Personal Statement Of Architecture And Architecture

When I graduate college, I would love to design a building that would fascinate kids and encourage them to be an architect. Someday, I want to create a building that will better the city of Altoona. Most importantly, I want to be known for contributing and giving back to my community.

Architects are licensed professionals trained in the art, and science of building design. This means the overall artistic appreciation, plus the functional look of buildings, or other structures. They design the overall aesthetic.

The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) is an independent, nonprofit, student-run organization. The AIAS strives to provide the future generation of architects with progressive programs, information, and resources on issues critical to architecture and the experience of education [9]. “The mission of the AIAS is to promote excellence in architectural education, training, and practice; to foster and appreciation of architecture and related disciplines; to enrich communities in a spirit of collaboration; and to organize students and combine their efforts to advance the art and science of architecture” [9]. The AIAS official website provides as an ample to tool to communicate with peers through in many ways. One of them is by becoming an official member and by doing so you are able to attend meeting on you university

By being a student in the Faculty of Architecture, I have obtained various skills useful for this job. By developing excellent projects and drawings, I learnt how to do several activities and use different skills at the same time. Being careful in details and effective at the same time, working effectively, prioritizing when and how to spend my time, and understanding how to solve issues are some of the abilities that demonstrate my capacity for this job. In addition, I obtained strong administrative skills by working as an assistant at

Career shadow day was a great opportunity that made me question possible careers for myself. I shadowed Sean Spotts, an employee at Siemens Industry Inc. He is a Mechanical Engineer, or someone who applies physics and material science to design or maintenance of mechanical systems. Even though he is not in my goal career of architecture, through him, I got a glimpse of how mechanical engineering and architecture can go hand in hand. I shadowed him during a trade show on April 27th. After shadowing Sean Spotts and seeing his work life, I have come to the conclusion that architecture is more than just design, but also has components of engineering, a fact I am sound with.

I began to gain experience technical expertise starting in high school at the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology. There was a gap between the technical skills that I obtained over time, including that of AutoCAD and Revit Architecture, and a true sense of design. For the most part, I learned through self teaching and trial and error. There was still a gap between what I was able to produce digitally and physically, and the design intent. Working with the Lawrence Design Group firm during my Senior year of High School, I gained an understanding of how the workplace functioned in the Architectural Field.

Despite the demands, I believe that the positives outweigh the negatives and I still want to pursue this field. Mr. Barber said that thinking on the fly is one of the most difficult parts of his job that he struggles with in his day-to-day work. He also said that people skills are a very important part of this job. You need to know how to communicate efficiently and effectively, or entire projects can fall apart, which adds an immense amount of stress to the job. One last point that is challenging about becoming an architect is all the training. Most architects need 5 years of college, and must undergo a tremendous amount of after college training that is very rigorous and challenging. At first the thought of all this training scared me a little bit, but then I remembered the picture of the kids in Africa at the hospital, and that gave me the desire to continue in this dream of mine. I know that pursuing this field will be challenging, but I believe it will be worth it in the end. If I sincerely wish to pursue this field I need to come up with a plan of action. First, I would like to do some research over the summer, and hopefully find a summer course on architecture. Mr. Barber also recommended to do more shadowing. In fact, he sent me the contact info for a few firms here in town. I believe that this would give me a solid background in

Growing up in a town in which most people took advantage with civil service or union jobs, I always pictured myself doing something different;I strived to find a more meaningful purpose for myself. While training and developing a skill set or trade was admirable,I was of belief that I was meant to do something more challenging with my life. With this in mind, I decided to initially pursue a degree at Nassau Community College with a focus in the field of architecture. It was at Nassau where I quickly realized choosing a future career was not as easy as I expected. After studying diligently and absorbing as much information as possible pertaining to architecture, I recognized that the passion and spark I presumed I would have for architecture had not developed.

