So I want to be an Architect…So I want to be an Architect…

SHIKHA TRIPATHI

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Plan a strong college preparatory program with courses in English, History, and other humanities subjects, mathematics, including geometry, trigonometry, algebra, and pre-calculus, and physics. Humanities courses will sharpen your communication skills and your ability to put things into context. Art courses - drawing, painting, sculpture, or photography - will be helpful in developing your ability to visualize and conceptualize, which are both important skills to an architect.

 A bachelor’s degree is required first and foremost and is known as ‘Part 1’. Usually lasting three years of full-time study, the undergraduate degree in architecture also gives you free student membership to RIBA.On completion of your undergrad degree, ‘Part 2’ can be commenced. This part of the process enhances your overall architectural knowledge and looks at project complexity. Whilst the actual qualification varies between institutions (BArch, Diploma, MArch), the stage generally takes two years of full-time study to complete

. You can choose to study at the same institution, or search for an architecture course at a different university. Most courses are design-based and rely heavily on project work that is undertaken throughout the course. This part of architectural study allows you to enhance key ideas and skills.Architecture students also attend lectures, seminars and tutorials, along with field trips to interesting and important buildings.The final stage of your architectural training, known as ‘Part 3’, requires you to complete a minimum of two years in professional training prior to your final exams. 

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The role of the architect

Designer Advocate

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The role of the architect

Designer Advocate

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Architect as Advocate

“The sole duty of an architect is to serve the public, to meet and surpass, if possible, a client's needs.”Defining Architecture - Brian Nank

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Architect as Advocate

Advocates must listen

Advocates must observe

Advocates must think strategically

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Art of Listening

“The architect’s design cannot meet the client’s expectations if the architect cannot hear the client and enter his or her domain.”

Listen to:- Customers- Partners- Users- Managers- Developers

Understand:- Resources- Needs- Unique Challenges- Preferences- Business Climate

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Art of Strategy

Learn the business domain

Understand the business strategy

Apply your technology vision to the strategy to identify opportunity for competitive advantage

Solve the right problem at the right time

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The role of the architect

DesignerAdvocate

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Designer

“A structure must exhibit the three qualities of firmitas (strength), utilitas (utility), venustas (beauty)”Vitruvius 25 B.C.

Frank Lloyd Wright

“An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site.”

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Designer

Designers must understand engineering (strength)

Designers must be able to translate user needs into functional structures (utility)

Designers must be able to create a solution that is pleasing to the eye (beauty)

Frank Lloyd Wright

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Architecture

The product of design

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Architecture

ar·chi·tec·ture [áarki tèkchər]noun 1. building design: the art and science of designing and

constructing buildings 2. building style: a style or fashion of building, especially

one that is typical of a period of history or of a particular place

3. structure of computer system: the design, structure, and behavior of a computer system, microprocessor, or system program, including the characteristics of individual components and how they interact

network architecture

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Architecture is an idea, a plan about the solution that will be built.

To collaborate effectively you will need to communicate the architecture to different audiences using a variety of tools, media and means.

Your job is to create an architecture that will meet the need

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Becoming an architect is a

journey toward

becoming one who dreams

of the solution rather than the

one who builds it

“Find purpose, the means will follow. “- Mahatma Gandhi

Thank you…Thank you…