 2015

one on the x-acto knife, in this case a large box cutter. My school was a short block away from a hospital, and one morning, close to the end of first year studio, we walk in to the main hallway to find a trail of big blood drops going out and in the direction of the hospital. One of my classmates had been working on his model and using the box cutter on a table with the blade towards him, and sure enough, one of his passes went too far and landed on his thigh, opening a 6" gash. He walked to the hospital e.r. and had it stitched, bu the blood trail stayed for a couple of months for everyone to see.