"K.K."> wrote
They first prepare their draft design or a
> number of alternative designs and send them to their engineers. At this
> stage, the engineers carry out the relevant calculations and some
detailed
> design and make recommendations with respect to the alternatives to the
> architects. In most cases, the architects need to amend their drawings
and
> send them to the engineers again for further amendments or redesign.
Such
> iterative process goes on until a "satisfactory" solution is reached. If
> the
> architects are lucky enough, such process may not take long. However, in
> some cases, the architects are not that lucky and they have to redesign
> their buildings many many times. This is one of the main reasons for
your
> architects overexerting themselves. I believe that such unfortunate
> situation can be improved only if your members are willing to learn and
> have
> sufficient understanding about building construction so that the time
for
> such iterative process can be shortened, as the "abortive draft design"
> can
> be minimized.
After a person has completed architecture schooling, and before he heads
to
intern****p, he should be required to spend one full year working in the
various trades of construction, so as to familiarize himself of the
process.
3 months in masonry, 3 months in carpentry, 3 months in electrical and 3
months in mechanicals. And another 3 months with a shovel. heh-heh
Or, during the 5 year intern****p, each summer (3 months) the intern would
work in the various trades.
Having hands on knowledge is essential to being a good designer of
buildings.
In fact, I don't see how anyone could design and assemble CD's of a
building
properly without that knowledge, and no I don't believe that knowledge can
be gained from books.
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