A personal reflection on starting early, learning with intention, and shaping a sustainable architecture career with purpose.

Throughout the semester, I learned how to graphically represent architectural projects, understanding norms, techniques and conventions. More than the tools themselves, this process revealed how drawing, especially by hand, is not just representation, but a way of thinking.

I started my degree now, in 2025.1. I was ready to study hard, scribble in notebooks, learn theory, maybe make one or two paper models. What I didn't expect was, at the first opportunity, to manage an architectural project with a real briefing, simulated client, tight deadlines, multidisciplinary team and technical deliveries. And all this happened without even completing four months of college . It was within the Praxis Empresa Jr. Trainee program that everything changed