Barrett Blaker
Candidate in 3.5-year Master of Architecture degree program
Favorite thing about being at Georgia Tech: The collaborative and supporting environment. It is amazing to be in a program where people are actively interested and engaged in seeing others succeed.
Why did you decide to study architecture? I think that the field of architecture is incredibly relevant to everybody. Almost all of our day-to-day activities, work, conversations, and experiences take place in spaces that were heavily shaped or designed by an architect, and (almost) all of those spaces were designed with a purpose to fulfill some need in the social or natural environment. I think that studying the connection between us as people and the spaces we experience is vital to understanding the relationship between social groups and the world they inhabit and create.
Student organizations: Sustainable Studio Initiative (ECO)
One word to describe what you thought before you started: Searching
One word to describe what you think now: Researching