I am wondering what an architect does.
Is he just responsible in creating the blue prints , drawings / models for a particular thing that is going to be built?
Correct me if I am wrong it is the job of a civil engineer to verify that the drawing/models can be physically built. (i.e it is the civil engineers job to make sure/figure out if the bridge can be built in this shape , or the arch can be made to hang off a building in a certain way ,...etc
For me it just seems like architects are just designer/artists ... and any good artists with a little bit of building background could be come one.
I apologies for my ignorance.
But even google does really clear up the difference between an architect and a graphical designer that draws building.
This is my understanding
Civil engineer responsible for safety of actually building the the building structures, and allowing it to be usable with out harming humans (human safety)
contractors/builders/construction managers are responsibly in calculating the costs of building and assigning tasks to workers
workers are the ones that have the talent in the particular task need to build part of the structure
So do we really need architects or should the civil engineer just work with a designer/artist instead. (or maybe architect is the a different name for a building designer .... just a specific type of designer such as a graphical designer is to advertisers/marketers )
If I get it right what types of skills would you need to have if you where really good already with drawing , and where a civil engineer to become a architect.
Couldn't you eliminate the job of an architect by just training a civil engineer on CAD programs/technical drawing
Is he just responsible in creating the blue prints , drawings / models for a particular thing that is going to be built?
Correct me if I am wrong it is the job of a civil engineer to verify that the drawing/models can be physically built. (i.e it is the civil engineers job to make sure/figure out if the bridge can be built in this shape , or the arch can be made to hang off a building in a certain way ,...etc
For me it just seems like architects are just designer/artists ... and any good artists with a little bit of building background could be come one.
I apologies for my ignorance.
But even google does really clear up the difference between an architect and a graphical designer that draws building.
This is my understanding
Civil engineer responsible for safety of actually building the the building structures, and allowing it to be usable with out harming humans (human safety)
contractors/builders/construction managers are responsibly in calculating the costs of building and assigning tasks to workers
workers are the ones that have the talent in the particular task need to build part of the structure
So do we really need architects or should the civil engineer just work with a designer/artist instead. (or maybe architect is the a different name for a building designer .... just a specific type of designer such as a graphical designer is to advertisers/marketers )
If I get it right what types of skills would you need to have if you where really good already with drawing , and where a civil engineer to become a architect.
Couldn't you eliminate the job of an architect by just training a civil engineer on CAD programs/technical drawing
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