We’ve all heard of that saying ‘the worst response is a no, so what’s the harm in trying?’. A quick glance on Dezeen’s job notice board and an email later, Jina’s friend Tracy Sodder found herself working for BIG (yes, Bjarke Ingels Group) as their visualiser in New York. From one country to another, Tracy shares with us her transition as well as the decisions that led to this fateful opportunity.
As we’d like to put it We’d rather regret something that we’ve done than something we haven’t done.
Notes:
If you’re in the architecture industry and in search of jobs, you can try the following:
Australian Architecture Job Board (Best to subscribe)
AIA VIC Chapter Job Notice Board - for other states, please redirect your Institute’s respective state page!
Don’t ever give up!
Music: Blue Dot Sessions - ‘Pinky’ from Free Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/RadioPink/Pinky
*This episode is produced by Jina He
About Tracy Sodder
Tracy currently lives in New York and has worked for Bjarke Ingels Group for 3 years. Specializing in architectural visualization, she’s part of a two person team at the BIG’s New York office . Published works include several masterplans for Oceanix Floating Cities, Toyotas Woven City, Panang South Islands and numerous building spaces designed by the “starchitecture” firm. As part of a small visualization team, Tracy gets to know and work with most work coming from the New York office at some point of the design process. Graduating in 2015, she started her career in Melbourne at a local Architecture firms focusing primarily on visualization. In Melbourne she worked full-time, part-time and freelance for 2 years while trying to find her footing within the industry before being called into the “BIG” leagues. BIG has allowed her images to be published in numerous online and print publications like Dezeen, Architectural Digest, Designboom, Archdaily,etc as well as be showcased in museums like the Mori art Museum, the United Nations, TED talks and other such mediums.
You can connect with Tracy through LinkedIn here or Instagram (@tracysodder)
About Season 3// Is This What You Wanted?
A collaboration with Jina He, the two of us were inspired by conversations on the disparity between education and professional practice; and finding ourselves at crossroads: Is this what you wanted? is a series of discussions with various individuals within the design industry reflecting on pinnacle moments in their professional journey that has led them to their current position.
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