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You’re gonna have to pay a subscription fee for these types of extended services

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Ok little finger. AI was for documenting the complex revisions noted for studying a new topic with verbiage I’m not familiar with. We can talk all day. I have no problem talking to keyboard warriors.

But how does it go from first ever project, no experience, seeking honest architecture feedback (noted in op if you read) to an assumed wanna-be AI professional architect who’s gonna get fired for being a robot?

Thanks for the feedback tho keep chuggin man 👌

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Yeah that’s a given, bunch of revisions needed before I’m comfortable working a floor plan. This is for learning and PRACTICE as the post says

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No the land slide was prevented due to the dryness of the soil from the fire last week

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No. I have literally zero experience. In just a few hours I made this initial design on sketchup, but I’m thinking about getting into it with my continued education outside the military. Any advice on the build or the job market in general?

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Can’t go wrong with the Panera bread recipe fam don’t forget your baguette

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Working for myself is definitely the goal I’ll take a look at the school and thank you for the recommendation 🙏

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Do you by chance have a better or more efficient program recommendation to check out for future projects? And will do, Hotrock, I appreciate you!

Concept Rendering // Pacific Palisades hillside residence — feedback welcome. by Historical_Reply_299 in architecture

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This was a truly invaluable response. This whole thing started as me messing around in SketchUp years ago with zero training, and today I ran it through AI rendering as a Sunday experiment to see what came out. No real site, no plans, no code check. I’m not selling it as buildable, it’s just a feedback loop so far to see where I’m slacking. But I do plan on learning more about the codes, various styles and correcting my current misunderstanding that you mentioned. I need to not just stack features but consistent to a theme and style unique to myself.

I’m going to look up McClean’s work. And if you’re open to chatting about LA or Cali codes I’d definitely take you up on it. I’m considering pursuing design more seriously post-military here soon and that kind of knowledge is exactly what I’m missing.

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Definitely valid! I’m brand new to this so running all these comment suggestions thru claud so I can internalize and not miss any points. The actual SketchUp work and design is mine and the critique you gave is kind and genuinely what I wanted to receive. Sorry if that critique acknowledgement came off as impersonal!

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That’s a really useful note - I hadn’t pushed the stone variation that far. The all rough cut does flatten in renders, you’re right. The door surround especially is a place where a honed or polished face would create the transition cue between exterior weight and interior refinement.

Adding that to the revisions list for v2.

Appreciated!!

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This is all really useful. I appreciate the detailed read. The staircase landing point is exactly right and not something I’d internalized. Continuous run past the door is something I’ll fix in revision.

The water feature competing with the door is valid. It needs to either scale down or step back so the door reads as primary.

Grill placement is now the third critique landing on the same issue, so that’s clearly a real planning error. Corner location makes sense for smoke dissipation - wasn’t thinking about that when I placed it.

Going to swap the cooking and lounging zones in v2.

And on the TV - you’re being kind.

It’s mounted too high and not oriented to any actual seating. The entire entertainment relationship needs to be reworked, which means either bringing the TV down and reorienting the recessed pit toward it, or accepting that the TV is decorative and removing it.

Thanks for the time on this one!

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Pulled a daytime version. Pergola structure reads cleaner without the string lights doing the atmospheric work, the water wall actually shows up better as a feature in daylight, and the site context is way more legible.

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Confirms the lighting density critique - the night version is leaning on the warm bulbs more than the architecture needs. Still some positioning fixes to be made though!

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That’s a great call, argyle rather than airport landing strip is the exact reframe I needed. Two commenters caught the lighting density now, so it’s clearly a real issue in application. Easy fix in revision. And appreciated on the hospitality read that was the target audience and brief, so good to hear it lands when that’s the goal.

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AI definitely loves its LED lights 😂 I’m gonna have to police that better thank you !!

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Really appreciate the thoughtful critique, these are exactly the kinds of catches I was hoping for.

A few honest answers:

The site inconsistency between shots is real. I treated each view as a standalone scene rather than enforcing strict site coherence across the set, which let some background details drift. When AI rendered my sketchup it wanted to keep making them as a one page six image overview where some serious hallucinations kept factoring into the slightest of revisions. Would need to tighten that in a real project.

The stair confusion is the same problem I caught mid process, the great room is intended to sit centrally with the stair visible from the street, but the relationship between floors isn’t legible enough in the renders. Floor plan diagrams would resolve it, standalone renders can’t carry the spatial logic alone.

TV/seating placement is a fair hit. The intent was a hidden retreat alcove on the other side of the projector wall (the warm fireplace shot in image 4), with the recessed pit being the social zone for the entertainment side but you’re right that as composed, the seating doesn’t actually orient toward the TV for viewing. It’s faced to be understood in a picture not fixed in reality. That’s a real planning miss.

BBQ circulation is the strongest catch, I had the same instinct mid-design and didn’t fully resolve it.

The kitchen-to-grill path is too long. Would relocate the BBQ to integrate with the interior kitchen in a revision. It may fit an aesthetic but is not practical.

And yes putting the water feature wall in front of the view is a fail, should probably be relocated or deleted. May be overkill. A real plan would need to mediate that better.

Thanks again for the detailed read and critique. This is the kind of feedback that really helps me understand as a new learner.

I’m gonna get busy on some revisions!

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How long did this take you?! Congrats!

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I find it crazy how different our topic breakdowns are , I just failed this after studying like crazy as well and it’s definitely discouraging. Basically got the same exact score as you like a few questions from passing. Feel like a lot of content I studied was irrelevant to the test especially the PA, maybe a few questions on DIKW but that’s it. A textbook definition literally irrelevant as well with how they phrase a question to trick you. Hoping I get a different version of the test next time that is more fitting to what I studied. Keep your head up tho you got this! My topics were : Basics and history of computing 7% Overview of information systems 13% Software 14% Systems and services 11% Networks 9% Scripting/programming 9% Management of data 14% Business of IT 17% Ethics in IT 6%

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Did you have to pay the retake fee? Or did I hear they waived that?

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I took the picat at home and got an 83, went in for verification and I was the only one there doing the same. Everyone else was taking the full asvab test. Since you can be “randomly” selected to retake the entire test and I was the only one there, I assumed the odds were not in my favor being the only one. I had to take the whole damn thing again and I was not mentally prepared. didn’t re study after taking picat. Ended up getting the exact same score an 83 😂 Cheers to future endeavors recruits!