What is required to become a successful architect

What is required to become a successful architect

 

     These days a number of people are trying to develop extra skills for their successful career life. In architecture area isn’t an exception. However, it seems that nobody – people who are not in architecture area - clearly knows what an architect does. In general, an architect is normally regarded as a sort of artistic person who can draw and make some nice free hand drawings without any problem. Regardless of what domain or scope they work in, there are several common set of skills are needed for successful architect.

 

First, an architect has an ability to see objects as a graphical shape. In other words we called visualization and formalization skills. Some people said "A picture is worth a thousand words". Every step of works needs presentation and this skill is essential for all graphics. It is also an excellent way to represent the architectural models and drawings at each level of abstractions.    

 

Second, an architect can enjoy to sketch or draw his own idea. So he can integrate framed solution to create a conceptual vision. We can say this conceptualization skills and it shows how to architects are thinking. Many architecture firms demand the interviewer’s conceptual sketches when they hire an architectural designer. Besides we can easily find good sketches on famous architects’ works book.

 

Third, an architect has an ability to analyze by using all tools including mathematical and scientific ways. He has to analyze the information that they have collected. The analysis consist of answering architectural questions “What are the key elements of the problem?”, “What are the relationships between them?”, “How do they combine together to provide value higher up?”

 

Fourth, an architect has communicating skills. This is probably the single most important aspects of an architect’s job. Fundamentally, architects are in the role of communicator. After he establishes a solution, he needs to communicate that solution between client and general contractor and his supervisor. Of course he has to communicate with his colleagues pretty well to cooperate his complicate works.

 

Fifth, and last but not least an architect has problem-solving skills. He is asked to solve specific problems and getting to the core of the problem is the first step. Of course, the requirements are often vague and limited. So architects have to understand how those requirements fit into the context and could figure out the problems finally.

 

In the end, we learned that there are several aspects for becoming a successful architect. I agree that this is not a complete list and could also be added other aspects. When I graduated a school of architecture, my classmates already prepared several license exams such as LEED – leadership in energy and environmental design. When I see their resumes and it was filled with all internship experiences to be ready to hire one of prominent firm. However the more important aspects are their real skills and make their real skills in their variety of projects.

      

Cause-Effect Essay

The positive effects of extracurricular activities on students

       These days, a number of people frequently heard that there are many advantages of extracurricular activities on students. Students who actively joined extracurricular activities tend to have their successful career after graduating according to many statistic data. In general, every student has their prerequisite classes to get their good grade and successful graduating. Besides most of students’ are required to join at least one of extracurricular activities such as sports activities, painting, playing musical instruments, drama, religious club, and even nursing elderly people and caring children in day care center. The rationale behind of this is that students’ extracurricular activities improve students’ physical and mental health, social skills as well as developing their talents.

          To begin with, most extracurricular activities play a pivotal role in promoting students’ physical and mental fitness. I wholeheartedly agree with the saying “A sound mind in a sound body.” A number of students’ have clearly demonstrated that a variety of extracurricular activities usually combining physical and mental activities, contribute to their body exercise – dramatically lower the chance of obesity-related illness such as young adults with diabetes and cardiovascular disease. At the same time noticeably get a chance to create by using their mental activities such as painting, sculpture, playing musical instruments, dancing, and acting in a drama. It can role in relaxing their tired and stressful mental health of their every day of competing class.

          Moreover, involving students’ in extracurricular activities teaches them to be cooperative. In other word, by fostering students’ social skills is one of the advantages of extracurricular activities. The important reason is that group extracurricular activities such as sports team, school orchestra, drama team, and even student government require teamwork and collective effort. Therefore, students can have a valuable opportunity to learn how to collaborate with one another. The best example of this is a football team. Even though players have to do their best at their respective positions such as a quarterback, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, the team has to orchestrate teamwork by throwing and passing the ball, tackling opponent players, and even encouraging one another in order to lead the team to victory. This proves that extracurricular activities teach students the virtue of pulling together to achieve a common goal.

          Finally, extracurricular activities help students developing their hidden talents. It is largely because a number of students who joined extracurricular activitiescan find their future career in the same field and in many studies indicated that several successful celebrities said that they found their career when they joined their extracurricular activities. In my personal experience, I joined a traveling club when I was high school student and it made me to carefully watch a number of architectures all around the places I traveled as well as helped me to decide as my future major.

          In these regards, every student who joined extracurricular activities can get many advantages such as promoting students’ physical and mental fitness, developing their social skills, and finding their hidden talents. Plus students’ mental fitness from a healthy social relationship and physical well-being are the fundamental factors for a successful life of our students.

