Mariana from Zaha Hadid Architects reviews Portfolios

How did you like the video guys. Lemme know your thoughts.

Great video

wait she is an architect ??? i thought she was a model

Men just liked it. Great presentation .we would like to have more..don't stop.

Once again, it was a lot of fun recording this with you Rishabh. Some parts were SAVAGE haha sorry for that. Goncalo Santos, Sahar Ben H'mouda and Siu Man Hei, absolutely SMASHING portfolios, please take these comments as practical and quick advices for small improvements. Overall, these portfolios and projects showed high quality architecture and we are all here for that ♡ thank you for taking part of this

Hey Rishabh, that was a great presentation. It was absolutely amazing to see you having a session with Mariana again. But i have a question, can someone become an architect without an architectural degree?? I mean if a person is really passionate about this field but right now he/she is doing their college degree in some other field which is completely unrelated to architecture, is there a way to get into this field??

What's actually wrong in PowerPoint representation🤣,
If mastered well PowerPoint can also do you a job.
And yes totally agree with "over rendering distracts and it's difficult to read drawings"
And the third portfolio was a great art piece or pretentious Zaha portfolio.

Hello thank you so much it was a great episode and motivating to develop my portfolio further to a new version! I have a question in case you have worked on project with a team and you have like 5-6 projects with the same team , is it considered in portfolio or its better to put you solo project works ?

Can you please also do a segment for Interior Architecture Portfolios? I LOVE very time you bring in Mariana!

In the USA you can not legally call yourself an Architect until you have completed all your AXP hours and Licensing Exams.

i know in some contries having a picture is required, in the U.S. it isnt because it can be used as a cause for discrimination. idk if that true but there isnt really any good argument for it either.
Also pictures and graphics mess up AWS and makes your resume read wrong so it became best practice to aviod pictures. i think that idea carried over to protfolios

I love your videos!! So informative !! And Mariana is my favorite guest in your series honestly when she explained how to structure a portfolio it really helped me a lot .. and low key made it seem seamless hahah.. Why don’t you do a version for student portfolio I think that would be helpful!! The way they are now I just don’t feel like I’m even close to where these designers are at in their career these portfolios are more developed and prettier than a student one would be.. but overall great video!!

we love her

Another wonderful session of crits w/ Rishab and Mariana! Always look forward to her coming onto the show. She always brings this positive energy and eclectic mix of professionalism and casual humor. You can tell easily architecture truly is her passion :D

Her experiences from zha's perspective are similarly welcomed (and sometimes surprising - you would think the 3rd folio would be seen as more suitable to her taste but that's not the case at all). The contrast she brought up between the office's 60s works and 20th century futuristic ones is just 🤯

Also blew my mind how an industry standard platform like ISSUU isn't welcomed by offices. This is gonna make life much harder for students given the portfolio size limitations for emails and improving graphic standards taking up much more space than before. Very insightful discussion 👏

M. C. , may luck be with you. brave. El Lissitsky and Zaha are
my favorite architects!

The Brazilian one is not good. It looks like a book. And also format is not good. Better landscape

Though I m not architecth. Mariana should make regular review for this program. Love to watch you both discussing the portfolio.

First time Watching one of these portfolio review episodes. I gotta say I really like this style or video!

very nice review.
but damn, how guys/ladies at office concentrate, when she is around..

she's gorgeous

Yaas i sat through the whole 2 hours..lots of good take..

I've heard people argue both ways on the links vs pdf question. I can see how a pdf is easier keep track of and share internally, but at the same time not everyone likes receiving large pdf's via email. A good website can elevate your portoflio with animated GIFs or videos, and lets a user find the information they want much quicker. This also allows you to include more work / projects to your portfolio without it becoming too much.

Imo you should have both and you could probably apply with both, as long as you communicate clearly what you are sending them and why.

is it possible for you to upload these pdfs so as an architecture student i would get to see them in details and learn from them? specially the two that you guys really liked? i need a closer look, let me know , thanks

She can step on me any time she wants

I'm in love with this series! I was thinking about what you guys said, that companies often look for specifies software programs. I know 2 kinds of BIM software programs actually (I'm a student still, from Brazil :D) and in a lot of companies I see them saying what software programs they use and, sometimes I feel its kind of useless putting projects that I used other software. Would will be good to separate portfolios? One with one software and another with the other one?

I noticed that many of the title cases were wrong, for example, rather than "Experimental model" it should be "Experimental Model". I noticed that many of the portfolios inappropriately use under case... but for titles, every word in the title should have an uppercase, unless it's a minor word such as "and" or "with". Other than that, I love your reviews! Thank you for this amazing resource.

I am updating my portfolio, and I know where to come for that.
Don`t stop guys!

Sad you have no idea how to really build it in reality. you seems to have forgotten that matter do weights. weight bring tension, that needs to be corrected by stuff - structure. more design/graphism than architecture to me. why architecture keep going on that direction instead on going low tech / low ressource needs.

Even though I don't make a portfolio related to urban planning, this is still very useful to watch. Good tips and inspiration, thanks!

Very informative. Just a little request for the next episode. Please make a review video for the master's application portfolio with some professors (Indian as well as abroad). It would really help students.

wow nice

I disagree with Mariana about the links, because I do not see what is the difficult part of opening a link. I see someone who was trained in a way and they told her links are bad and in this office we just accept pdf, ok that is the requirement of the office. But a link is so much easier to load than a pdf, sometimes pdf are heavy and take time to download. Her arguments about why she did not like were not strong.

subscribbed your channel bc we have a same feeling on Lumion

Hi, may I come and do a critique with you. I'm an architect in NYC and have some things to say :)

Thank you for doing these videos!

Would love to know where to find the video showing the portfolio that was so beloved that got the interview at Zaha

Is it me again? My choices ?

Am a bit confused... you are not supposed, normally, to use any office work in your portfolio. How would you show your skills ?

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Hi, I'm a drafting professional but want to find a job in parametric design. Can I send you a scripting/modelling portfolio of personal works (non-commissioned) done with grasshopper/rhino?

it was such an interesting class