Definitions:
The architect is who:
- who projects and develops a construction
- an artist, a creator
- one with sufficient capacity to shape the spaces, taking into account human needs, economic and functional parameters
- who provides beauty to what surrounds us
- who can see what people need to materialize it in real life
Training:
Learning to see: (photograph, read to deepen ideas, watch films, draw frequently, analyze surroundings, travel..).
Learning to think: (find the language and be critical).
Learning to create and understand: (the materials, compositional rules, construction techniques, needs of the users).
Tips:
Frank Lloyd Wright, a famous architect, gave us young architects some tips:
- Do not take architecture for a living unless you love it and are willing to be faithful to it.
- Thinking about the WHY of things
- Learn to distinguish the curious from the beautiful
- Get used to the analysis
- Think “simple”
- Take the time to prepare yourself…
The profession:
The profession of architect is regulated by the “ley 38/1999 05/11, de ordenación de la edificacion ” It regulates the building process, defines the agents that intervene in it, establishes obligations and responsibilities, guarantees the users to ensure quality through compliance with the basic requirements of the buildings.
A common form of employment:
- Own office (self-employed)
- Work for others: for other architects and/or companies ( public work )
People mistakenly believe that all architects do is plan and draw, but many steps must come before that. Based solely on what I have learned this semester in all my subjects, I can conclude that architecture is a vast field and that architects spend a lot of time-solving problems that are typically not directly related to architecture.