<p>At my school, you do only hand drawn and hand-built stuff for the first two years. After that it’s computer work. Also, architecture is very design-based, but it’s possible to get into the engineering side sometimes too. I’m doing structural engineering and architecture (difficult combo for sure, but possible…)</p>
<p>Creativity will always be important, computer or not. Also, digital presentations add a new level of creativity because of what photoshop and 3-d modeling software can do that you used not to be able to do by hand. Even though my studio is computer-based, we still have to build physical models to understand a lot of things. 3-D modeling can only do so much because it’s still viewed in 2-D. If only we had a 3-D printer. But anyways…</p>
<p>The creative part of architecture is hard mostly because you have to be continually creative…always coming up with new stuff, sketching…your design never ends. And once you have your design, you have to present it creatively.</p>