建筑学是艺术和技术的结合，同时涉及了艺术、技术、行为心理、社会学等多个领域，横跨理工科、文科、艺术科等。建筑学专业凭借强大的未来职场竞争力和过硬的职业技能一直是留学的热门专业之一。那么研究生留学建筑学专业的个人陈述如何写呢?下面小编和大家分享美国研究生留学申请建筑学专业的个人陈述范文，希望对申请2015-2016建筑学专业研究生留学的学子们提供参考。
建筑学专业个人陈述
曾经有人问我：“为什么选择建筑学?”对于这个问题，我也没有一个确切的答案，可能是因为我从小就喜欢绘画和建筑。我热衷于自己创造美好的事物以及在空间、材料和颜色能够满足我想象的建筑。我对于这一行的兴趣是源于我的父母，他们是建筑工程师和电气工程师，从小逐渐不自觉地影响了我，给了我这一行业的感性认知。在建筑系学习了五年建筑设计工作了一年之后，我也经常问自己同样的问题。除了上述因素外，真正让我选择建筑学的原因就是其内在的吸引力，就像建筑学大楼的格言所说“建筑是艺术和技术的结合”。
或许一个人对于其兴趣所在永远都不会觉得累，相反地他会觉得是激励他的动机。我在XX大学建筑艺术学院进行了五年的学习，让我掌握了建筑学的系统知识并对建筑学有了全面的了解。这种转变首先出现在美术技能。与从前单纯对美术有兴趣不同，通过学习让我开始思考如何把色彩、灯光、构图等审美因素运用到建筑上面来。我夜以继日的工作，不断的进行思考和想象。其次，《建筑结构》、《力学》、《材料科学》等基础建筑课程的学习让我认识到了建筑的审美性，以及更重要的功能性和实用性。在这个过程中，我意识到建筑不仅是一门艺术，更重要的是一种技术。五年的大学学习让我对建筑有了更深的理解，那就是建筑也是文化的一部分——受文化影响，同时也在影响着其他文化。
因为我童年时代的建筑背景，加上我对建筑浓厚的兴趣，在大学本科阶段的主要课程都取得了优异的成绩。在班里名列前三，并且连续五年获得了一等奖奖学金和其他奖学金。出于对建筑的理解，我并不满足与单纯的课本知识。我相信建筑不仅是一种技能，更重要的是创造力和想象力的结合。一个优秀的建筑设计师需要的不仅仅是扎实地建筑知识和技能，还需要美术、材料科学、工程和文化知识。为了这个目的，我广泛涉猎，了解不同国家的建筑历史——尤其是欧洲建筑历史。学习近现代建筑杰出作品，学习充满创意和内涵的设计理念。从这些努力当中获得的知识加深了我对创造的兴趣和渴望。
在本科学习的最后阶段，我有机会把对于创造的渴望付诸实践。大四下学期，我在XX公司实习了半年，中间参与了XX天文站的环境设计以及XX凤凰居的概念设计。这些经历让我进一步认识了建筑空间、功能和建筑设计可行性之间的关系，而这是建筑设计时需要考虑的最重要的因素。
2002年毕业之后，我在中国一家优秀的建筑设计研究院从事建筑设计。在此期间，我参与了XX公司主厂房传达室的概念设计和设计稿起草工作。我也负责了XX多功能厅和XX档案馆的装修设计。因为我的突出成就，我很快从绘图员晋升为设计师，并且短时间内拿到了助理工程师证书。
这些项目的设计经历让我对工程中运用材料的创造性非常感兴趣。同时，我也在不断学习不同国家建筑的新思路，尤其是国外建筑大师的设计图纸。所有这些经历对我影响很大，我由此产生了去国外更加深入的学习当代国际建筑理念的想法。我渴望学习西方现代建筑史，形成自己的建筑理念。
除此之外，我希望全面的学习建筑和文化之间的关系，通过研究西方建筑来确定中国自己的建筑风格。中国的古建筑很有特色，但是其现代建筑就失去了本土文化特点，大量建筑物都是对西方建筑进行粗糙和肤浅的模仿。我希望把现代建筑理论和技术结合中国传统文化形成新的建筑理念。
Personal Statement
Applied Program: ARCHITECTURE
People once asked me: “Why did you choose architecture?” I couldn’t give a simple answer for that. Maybe it was because I like painting and construction since childhood. I also earnestly yearn to create beautiful things on my own and architecture can satisfy my imagination in space, materials, and color. My born interest in this sector is also because of my parents, who are both structural engineer and electrical engineer, influencing me gradually and unconsciously since I was a kid and giving me perceptual knowledge in the field. After my five-year study in the Department of Architecture, and one-year work experience in architectural design, I ask myself this same question. The result is that aside from the factors mentioned above, what really makes me choose architecture is its intrinsic appeal, which is just like the maxim written inside the building of the Department of Architecture: “Architecture is the combination of art and technology.”
