Architecture at The University of Sheffield

Advice... make sure your portfolio is very good cause they do ask for it. and it's ten pages. Cant give much more advice on admissions cause it will be tough anyways but just sell yourself i guess, standard advice! Admissions to uni nowadays is so competitive so just give yourself the best chance you can.

Its not advice as such but: I'd say I've found the whole admissions process at Sheffield really good.. i applied to other unis last year and their support/feedback and info systems were shoddy in comparison. Get the feeling theyre on the ball in Sheff so yeah, I'd recommend! Yet to start the course yet though...!!

Architecture to begin with is a competitive course to get into, and Sheffield is by no means an exception having rasied its entry requirements recently.
I really liked the Sheffield design ethos as it was more on the 'creative' side. Furthermore, the course is integrated and taught with engineer architects, landscape architects etc and so you really get an idea of what architecture is all about as you get the big picture.

The design projects were enjoyable as there were extremes in all types, and in each year of the course you will be taking at trip! Also, the lectures were really inspiring, as they crossed into urban design as well, as a personal interest of mine, and also into architectural history. And Sheffield does have some elite lecturers!

I can really go on and on about the course at Sheffield, and if I were to be objective I'd jus say that it's the second best right now for it, and that's saying a lot!

Thank you for the replies, they helped out a lot!

My portfolio mainly consists of freehand sketches... should I widen my range a bit more? I have a few oil paintings that I wouldn't mind adding but I figured that maybe sketching would be considered stronger portfolio material.

I might be completely wrong here but I was led to believe that they're looking more at creativity rather than technical ability, past a certain point, and that a broad range of things in your portfolio is better than all work being one style/technique.

I'm not yet a student though, I'm applying this year, so don't put too much weight on my opinion.

Hi
What space did you study for your P2 project in 1st year studio?

errrmmm... I think it was a tailor's workshop

For the room archeology project? Did you not have spaces in university buildings? Mappin, Geography building, Firth Court etc.

yup for that project.
You could have if you wanted to I guess, except all of us wanted to be adventurous

Oh, no we've been allocated a space, we didn't get to choose.

oh okkaay.. different this year then.

yeah guess so...shame, picking a space would've been good, although would've taken up more time at the beginning.

What does the P3 project Designers, kings and assemblers involve?

Ah.. it's about designing a product and building it

my P2 space last year was the grotty underpass near the odeon cinema... twas a horrible, piss soaked, needle ridden place with crazy homeless people around. I didn't really enjoy measuring walls down there haha... I guess it was a good experience though. P3 was interesting (I designed a kids slide) and P4 as the first real design/crit type project was a bit nerve wracking, but also quite interesting.

I dont know why i'm sharing this information, I haven't talked about architecture in a while so just felt like it