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I dropped out to do computer science, and of course I now hold a long-standing obsession with houses. So I've been renovating old houses since my first in 1999, like to nosey into building sites, and would love to do some development once we have some more cash.
Architecture probably isn't the best thing to be doing until the kids are seriously more grown up and you can just slap a few $100 onto an assignment without blinking.
The number of times I kicked myself for thinking too much about the construction side of things and not doing a Sky hook design................................ My trouble was that my cousin is a Structural Engineer and was working on campus and I had access to her for clarification of construction issues.
It is noteworthy to mention that the RAIA jealously guards the term Architect.
You CAN NOT call yourself an Architect unless you are registered with the RAIA as such. Anyone calling themselves or advertising as an Architect who is not registered can be proscecuted.
You can do Architectural Technology at TAFE which I think takes 2 years full time, and if you do well enough you can get advanced standing at UNi.
If I had my time over again, that is what I would do as those guys from TAFE who then went on to uni were way way way ahead of us in Archicad skills, and construction understanding and when you are time poor and trying to get a project done, knowing a CAD programme well is a real godsend.
Oh, TAFE is alot cheaper than Uni too.
But there are some engineers out there who love to make out there ideas happen. They love the challenge. They're the ones who deserve more credit than they get for amazing buildings. Back in the 1950s, there would have been lots of engineeres who looked at the design for the Sydney Opera House and said, 'Nope. Can't be done'. What they're saying is that with what we know now it can't be done. But someone said, 'They're must be a way we can do that. Let's give it a go.' They would have invented new technology to do it.
that's got more to do with the people you align yourself with - i guess you'd get this in any industry. if you have an "enthusiastic" design, then you'd seek out a "can do" engineer.
I'm an architect and contract administrator. If you're qualified as architect you can administer the project you designed as a Contract Admin. That is, you become a independent and fair Valuer/Assessor/Certifier for the contract. The Client and Contractor has to let you manage the contract.
I agree, architecture school is a waste of time. The lecturers waste too much time on design and art theories. These academics think they are philosphers/artist, they try to be as weird as they can, and they will tell you "never compromise your design! Don't let your client make you change your design intention". No wonder these guys end up teaching in uni instead of running real practises.
It took me years to do it, but it's still ones of the best things I've done. It always takes me back to look at it on the internet:
http://www.architecturemedia.com/aa/aaissue.php?issueid=199609&article=8&typeon=2