Dear ,
Buildings are a necessity in life, and I would like to be the nextinnovative mind that will produce works as extraordinary as that of Renzo Piano,Sir Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid. Neo-Futurism is a movement that interests mebecause of the mix between art and technology which can be shown in works suchas Wembley Stadium or The Shard. I think this course will let me showcase mycreative, team work and IT skills that are fundamental in this field.
Art is a regular hobby of mine, and studying it in school not only made meexperiment with different media and techniques, but at A2, it allowed me tothink like an artist and understand, for example, the symbolism of aPre-Raphaelite painting such as Ophelia. Not having studied Art at GCSE meantthat I had to learn new techniques such as mono-printing or dry point within ashort amount of time and this progress is shown in my AS sketchbooks.
Mathematics is a subject I have enjoyed throughout my school years, howeverI believe my AS grade does not reflect my full potential. Classical Civilisationwas a subject that I thoroughly enjoyed at GCSE. The modules within the courseled me to research about the history of architecture during the Greek and Romanperiods. I learned about the detail in which buildings were designed, from thefrieze on temples to common buildings such as homes and various key elementswhich reflected a part of their culture.
English Literature allowed me to broaden my knowledge of Literature bystudying novels and poems. This subject has also taught me how to understandsomeone else’s opinion and counteract with a valid argument throughessay-writing and class debates. I feel that this quality will be helpful whendiscussing social and environmental aspects of designing buildings.
Computing enables me to understand the way in which a system works, and theopportunity to create my own system as part of my A2 unit led me to understandseveral aspects of computers such as programming, creating databases and workingwith clients. I have been interested in CAD since I was introduced to it brieflyduring Textiles Technology at GCSE and since then, I have practiced personalprojects with programs such as Photoshop and AutoCAD.
I enjoy helping with teaching lower school students as I usually help outin art lessons on a weekly basis and have also taken part in a peer mentoringscheme in which I was able to guide Year 11 students for their GCSE exams. Thisis something from which I gained an insight about taking on responsibility andhaving leadership skills. This year I am also part of the Student Council, andas a sixth form student, it is my responsibility to ensure that input from allkey stages are being taken into account during organisation of events or simplyfor new changes.
Volunteering weekly at Cancer Research helps me gain customer service andwork as part of a team for an important cause. I also read novels, and oftenwrite works of fiction, including topics such as mystery, crime and coming ofage.
I regularly play badminton and I would like to carry this hobby with me touniversity. Recently I have enrolled on an online course for creative writing inorder to broaden my writing skills. A personal visit to Bath earlier this yearalso heightened this interest in past architectural designs from the Greek andRoman periods and the elements which we still may use today such as arches oraqueducts. I would like to study Architecture at university because I believethat a combination of my skills and creativity will let me integrate well withinthis course. I am keen to learn about how current technology is used to developextraordinary and unique buildings, taking culture, nature or even the past asinspiration.
I am keen to learn about how current technology is used to developextraordinary and unique buildings, taking culture, nature or even the past asinspiration.”
Yours sincerely,