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Q: Do most people register for private art tuition to prepare their portfolio for uni of architecture? Is it beneficial for quality/managing time? What things should be in my portfolio? eg for Auckland?
A: We asked a tutor at the Architecture school at the University of Auckland about this - he hasn't heard of anyone using private art tuition. The portfolio itself should show the applicant's creative ability and artistic/graphic skills. Students often include their own personal work more than high school material. Here are some links relating to Portfolios for the School of Architecture at the University of Auckland - these are a little out of date, but things rarely change. The pdf link below has the prescription for a portfolio on the 3rd page:
http://www.creative.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/fms/default/nicai/library/2007/07/suppforms/ArchUGSuppApp%202008.pdf
The link below shows an example portfolio from a successful applicant - it is about average. Such a heavy influence of Architectural subjects is not necessary.
http://library.creative.auckland.ac.nz/common/library/2006/11/architecture/portfolio-seo.pdf
Further examples of successful applicant portfolios can be viewed on request at the Architecture library - Symonds street city campus. With regards to time management, very few new students have this skill as the thinking/process and workloads are vastly different from those in high school. You kind of pick it up as you go along and it becomes ingrained in your work process for the most part unconsciously.
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