2. Guest Speaker
• Mark Smith, MARC Andrews University, LEED GA, Licensed
Contractor
• Wightman and Associates, Architecture and Engineering, Benton
Harbor – Graduate Architect
• Nehil-Sivak Structural Engineers, Kalamazoo – Revit 3D Modeling and
Structural Construction Documents
3. What is Architecture?
• The art or science of building, specifically: the
art or practice of building structures and
especially habitable ones. – Merriam-Webster
5. Art and Science
Great Pyramid of Khufu, El Giza Egypt
2580-2560 BCE
Santa Maria Del Fiore, Firenze Italy
1296-1436 BCE
6. What do Architects do?
• Interpret people’s need into buildings
• Engineer
• Creative design and problem solving
• Draw
• Hand sketches
• Computer drafting
• 3D modeling and digital imagining
• Construction documents/contracts
7. What it takes to be an Architect
• Good math skills, you use algebra, calculus, physics
• Good computer skills – most drawing is done via computer
• Good reading, interpretation, writing and communication skills
• Appreciation and understanding of our planet and the effects humans
have on it.
• Dedication – it takes a lot of time and hard work to become an
architect.
11. Scale
• Proportion refers to mathematical
relationships among real dimensions.
• Scale refers to how we perceive the size of
things relative to other things.
• Generic scale – the size of a building element relative
to other forms in its context.
• Human scale – the size of a building element or space
relative to the dimensions and proportions of he
human body.
12. What it takes to be an Architect
• Masters in Architecture is
typically a 6 year program.
• 5600 Hours (3 years) of work for
a registered architect, spread
over six categories in order to
take the registration exams.
• Six – two hours courses with a
50% failure rate.
• Typically a minimum of 9 years
to become a registered
Architect—how long does it
take to be a doctor?
Registered Architect
Registration Testing
Internship
Masters Degree