Classification Essay

The three main programs of contemporary Architectures

       Architecture has been a form of mixture of art, technology, and engineering for millennia. Through the years it has evolved to use cutting edge of architectural materials, tools, and systems. Nowadays, it is difficult to imagine designing a building as a complexity of cultural activities without using computer technologies such as Auto-cad, three dimensional rendering programs, and estimation programs. These technologies helped a lot to make unrealistic shape and space to real. Modern architecture comes in a variety of forms. Still keeping some of its roots from ancient times such as Greek, and Rome, contemporary architecture can be classified in main three ways of programs: Residential, commercial, and cultural architecture.

Perhaps the best-known type of architecture is residential. This type of architecture generally has been designed for making human beings shelter to protect from dangerous natural surroundings in the wilderness. It was transformed in a variety of types such as mixed-use residential which is combining at least one other program and high-rise residential which is ranging from 30 stories to extremely super tall towers. A residential district is consist of a number of residential architectures originally was planned with a park district and school district to provide better environments to residents. Besides the codes for residential district is much stricter than other program’s district because it is no wonder this is the most basic form of our daily life.

Another type of architecture program is commercial. Ranging from office building to retail shops there are so many different kinds of programs in this type. In commercial, the most important factor is practical function for residents. So it has much more complicate systems such as sustainable energy efficiency, transformation, and parking system. It is literally focusing on practical purpose. Some people say that several land mark high-rise buildings play a pivotal role in representing and symbolizing a city. The best example of this is Willis tower and John Hancock tower in downtown Chicago as well as Empire States Building in New York. If someone ask you to draw the image of City of Chicago or New York, you might imagine the shape of these super towers.

Finally, there is cultural architecture. The owners of cultural architectures mainly are governments which include all public cultural institutions and municipal in local town. Private cultural facilities will be an exception. So a new project for cultural programs can have more enough budgets to experiment new design and allow to being creative results. For instance, if the cultural buildings happens to build in wealthy local institution, it could be accepted more options and architectural meanings for standing out their organization.

Whichever type it takes – residential, commercial, and cultural architecture as a form of programs ranks very high on most clients and public’s lists of favorite spaces. Still, it is interesting to note that different types of architecture have unique characteristics. Regardless of the types of architecture, it is safe to say that people appreciate the craft of architecture and the many chance of space that it provides.

    

Process Essay

How to build your own single house

       Building a single house for your own is such an exciting and memorable experience in your life time. You can choose your favorite materials, colors and organize your own living space. Maybe you have been dreaming since you were a little kid. But a number of people believed that building a house needs so much more time and effort than purchasing an existing house or town house. It is true that a future home owners have to spend their time to hire several working crews and coordinate all the construction process and research all materials and codes and regulations even getting a permission for construction ”which materials will harmonize with others?” However, building a single family house will be successful if you follow certain steps.

First, it is important to start with enough budgets, so you don’t have to stop construction during the process due to the shortage of your money. It will impact the whole construction process and makes delayed placing order and results of extra costs.

Next, research a good location of land with a good neighborhood and surrounding. And purchase it with your experienced friend. Certainly, you need to consider many environmental factors such as noise, traffic, and cultural and educational facilities. If one of these factors isn’t satisfying you, don’t worry about it. The first priority is getting your nice house.

Once a land has been prepared, hire a trust and experienced architect and general contractor who can be responsible for all designing and construction process.

After the architect and general contractor have been hired, you have to deliver your original idea what materials, fixtures, items and spaces have been dreamed and convey your idea to them well. It could real as your sweet home.

Be careful not to persist your original thinking since the colors and sizes are different and the unit price for space may more expensive than your budgets. You can find a lot of alternates to satisfy your preference and it might be better than your original idea. You can trust your architect and general contractor and they can do their professional works best to coordinate during the whole processes.

Finally, you may better check and inspect from time to time at the construction site before finishing every important works and make proofs to ask a responsibility if some of works went wrong such as taking pictures and inspect with special inspectors. And then you can back and force with your architect and general contractor.

Once you have followed these steps, you are ready to have your own sweet home and dream will come true!

My life during this week

It's been pretty busy days this week.
I've got a full-time job at a general construction contractor company a month ago and I've been trying to get used to work at this company Monday through Friday from 8am to evening (it depends on the procees of project). My official position is a project engineer and my scope of work is mostly about measuring how much the price of the construction price and have to break down the price of every divisions of work such as HVAC, plumbing, electrical, flooring, painting, etc. Every project is about bid-project. If our company suggest the lower of construction price, we can get the job and have to coordinate every steps of construction. This bid project makes me challenging and focus on this job. Besides I am willing to work overtime everyday without any complain. And I joined a choir team for this Easter and I practiced three songs last Thursday night with my small group members. I wish I can practice enough and perform without any problem on that day.

Hi this is Chris