HOW TO PREPARE PORTFOLIO FOR THE JOB

The Portfolio should outline some of the main movements in architectural education and design practice. Once you are familiar with these movements, try to research them in more depth look for precedents, examples, and offices that practice them. Try to understand their aesthetic, imagery, and vocabulary, because if you are planning to join them it is very important to understand how they work and communicate.

Look for the types of images such offices use, types of software they prefer, ideas they are referring to, etc. The situation is very similar with graduate schools. Some of them even have concentrations or specializations that closely follow some of these movements.

When you look at the prospective schools for your postgraduate education, check if they have concentrations and if they do, try to tailor your portfolio towards one of their concentrations. This will demonstrate your understanding of contemporary practices, and it will also demonstrate your desire to expand your design research.