Introduction
In the process of the good spatial generation, architects are representatives of institutional knowledge and ‘the captain of the ship’. They have power and control over designing and production of space either directly by taking part in this process via their personal practices or indirectly affecting it through their professional organizations they work for. This is where the role of professional ethics in architecture comes to play and they should be limiting and leading this power through describing architect’s social responsibilities and also should be preventing unethical attitudes in all kinds of spatial practices by using this power and knowledge. (“What is the Social Responsibility of Architects?”, 2010)
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The architect, who works for the client, portrays and tries to work around the views of that client. Architecture should ideally serve the people, but because of the clients control, this is hard. Therefore architects have to choose between whether to serve the client or the people. (“What is the Social Responsibility of Architects?”, 2010)
Most believe that because the client is the one paying them, their building will be built their way and the architect is there to serve them. This is how the building, which possibly had enormous potential becomes THEIR building – meant to serve no one, but them. Eventually these projects end up as failures. How can a project not designed keeping the users in mind serve the users?
Others, like the TAR (The Architects' Resistance, formed by students from Columbia, MIT, and Yale in 1968) believe the architect should be building for the people even though this is usually different than the client. (“What is the Social Responsibility of Architects?”, 2010) Easy to preach and hard to practice. Who said life is fair?
So what all does an architect need to know (in no specific order)?
• What the client thinks he wants.
• What the client
The design phase is very complex and interactive in nature as it aims at incorporating the needs of all parties involved in the delivery of a successful project, (Sebastian 2007). Such complexity and interactivity requires the symbiotic relationship among the parties to be mutualistic in nature. Mutualism relationships enhance the ability to achieve desired outcomes in a manner whereby each party benefits. For example the architect is able to gain revenues as a result of his architectural designs while the clients achieve a project outcome that meets their desired requirements, (Energy Star 2014).
In the field of architecture, it is important to understand that the profession spans two different discourse communities with their own distinct standards and needs: and internal and external discourse [5]. The internal discourse is the one in which architect communicate with their fellow peers, educators, critics, in effort to always
Neglecting construction regulations could risk losing a project, so adherence must be strict and the environment monitored for changes. Clients ultimately determine response to advocacy groups in their design choices, however advocacy can play a role in changing practices such as waste treatment. Clients may also be planning projects in the future. Regular inquiries may present opportunities, which are more likely to be offered when a client is left with a positive impression.
The Architect as an informal group leader directly and indirectly challenges groupthink, which positively impacts all members of the jury.
Leon Krier was criticised for publishing a costly monograph on Albert Speer’s architecture (1985)in which, while acknowledging the crimes of the Nazis and the man, Krier nonetheless claimed the book’s only subject and sole justification was “Classical architecture and the passion of building” (cited by Jaskot, ‘Architecture of Oppression’, 2000). Discuss this claim, the controversy and the issues (historical, philosophical and ethical and possibly others) they raise. Can architecture, Classical, Modern or otherwise, be autonomous from politics and valued independently of the circumstances of politics and history that adhere to it?
The client, consultant, and the contractor, all parterner together to make the project a success by bringing job satisfaction, quality, safety, environment, generation of innovative ideas, performance criteria, and effectiveness to the project. Avoiding any mishaps that will delay or keep the project from running smoothly.
In 1948, atof the Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, architecture was part of one of the events (Sports-Reference). An architect is someone that designs and builds houses for people to live in or work in. Architects usually work in offices where they meet their clients, but occasionally they must travel to construction sites. They also must know how to design structures, know building and construction knowledge, and be able to analyze the environment. If someone is interested in becoming an architect, they need to know the different degrees needed to obtain, the specific skills needed and the demand and salary for the desired location (BLSbls).
Architecture matters, it is omnipresence; we use and encounter it on a daily basis, but most often one tends to focus on the building’s function and the way it looks. Architecture is more than mere buildings that serve its function to meet our own human needs; it has a lot more to offer. Architecture matters because it can become a symbol that represents something that has a deeper meaning as well as an “ultimate representation of a culture.” Architecture is a powerful icon because it symbolizes experience that we as a community share, which is far beyond what other forms art can offer.
There are many great architects in this world but there is only a hand full of
According to Lee W. Waldrep (2010), author of the book Becoming an Architect: A Guide to Careers in Design, an architect is an imaginative person who designs a wide spectrum of structures for buildings (Waldrep, 2010, p 2). These structures must meet safety requirements in addition to being aesthetically pleasing. Architects must compete with other architects to attract clients by presenting designs. This process generally rests on building a good
Architecture should be nurturing, responsive and alive, dynamically shifting spatial balances, organically expressive forms, subtly luminous colors and biologically healthy. To achieve such life-enhancing architecture, it has to address all the body senses simultaneously and fuse our image of self with experience of the world. By strengthening our sense of self and reality, architecture serves its all-important function of accommodation and
The question that we might be asking ourselves is that “do we need architects in our society?” The answer is yes in my opinion because architects bring the life out of things, make people think twice of coming back to a work of art, and make things look appealing to the human eye. A very good example of architecture coming to a city is El Paso our home town. For example, downtown El Paso was a very popular place for people to go hand out and have a very nice night life. But, downtown El Paso took a turn for the worse and it started to become a very unpopular place to hang out in El Paso. I will talk about how downtown El Paso has been changing since it atmosphere went downhill.
This book was written by Juhani Pallasmaa with regard to ‘Polemics’, on issues that were part of the architecture discourse of the time, i.e. 1995. It is also an extending of ideas expressed in an essay entitled “Architecture of the seven senses” published in 1994.
In designing and building locations where people live and work, architects and planners are essentially involved in manipulating how the human behaves. The architect who is still
Which eventually discourage designer put in effort to considerate the social aspect during design thinking, the word “social sustainability” were being treated as ideological thought in design until recent years, the attention of social consideration in several industry has become mainstream.