DIY (do-it-yourself) is the sophomore issue of Paradise Journal. Both not much and a great deal has changed in the last year. Most of the editorial team have now finished their postgraduate studies, with a few to begin in the coming year. We are standing in the doorway, or perhaps hesitating before the endlessly forking path. We wonder what comes next. DIY comes as a direct result of this moment we find ourselves in, a train of thought both rambling and precise.

If we are to understand the architectural profession as a pipeline, our futures in practice are fixed. We may find ourselves working as graduate architects, in our choice of small, medium, or large offices. Slowly, or all at once, we may begin to build projects that make worlds…