How to Get a Design Concept: The Secret Manual

Ok this is something important for all archi people: the ultimate guide to getting an architectural concept for your design, compiled after my detailed analysis and understanding of NUS archi student's work. After reading this, you should have absolutely NO problem with a design concept!

Step One:
Whatever your program/art/school or whatever you're doing, even if it's a Dog Lover's Hostel or Ketupat-making school, just tell your tutor your design is about LAYERING. Then just link it to whatever you have.
e.g. Ketupats are woven with leaves creating LAYERS, so my concept is about layering.
e.g. Indian cuisine is about many smells and tastes, thus the idea of LAYERING.
e.g. When a dog craps on the ground, the poo, the grass, and soil form inextricable LAYERS.

Step Two:
Be sure to make it look CHEEM! Use common catchphrases that will leave the tutors nodding their heads in approval like:

1. This blurs the boundaries between the inside and the outside.
2. This takes the user on a journey through a series of orchestrated spaces.
3. This creates interesting nodes and spaces for people to gather.
4. This creates a sense of suspense as **** is suggested but not fully revealed.

Step Three:
Use cool tutor-approved words! Why say "put together" when you can sound pro with "juxtapose"? Why be stuck with the word "filter" when you can use a 3-syllabled word like "percolate"? The key to success is confusion.... don't forget!

Step Four:
When all else fails, use the Universally Approved Concept Statement that applies for every single damned design that you see:

"My design explores and challenges the relationship between Man, Nature, and the building by creating spaces that encourage activity and interaction among the users of the building. This is done by orchestrating a sequence of interesting spaces that slowly reveal themselves as the user moves through the building."

Be sure to add a series of diagrams that you directly scanned in from an obscure book, adding in lots of arrows and text that no-one would bother to read. To top it off, draw a HUGE pencil drawing (do spend more time on this) of your Ketupat or Dog, which would take up half of your concept panel.

Cool! Now you have a CONCEPT!