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Crit

Meaning in architecture, with examples

/krɪt/nounCore term

In architecture, crit means: A session in which a tutor or a group of reviewers discusses a student's work and gives critical feedback; short for critique.

In Turkish: kritik, masa kritiği

How it is used

An informal word used mainly in British and international schools. A desk crit is a one-to-one talk at the student's desk; a group crit or final crit is more formal. Students have, get or go to a crit; tutors give one.

Example sentences

  1. In today's desk crit, my tutor said the plan was too symmetrical for the site.

  2. Pin up your drawings before the group crit starts at two.

Common collocations

  • desk crit
  • group crit
  • final crit
  • have a crit
  • give a crit
  • juryA panel of tutors and invited architects who review students' projects and give feedback and grades, or a panel that judges a design competition.
  • design studioThe central course in architecture education, where students develop design projects over a term with regular crits and juries; also a design office.
  • pin upTo fix drawings and boards to a wall with pins so that a tutor, jury or team can look at them and discuss them together.
  • sketchA quick freehand drawing used to explore or explain an idea, usually made early in the design process and not drawn to an exact scale.

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