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How does it feel to be an architect?

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How does it feel to be an architect?

To better understand the content of their work, architects must interact with their time and their contemporaries. An architect should ask himself the question: "What do people need? What can I offer them? "To do this, the professional turn to all sorts of tools, including both urban analyses, which we talked about above.

First of all, you need to understand the place in which the project will develop - its context, its features and morphology, its environment, its materials and forms, including the smallest details. What makes this space unique? We composed a massive list of 100 best architect Pakistani firms sorted by their revenue

At the stage of preparation, it is necessary to conduct research - and one cannot be limited only to the technical side of the work. You can also explore the community's life in which we find ourselves: its feelings and fears, dreams and hopes.

To better understand the content of their work, architects must interact with their time and their contemporaries.

"I think this is a property of my choleric character. I always want to do a lot. I do things quickly, I drive fast. There was a time when we simultaneously led up to 20 projects. We have built many restaurants, bars, clubs, and casinos, have accumulated a great deal of experience in this area, and know almost all restaurateurs and club leaders. Themselves invented both the names and concepts of the objects. It would be strange not to try to do everything ourselves from start to finish.

In your opinion, what knowledge, skills and experience are essential for a good chief architect?

Huge outlook and work experience in different projects and different positions. It helps me a lot that at various times I was engaged in systems programming, development of business systems and distributed web systems, worked as a technical sales

I continued to closely communicate with Microsoft specialists, we did joint projects, and soon I received an offer to work. In 2011, I became an expert on Microsoft strategic technologies and in 6 years, gained all the necessary skills I have now. It's hard to overestimate how much work in a large global IT company gives. After gaining experience in web and cloud technologies, implementing and using them in startups, partners and Microsoft customers, I moved to the primary role for myself - a cloud architect.

A cloud architect helps the company's clients to use purchased cloud services and technologies effectively. I have worked on projects in such large companies as Sberbank, Kaspersky Lab, Thunder (the Magnit network), Baltika and others. Also, we talked with ABBYY, where we had many good friends.

An architect must serve the community in his work, and not pursue personal interests

It is the duty of an architect - a person who will somehow change the urban landscape - to do the project as well as he can. His first task is not to build a house, but to understand whether he can do it at all.

The first stage of work on a project - preparation - Nicolas calls "the development of awareness" and argues that this is the most important thing: it depends on the awareness of the task and its context whether the project will fail or be successful. That is why when you take on a new job, you do not need to try to think through everything from start to finish as soon as possible.

It would be best if you allowed yourself to be in the space of the unknown: let the project take shape on its own, without haste. The first stage of work is preparation for action, not the story itself.

 Anything we write on paper without full awareness of the context can quickly turn against us. The raw project will be the worst enemy. For example, he will not allow looking for other solutions to the problem - perhaps more suitable for a particular situation. Moreover, an architect's task is not to create one design or project (no matter how great it may be) and create a comfortable space for himself and his kind and redo it as many times as necessary.

The main task of architecture should be to create an environment suitable for modern people and satisfying their aesthetic needs.

The main task of architecture should be to create an environment suitable for modern people and satisfying their aesthetic needs. True, this was not always the case: architecture has come a long way from a nondescript hut to a beautiful cathedral.

The space around us is mobile, although it is made of stone, reinforced concrete and cement. An architectural project does not begin or end, as it is a necessary and integral part of our life. That is why architectural creativity cannot be free: you cannot build anything you want. An architectural project can only exist as a collective project. Otherwise, it is doomed to die.

An architectural project or design must take into account the opinion of the public. The building is a permanent decoration of our life, our natural, built environment. Therefore, first of all, it should be descriptive. Clarity and theoretical understanding of architecture - an essential phenomenon in all people's lives - is directly related to the shopping centre's appearance, which is being built on the next street.

WHAT IS TIME AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT ARCHITECTURE?

Nicolas di Battista also analyzes the temporal aspect of a new facility's construction: how to use the time we have correctly? Of course, each project's timing is unique and depends on the situation, context and customer. Nevertheless, any project goes through three stages: beginning, middle and end. Nicolas di Battista proposes considering these three objectively existing, irrefutable stages, although they seem incredibly obvious. How can we make the most of the time we have?

 

 

 

 

 

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