Perhaps when a person is engaged in what his keen interest blossoms, he will never feel tired, instead he would feel motivated and have an enriching experience. Five years' academic study in the School of Architecture and Arts of University of XX transformed my instinctive excitement and imagination about architecture into systematic knowledge and comprehensive understanding. This transformation, first of all, lies in my skills in the fine arts. Differing from my previous mere interest in fine arts, the study of architecture makes me begin to ponder on how to draw using aesthetic elements from fine arts such as color, lighting and composition to apply to architecture. I was so dedicated to such brainstorming and imagination that I would always work around the clock in the studio for days on end. Secondly, the study of basic architectural courses, such as architectural structure, mechanics and materials science, makes me realize that architecture not only gives importance on aesthetics, but also on the more essential functionality and practicality. In that process, I realized that architecture is not only an art, but also more importantly a sort of technology. Five years of college study gives me a deeper comprehension of architecture, that is, architecture is also part of other cultures - it is subject to other cultures' influence, and at the same time it influences other cultures.
Because of my childhood architectural background, coupled with my lasting keen interest in architecture, I gained excellent achievements in the major courses of my college study, ranked top three in the class, and also received first prize scholarships and many other scholarships for five consecutive years. Besides, owing to my understanding of architecture, I am not satisfied with mere textbook knowledge. I believe architecture is not only a skill but also, more importantly, a combination of creativity and imagination. An excellent architecture designer needs not only solid architectural skills and knowledge, but also needs nourishment from fine arts, materials science, engineering and culture. For that purpose, I read quite extensively, understood the architectural history of different countries - especially European architectural history, learnt from works of modern and contemporary architectural masterpieces, and gained insights on their design conceptions that are full of creativity and connotation. The knowledge I have gained from these efforts heightens my interests and my desire for creation.
I had the opportunity to put to practice this desire for creation during the last stage of my college study. During the second semester of my fourth year, I interned with XX for half a year where I participated in the environmental design of the XX astronomical station and the conceptual design of the Phoenix Residential Complex in XX. These experiences gave me insights into the relationship between a building's space and its functionality, as well as architectural design's feasibility, which is an important factor to consider when designing.
After graduating in 2002, I worked with an excellent architectural design institute, engaging in architectural design. In the meantime, I participated in the conceptual design and design drafts of the janitor’s room, the main machine hall of XX Company Ltd. I was also responsible for the design of the drafts of the multi-purpose hall in XX , XX and the renovation design of the XX Archives of the XX. Because of my prominent achievements, I was quickly promoted as an exception from draftsmen to designer, and I later got the assistant engineer certificate in a short period of time.
The design experiences from these projects made me very interested in creatively applying materials in projects. Meanwhile, I also continuously learned new ideas in architecture from different countries, and especially saw a lot of design drawings of overseas architectural masters. All these experiences have a great impact on me, sparking my intention of studying abroad to learn more in-depth contemporary international architectural conceptions. I especially aspire to get to know in more detail modern western architectural history in the hopes of forming my own architectural conceptions.
Besides this, another intense desire of mine is to comprehensively learn the relationship between architecture and culture, and through the study of western architecture, to determine China's own architectural style. China once boasted of a developed ancient architecture, while its modern architecture loses the characteristics of its indigenous culture, a great deal of architecture lingers merely on the stage of rough and superficial imitation of western architecture. I hope to form a sort of architectural design conception with characteristics of China's traditional culture after extensively absorbing modern architectural theories and technologies. That is what I yearn to do and also what I believe I can make.
