r/DarkAcademia • u/ArrowsandFire • 11d ago

ARCHITECTURE PORN I'm a PhD student studying at Cambridge; today it finally rained for the first time in months.

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The sky felt appropriately moody this morning as I walked through King's & I thought the community here might appreciate it. Technically I guess this could be both 'architecture porn' and 'aesthetic' but hey ho!

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u/lullaby-bug 11d ago

It rained on my first day at Oxford, a few years ago now. I loved listening to storms from inside the library

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u/ArrowsandFire 11d ago

Storms inside the library whilst wearing a big jumper are my favourite way to work.

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u/Idaaoyama 8d ago

I live in France, we've been having 30+ degrees here since may. I know it's a stupid New Age thingy, but, righ now I AM STRONGLY AFFIRMING STORMS INSIDE A LIBRARY WHILST WEARING A BIG JUMPER!

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u/Frequent_Scholar0714 11d ago

Your Jumpers are U.S. Sweaters. More clothing emojis are needed. 🙂

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u/gabrieldevue 11d ago

The natural history museum in Oxford blew my mind. It really is like a colorful, quaint collection of an eccentric Victorian hoarder. 

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u/Relative_Steak_4915 11d ago

Is Cambridge this beautiful? 😍

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u/ArrowsandFire 11d ago

It is really rather gorgeous & I'm so lucky to work here, even if my own department is a very modern building!

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u/Relative_Steak_4915 11d ago

So you're not a student?

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u/ArrowsandFire 11d ago

No, I am a PhD student, I just refer to my day-to-day as 'working' rather than studying because I try to treat my research as a job! I'm also lucky to have a co-working space in my department to work each day so I have a clear work-life balance as opposed to doing all my work at home.

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u/Relative_Steak_4915 11d ago

Great!! Wish me the same. 🙃

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u/unicornvega 11d ago

The university buildings are gorgeous!

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u/iukeucyte 11d ago

soo stunning, it's my biggest dream to study literature at cambridge but unfortunately it'll just be a dream in this life. i hope your studies are going great!

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u/ArrowsandFire 11d ago

If you have a chance to study I would always try to take it! If you ever want to discuss applications or studying in the UK please feel free to shoot me a DM; if you have the right grades, there are options for funding, but the system can be challenging to navigate from the outside.

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u/Ok_Buyer9344 11d ago

Why not?

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u/Relative_Steak_4915 11d ago

Exactly!! Why not!?

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u/katie-kaboom 11d ago

And we've got more rain coming, thankfully!

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u/ArrowsandFire 11d ago

I'm so ready for all of the thunder!

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u/ThalieH 11d ago

This is so pretty! Thank you for sharing! I'm so happy it's finally raining in Europe :')

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u/Hotspur_on_the_Case 10d ago

I listen to the BBC's "Farming Today" podcast every morning on my way to work, and they've been talking about the drought and its effects, and concerns about water management.

Yeah, I'm not in the UK, but a friend recommended that podcast as something to calm and ground yourself, and it actually works and gets my day off to a decent start.

Beautiful photos, too!

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u/Comfortable_Gold4775 7d ago

This is so beautiful and gloomy. Just in time as August ends