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I AM AN ARCHITECT A Rethinking The Future Initiative

Check out the video to see how this idea was born and why is it high time that all of us must be a part of this campaign!

| How to join the movement? |

1. Write “I am an Architect and I … ” on A3-size placard.

2. Hold the placard in your hand and click a picture in portrait mode which includes your face.

3. Tag 5 of your friends to spread the word about this much needed movement and be a part of it and increase your chances of getting featured on our page.

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“ARCHITECTS MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.” This is not true. (But people assume it is.)

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ARCHITECTS ARE USED TO LATE NIGHTS. In theory, it shouldn’t be a problem to stay up all night for sexytime. But in reality, they probably pulled an all-nighter last night and are ready to crash at 8 tonight.

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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FAT ARCHITECT. For some reason. I have no idea.

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THINGS YOU NEVER EVEN KNEW EXISTED ARE NOW THE MOST IMPORTANT. THING. EVER. “That is the ugliest f*cking radiator ever”, “How did they not align the light switch with the outlet?” “What’s your favorite kind of hinge?” “What’s your favorite CAD command?”

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THEY’RE PROBABLY ANAL. They probably have one of three “systems” for organizing their bookshelves: by color, by size (largest to smallest), by publisher. None of these make any sense and ironically provide the very opposite of “order”, but it doesn’t matter, because it looks better. In fact, they will have a “system” for everything, including organizing the fridge and how to put their clothes away. You might think it’s cute at first, an endearing quirk – until you realize how much of their precious little free time is consumed by obsessing over things that a) no one cares about and b) does not enhance their lives in any way.

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AFTER A WHILE, YOU WILL ONLY HANG OUT WITH ARCHITECTS. This happens. Hope you don’t just love your architect, but that you love ALL architects.

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ARCHITECTS HANDLE RELATIONSHIP/LIFE STRESS WELL. Because anything is less stressful than a deadline.

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YOU WON’T GET STUDIO. Prepare yourself for constant references to this mysterious place called “studio” that they spent every waking moment of their college lives in, and never being let on on the inside jokes, with explanations like “you had to be there” or “it was a lot funnier at four in the morning.”

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THEY WILL BE COFFEE SNOBS. If it’s not organically grown, economically sustainable and socially consciously harvested, and brewed in a vintage French Press OR a Chemex, chances are, they might politely decline your coffee. Until, four minutes later, they realize they’re caffeine deprived and, ethics be damned, this presentation needs to get to Dubai by 1AM…

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