Statement of Purpose to Enter into University of California Berkeley

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Getting the Fulbright grant in 2008 was the greatest ambition I ever achieved in my life. The scholarship has given me a considerable opportunity to be schooled in digital architecture and to obtain sufficient knowledge in this major. "Digital Architecture" is one of the rare specialization's in Libya, and I am proud to say that I am the first female Libyan architect who has a master's degree in such major. This honor made me think genuinely about granting it to my country by carrying what I had learned to the University of Tripoli (UT), and to be the foremost professor in this major. However, persuading my Ph.D. study at the University of California Berkeley shall be a sequel to my initial steps in this area and will enhance my knowledge and serve both my country and my school that is still lacking the spirit of accepting new trends in architecture.
In the terms of my undergraduate study, one course in the Architecture Department generated my curiosity towards the connection between the Architecture and Technology; Structure Systems. By choosing Walt Disney Concert Hall as a case study for an assignment in this course, I realized how CAD tools are able to increase architect’s expressive and geometric power, and how computer models can be used throughout the whole design process to translate the architect’s concept. “CATIA provides a way for me to get closer to the craft," said Frank Gehry referring to the software that was implemented in his practice. He explained "In the past, there were many layers between my rough sketch and the final building, and the feeling of the design could get lost before it reached the craftsman. It feels like I've been speaking a foreign language, and now, all of a sudden, the craftsman understands me...

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...nd it is my honor to work on it.
Briefly, my previous successful study in the United States had increased my practicable knowledge, and certainly it will be increased more if I persuaded my Ph.D. study at University of California Berkeley. American universities are known with their perfect courses, and their inventiveness and uniqueness. As a result, my dream of being a well-known Libyan female architect and a remarkable professor who has a significant role in the development of her country will only be achieved and supported by being a part of your program. I am confident that studying Ph.D. in digital design in your school will open many doors for me later in life and dream that one day I will be the hand behind a design which people will stop and admire. Doctorate will definitely allow me to make concrete and substantial contribution to the architecture of Libya.

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