The Architect on the Move
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(This article is based on my experience as a professional architect for four decades; also from other written resources. Although there are many variations, this is only basic and simple for the understanding of the senior students and young architects alike. This article is only short, and more comprehensively described if lectured).
The prime mover of a sound building is the architect. He designs the building to be functional, strong in its form, serviceable and artistically beautiful.
This building is first conceptualized and analyzed from an intangible or spiritual source call idea. This idea starts from the mind of nobody else but the architect. To begin with, the owner or client gives the architect a big blank space or lot. The architect divides it into small spaces call rooms. Each room has its own functions yet independent from its other. It is synchronized and organized according to its purpose or what it is intended for. The wholeness of the building is harmonized for the convenience, satisfaction, health, safety, and usefulness of the occupants. The architect applies his knowledge of the theory of architecture in unity, coordination, proportion, color, balance, scale and rhythm. This is architectural design unified. The architect convenes with the owner showing the arrangements and advantages of his design drawn in papers. The owner may comment, alter, or revise some according to his taste but should be under the guidance of the architect. When the owner accepts the design, the architect makes the final drawing of the floor plans, elevations, sections, and perspective. The perspective is a 3-dimensional drawing showing the image of the finished product of the building.
The owner now can look at the image and has already the idea of his house or building. This architectural plan is the start of the creation of the building.This is the only one the owner wants to comprehend and wants to see. He is not interested in anything else. After all the drawings, the architect makes the specifications and estimates. He draws all the details in the plan. It is at this point that the engineers come in. They are the civil or structural engineer, the electrical, sanitary and mechanical engineers. Using the architectural as the basis, pattern or foundation, they apply their respective expertise. The engineers must synchronize their technical designs using the architectural plan as their basis. They must not deviate from these patterns, lest it may create confusion and incoherence during a construction period.
The architects and engineers must profess to what they learn in college. Webster Dictionary defines a profession as a type of job that requires special education, training, or skill; http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profession; professional: done or given by a person who works in a particular profession; http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/professional. Architectural design is the skill of the architects, without exception; and the other professionals have their own too. No professionals could claim they can practice the work of the architects nor architects to their professions. From the time architectural student steps inside a designing room, he studies architectural design alone, 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, for the whole school year until he steps down from that room after 5 years. Half of his student life is architecturally designing of buildings of different kinds. The other half is spent on other subjects like Maths, Structural Design, Professional Practice, Theory, and others. Therefore, the architect is already well-versed in the practice of his profession..
How would the other engineers come to the scenario? After finishing the architectural plan, the architect submits to the civil engineer, the conceptualized structural floor plans showing the positioning of the structural members like the placements of the columns, beams, and slabs, etc., including their suggested sizes. The civil engineer designs the structural members using this plan as his basis. It is up to him to indicate the number and sizes of the steel bars, structural steel, concreting and the method of construction,
The Architect submits to the electrical engineer the location of the lighting outlets, convenience outlets, switches, electrical panel board, etc. The electrical engineer wires the connections. He indicates the sizes and physical features of the wires, placement of the junction boxes, compute the amperage, voltage, etc. The same with the sanitary engineer or plumber. The architect shows him where the toilet fixtures, floor drains, kitchen sink, catch basins, septic tanks are located. The sanitary engineer piped them together with their size, makes, and method of construction. All of these being done and approval of the building permit, the construction can begin.Architecture, as defined in RA 9266, is a profession that designs and construct buildings in its totality including the environment.
Therefore, the best person who could supervise and/or manage the construction of the building is the designing architect. If another architect or civil engineer do the supervision/management, the architect should oversee the process of the construction; the same that the doctor who diagnoses his patient should be the one who will operate the patient. If another doctor will do the operation, it should be under the supervision of the doctor who diagnoses the patient.This is the most basic system in the manifestation of a building process. There are others or additional processes, depending upon the complexity, designs, and sizes for its specific building.
These definitions come from the University of Phoenix in Arizona, U.S.A. “Architecture is the job of design buildings, mostly from an aesthetic viewpoint. Architectural Engineering is the job of designing or analyzing buildings for their structural stability (i.e. making sure that the aesthetic idea produced by the architect will actually stand and be safe). Architectural Technology involves using architectural design tools (mostly computer based design and modeling tools) to assist the architect in producing designs. In a small firm, an architect might have to do all three jobs, but in a larger firm, an architect will lead the team, which will also comprise other architects, engineers, and technologists, to produce the overall design. In all of these scenarios, the architect is clearly the lead here; it is his or her ideas that need to get translated from thoughts to concrete, build-able and livable buildings."
Board examination for architects and civil engineers~~~the difference. The board examination shows the subjects that pertain to buildings alone. C..Architectural Design and Site Planning is 50% load. A. and B. divide themselves from the remaining 50%. Civil Engineering has not a single load of any phase in architecture.**** The difference between the Architect and the Civil Engineer Board ExaminationThe difference between the Architect and the Civil Engineer Board Examination
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The prime mover of a sound building is the architect. He designs the building to be functional, strong in its form, serviceable and artistically beautiful.