In this game, you create your character or characters and you then live their virtual lives. One of the aspects of their lives you control is building the characters home. Well, needless to say this was the only aspect of the virtual life that I involved myself with. I would create a character, built their home and decorate the interior. Once done, I would create another character and begin the process over again. In retrospect, it is no surprise to me that I eventually yearned to go to school for architecture. Interestingly, in eighth grade we were given an assignment to complete a career binder. This binder was to include the research of three careers we would be interested in pursuing. I knew I wanted to do something involving art, science, and math; architecture appeared to be an excellent choice utilizing all three courses, which I enjoyed. After researching architect information I did in fact find it highly fascinating. Sophomore year of high school, I decided to enroll in a CAD class at the local technical college. I mainly wanted to ensure I was truly interested in this

I understand that it is possible for me to have an internship with an architecture firm in order to get to know the field better, but I would not be able to get the hands on experience that I want and that I feel this independent study would provide me. I am at the point where I believe that in order to move forward with my passion for architecture I need to be in a place with the guidance of someone who has a very good understanding of the principals of design (Ms. Steele) where I can test out my own creative ideas that I have been formulating. I feel that the best way I can do that now is in my independent study where I can learn about this field through trial and error while learning about how to compose a beautiful and practical

In the novel, “Architecture” by Jonathan Glancey discusses the beginning of Architecture and how much Architecture has grown over the past years. In his book, he tries to inform and educate readers and other architects about the old and new styles that we are using today and how they were used during the 1880s. Glancey purpose was to apprise people about the different styles and techniques that are used around the world for architecture. Furthermore, he wants people to know how those different styles are being implemented to our buildings and our designs today. Glancey wants everyone to have more information about architecture, so they can formulate their own ideas and manufacture what they want to build. This book informs us about the different uses of materials that they use for architecture around the world such as plastic reinforced with glass to columns, floor plans, poche, brick, stone, wood, and much more.

Last year, I was very fortunate to visit the Vatican museum (Rome) in pursuit for an inspirational artist to boost my marks for my artist research. Consequently, it was there where I realised that an Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo, uses the structure of the building to his advantage. I did further research of the painter for my 'thought of the day' - school presentation (ASDAN), and realised that he, himself was an architect. So what does it take to become an architect? Confidence, adaptability, passion and creativity; these four personality traits, in my opinion, are essential for architects.

Growing up in a household with a mom who is an interior designer specializing in kitchens and bathrooms I was always encouraged to step out of my comfort zone when it came to art and design. I would always finding new ways to make my room look better by searching for new art to put on the walls or a new rug to add some more color to the room. My family recently remodeled our basement and my mom allowed my to help with the design process. Being able to put my ideas and visions onto paper was very fun for more. I loved seeing how the floor that I picked out went really great with the cabinet color and how the color of the sectional and the accent colors in the room felt great with the wall color. One thing that I am very passionate about is design. I could spend hours picking out the best bedspread that would look great in a room or even something that is as simple as the throw pillows for a couch. When I am bored or have down time I love to go to stores such as Home Goods to look at all the fun new things they have. I could spend countless hours in Home Goods walking around and envisioning what room that certain piece of furniture would look the best in. One of the many things that I am most curious about is the new up and coming trends that are happening in the interior design world. I love to going onto the Houzz app and browsing around looking at the creative designs that others have

They are challenge with a new problem or obstacle every day as part of their learning. This mindset enables students to be free from attachments to traditions and discover new forms of perspectives and apply them to upcoming problems. One can say that as an Architecture major, this educational technique enables one to have an open mind that opens the door to several points of views that can solve a problem. Since the field of Architecture is based on these merits, it is supplemental for one to follow it as it will serve of great use in the future. As an Architect, one must authentic and creative at all times when designing a solution to a problem, which complies with the standards of the problem solving system. It is difficult for one to succeed on this area if one remains narrow minded and dependent into one source, which makes it difficult to progress. However, a traditional education based system is inconvenient to follow as an Architect. One can conclude that many dogmatic based religions and organizations follow this system in order to preserve traditional and elder

Architecture is vital function for all parts of society. Without architects people would have to rethink how they enter buildings, fearing roofs caving in or structural beams giving out. The rigor of an architect’s training leaves these possibilities and worries an unlikely prospect, not considered in the day to day in a person’s events. Architects make both functional and beautiful structures that are appealing to the eye, as well as useful to the world. The world wouldn’t be able to live in functional cities without the qualities of the architect’s skills. The world would have to worry about a door frame falling on their heads as they walk through the door for their daily workday, into the building that houses their jobs, their pay based on the efficiencies of the buildings layouts. Hopefully a person office is the one in the corner with the view, built to capture the sights outside the window and the prestige of the position, all thought of and created by an architect. Architects have an extremely specialized task to perform. They have to make sure that a building is stable in all conditions and useful and also that it looks appealing to senses, capturing the light at dawn, changing with the light at dusk. Architects do great things and create even greater things, often unnoticed, but worthy of mention. Architects also have very fun creative jobs where they can go to a rigorous job and make sure everything is going as planned and the building will meet the needs