Who can critique my architecture studio project?

Studio-project and design coaching for architecture students, concept, technical drawings, BIM, and 3D visualisation, critiqued with a discipline-matched expert while you design your own work.

Direct answer: Someone who can read drawings, meaning a practising architect or a studio tutor. MAAS EdTech reviews your concept, technical drawings, BIM model and 3D visualisation the way a studio crit does, naming where the idea and its execution diverge, while you keep designing and drawing the project yourself.

What is MAAS Architecture & Design support?

Architecture & Design gives you a discipline-matched expert who coaches your studio project (đồ án) the way a design tutor runs a desk crit, reading your site analysis, questioning your parti, and pushing your concept toward a resolved scheme.

You design and draw, while the expert critiques method, software technique, and presentation. Support runs from early concept through schematic design, design development, and the final board or portfolio, with a sustainable and landscape-design lens where your brief calls for one.

This is Group B · Advisory: MAAS commits to expert credentials and the quality of the coaching process. Studio grades are decided by your jury, so third-party outcomes stay out of scope. The design you submit remains your own.

Who is architecture coaching for?

Architecture coaching suits architecture and interior-design students at any point in a studio project, from first-year exercises to a graduation thesis, and especially those stuck between a concept and a resolved scheme.

• Architecture and interior-design students working through a studio project, from first-year exercises to a graduation thesis project
• Students stuck between concept and resolution, with a diagram that will not translate into a plan, or a section that does not hold together
• Anyone who needs to lift the technical quality of their drawings, BIM model, or renders before a jury or portfolio review

What do you get with architecture coaching?

You get recurring 1:1 desk crits with an architect matched to your studio brief, covering concept and site reading, technical drawing, software technique, visualisation, and the board you will defend in front of a jury.

• 1:1 desk crits with an expert matched to your studio brief and program
• Concept coaching, site analysis, program, parti, and design rationale you can defend
• Technical-drawing critique across plans, sections, elevations, and details
• Software technique in ArchiCAD, Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, and Rhino, covering modelling, documentation, and workflow rather than click-by-click ghost-modelling
• 3D visualisation and rendering guidance (Lumion), plus board and portfolio layout (InDesign, Photoshop)
• Sustainable and landscape-design input, passive strategy, daylighting, and site response where the brief asks for it
• Session recordings and marked-up references saved to your workspace

How it works

MAAS runs architecture coaching as a sequence of crits rather than a single review, starting from your brief and expert match, moving through a concept crit, then recurring development crits, and closing with a presentation review before submission.

1. Share your brief: studio prompt, site, program, stage you're at, and your jury's rubric
2. Expert match: we send the profile of a discipline-matched architect for your approval
3. Concept crit: we pressure-test your site reading, parti, and design intent before you commit to drawings
4. Development crits: recurring desk crits as your plans, sections, and model develop, each critiqued against the rubric
5. Presentation review: a final pass on your board, renders, and defence narrative before submission

What does a desk crit with a MAAS expert actually cover?

A crit works through your project in the order a jury will read it: whether the site analysis supports the move you made, whether the parti survives contact with a plan, and whether the drawings communicate the idea without you standing next to them.

• Site and program. Whether your reading of the site justifies the scheme, or whether the diagram was decided before the site was understood
• Parti and resolution. Whether the organising idea holds when it becomes structure, circulation, and section, which is where most studio projects break
• Drawing set. Whether plans, sections and details are consistent with each other, and whether line weight and annotation carry the hierarchy a jury expects
• Model and documentation. Whether the BIM model is built to be edited later, rather than built to look right once
• Board and narrative. Whether the sheet reads in the order you want it read, and whether you can defend each decision out loud

What do you need to prepare?

Bring the studio brief and your jury's rubric, whatever you have drawn so far even if it is unresolved, and your site material, because a crit on guessed constraints is a crit on the wrong project.

• The studio prompt, site information, and program requirements
• Your marking rubric or jury criteria, which anchors every critique
• Current drawings, sketches, or model files at whatever stage they are in
• Any precedent studies your tutor has asked you to work from

What does MAAS commit to?

MAAS commits to a discipline-matched architect, critique anchored to your own jury's rubric rather than a generic standard, and confidentiality across your brief, your site, and your drawings.

• Experts vetted through the three-stage MAAS expert process
• Discipline-matched coaching and honest, rubric-anchored critique
• Confidentiality of your brief, site, and drawings

What does MAAS not do?

MAAS does not design, model, or produce any drawing, render, or model that you submit as your own, and does not promise a studio grade, because the jury decides that on work you designed yourself.

• Designing, modelling, or producing any drawing, render, or model you submit as your own
• A specific studio grade or jury verdict on work you design and submit yourself

Have a studio deadline coming? Book a free 15-minute discovery, support@maasedtech.com or +84 979 422 393 (Zalo / WhatsApp). Design it yourself, with a MAAS expert alongside you.

Frequently asked questions

MAAS Architecture & Design coaches your studio project through desk crits on concept, drawings, BIM, and presentation, critiqued against your own jury's rubric, while you design and produce every piece of work you submit.

Will MAAS do my đồ án or studio project for me?
No. An expert coaches your concept, drawings, and presentation and critiques them against your rubric, while you design and produce your own work. That boundary is what keeps the support academically honest.

Which software can you coach?
ArchiCAD, Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, and Rhino for modelling and documentation, Lumion for visualisation, and InDesign and Photoshop for boards and portfolios. Coaching focuses on technique and workflow so the file stays yours.

Can you help with sustainable or landscape design?
Yes. Our architecture expertise includes sustainable architecture and landscape design, passive strategy, daylighting, and site response so we can coach a brief that weights environmental performance.

How is this different from Presentation & Design Support?
Presentation & Design covers slides, posters, and visual assignments across any discipline. Architecture & Design is studio-specific, covering site analysis, parti, technical drawings, BIM, and jury-ready boards for architecture and interior-design students.

What stage should I come in at?
Any stage, but the earlier the better. A concept crit before you start drawing saves far more rework than a fix-up the night before a jury.

How often do the crits run?
Crits are scheduled against your studio milestones rather than on a fixed weekly slot, because a project needs pressure at the concept stage and again before the board is locked, not evenly spread across the semester.