This building is first conceptualized and analyzed from an intangible or spiritual source call idea. This idea starts from the mind of nobody else but the architect. To begin with, the owner or client gives the architect a big blank space or lot. The architect divides it into small spaces call rooms. Each room has its own functions yet independent from its other. It is synchronized and organized according to its purpose or what it is intended for. The wholeness of the building is harmonized for the convenience, satisfaction, health, safety, and usefulness of the occupants. The architect applies his knowledge of the theory of architecture in unity, coordination, proportion, color, balance, scale and rhythm. This is architectural design unified. The architect convenes with the owner showing the arrangements and advantages of his design drawn in papers. The owner may comment, alter, or revise some according to his taste but should be under the guidance of the architect. When the owner accepts the design, the architect makes the final drawing of the floor plans, elevations, sections, and perspective. The perspective is a 3-dimensional drawing showing the image of the finished product of the building.
The owner now can look at the image and has already the idea of his house or building. This architectural plan is the start of the creation of the building.This is the only one the owner wants to comprehend and wants to see. He is not interested in anything else. After all the drawings, the architect makes the specifications and estimates. He draws all the details in the plan. It is at this point that the engineers come in. They are the civil or structural engineer, the electrical, sanitary and mechanical engineers. Using the architectural as the basis, pattern or foundation, they apply their respective expertise. The engineers must synchronize their technical designs using the architectural plan as their basis. They must not deviate from these patterns, lest it may create confusion and incoherence during a construction period.
The architects and engineers must profess to what they learn in college. Webster Dictionary defines a profession as a type of job that requires special education, training, or skill; http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profession; professional: done or given by a person who works in a particular profession; http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/professional. Architectural design is the skill of the architects, without exception; and the other professionals have their own too. No professionals could claim they can practice the work of the architects nor architects to their professions. From the time architectural student steps inside a designing room, he studies architectural design alone, 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, for the whole school year until he steps down from that room after 5 years. Half of his student life is architecturally designing of buildings of different kinds. The other half is spent on other subjects like Maths, Structural Design, Professional Practice, Theory, and others. Therefore, the architect is already well-versed in the practice of his profession..
How would the other engineers come to the scenario? After finishing the architectural plan, the architect submits to the civil engineer, the conceptualized structural floor plans showing the positioning of the structural members like the placements of the columns, beams, and slabs, etc., including their suggested sizes. The civil engineer designs the structural members using this plan as his basis. It is up to him to indicate the number and sizes of the steel bars, structural steel, concreting and the method of construction,
The Architect submits to the electrical engineer the location of the lighting outlets, convenience outlets, switches, electrical panel board, etc. The electrical engineer wires the connections. He indicates the sizes and physical features of the wires, placement of the junction boxes, compute the amperage, voltage, etc. The same with the sanitary engineer or plumber. The architect shows him where the toilet fixtures, floor drains, kitchen sink, catch basins, septic tanks are located. The sanitary engineer piped them together with their size, makes, and method of construction. All of these being done and approval of the building permit, the construction can begin.Architecture, as defined in RA 9266, is a profession that designs and construct buildings in its totality including the environment.
Therefore, the best person who could supervise and/or manage the construction of the building is the designing architect. If another architect or civil engineer do the supervision/management, the architect should oversee the process of the construction; the same that the doctor who diagnoses his patient should be the one who will operate the patient. If another doctor will do the operation, it should be under the supervision of the doctor who diagnoses the patient.This is the most basic system in the manifestation of a building process. There are others or additional processes, depending upon the complexity, designs, and sizes for its specific building.
These definitions come from the University of Phoenix in Arizona, U.S.A. “Architecture is the job of design buildings, mostly from an aesthetic viewpoint. Architectural Engineering is the job of designing or analyzing buildings for their structural stability (i.e. making sure that the aesthetic idea produced by the architect will actually stand and be safe). Architectural Technology involves using architectural design tools (mostly computer based design and modeling tools) to assist the architect in producing designs. In a small firm, an architect might have to do all three jobs, but in a larger firm, an architect will lead the team, which will also comprise other architects, engineers, and technologists, to produce the overall design. In all of these scenarios, the architect is clearly the lead here; it is his or her ideas that need to get translated from thoughts to concrete, build-able and livable buildings."
Board examination for architects and civil engineers~~~the difference. The board examination shows the subjects that pertain to buildings alone. C..Architectural Design and Site Planning is 50% load. A. and B. divide themselves from the remaining 50%. Civil Engineering has not a single load of any phase in architecture.**** The difference between the Architect and the Civil Engineer Board ExaminationThe difference between the Architect and the Civil Engineer Board Examination
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