ECP Counter Practice (Session 01)
About the Event
The systems that once carried young architects, designers, and researchers from education into practice have quietly broken. Real salaries have collapsed, "ghost jobs" waste your time, and the path to a meaningful career is increasingly guarded by automated hiring bots and AI screeners.
We refuse to accept this as the status quo.
ECP Counter Practice is a rapid-fire, zero-fluff tactical intervention designed to help you reclaim your agency. This free group tutorial is built specifically to help your CV and portfolio survive robot screeners and stand out to human eyes.
The Format
10 Minutes Per Student: Each presenter has exactly 10 minutes to pitch their CV and portfolio.
Unfiltered Feedback: Immediate, rigorous critique from our panel of global guest critics.
Radical Transparency: A public, collaborative learning environment—built in public, built together.
The Guest Critics
We are bringing in world-class international talent to stress-test your work and optimize your layout for the modern market:
Adrian Lee — Hong Kong-based architect who has designed at leading global practices including Neri&Hu (Shanghai) and Hassell (Hong Kong). His work has won Archisource’s Drawing of the Year and earned an RIBA President’s Silver Medal nomination.
Hyosik Kim — Designer at the Seoul office of Foster + Partners. An architectural designer from South Korea, he completed his internship at Kengo Kuma & Associates in Tokyo and undertook his graduation thesis under Prof. Marina Tabassum at TU Delft.
Eleanor Mettham — Creative Director of Bartlett | Mettham (York). An alumna of The Bartlett School of Architecture, her expertise spans architectural ornamentation, experimental preservation, and hand-drawn representation.
How to Participate
Electric Cloud Poetics exists because the profession has stopped teaching. There is no application form, no fee, and no filter beyond a willingness to do the work.
To Attend as an Auditor: Simply register here on Luma to join the session, listen to the critiques, and participate in the network.
To Pitch Your Work: Active presentation slots are limited. To secure a 10-minute slot to present your CV/portfolio, send a short note on where you currently are in your studies or practice to [email protected].