People usually wonder whats so different about an architect when a civil engineer does the same thing for a living...i'll tell you...
My dad's been a freelance builder(civil engineer) for the past 19years.He's always been my rolemodel and I grew up wanting to be a civil engineer like him but my love for design was as too strong to let go of easily.This is when dad suggested me to do b.arch and not b.tech and it was a move worth making when we already had one structural engineer in our house.The thought of studying 5 years about designing a home made no sense when u could do the same after a 4 year course.But the exclusivity that comes with the course speaks for itself.Any average Joe could study a few textbooks and start building towers based on the laws of physics and maths but designing is different.The whole thought of taking up a simple concept like mixing up a few basic geometric shapes and using your head into creating a style like no other is something that made sense.The feeling of implementing my own signature and concept into the world was kickass!!!...my creation needn't really be possible nor does it need to obey the laws of gravity and stand upright because if it did then there wouldn't be a point in having structural engineers?!The ability and eagerness to design is not something everyone has and it should be put to use given the chance.But that doesnt mean that structural engineering is lame because its these structural engineers who actually help make our ideas work...it's pretty easy to have buildings lying on your desk in the form of printouts...erecting them onto solid ground is where the real deal is and that's when civil engineers fly in and save the day!Architects are all about impracticality(to a certain extent!) because it's only when people start to think in a new direction does new techniques,theories and styles arise.Architecture is more of a white collar job but at the same time its a job that carries a whole lotta self satisfaction with it. :)
My dad's been a freelance builder(civil engineer) for the past 19years.He's always been my rolemodel and I grew up wanting to be a civil engineer like him but my love for design was as too strong to let go of easily.This is when dad suggested me to do b.arch and not b.tech and it was a move worth making when we already had one structural engineer in our house.The thought of studying 5 years about designing a home made no sense when u could do the same after a 4 year course.But the exclusivity that comes with the course speaks for itself.Any average Joe could study a few textbooks and start building towers based on the laws of physics and maths but designing is different.The whole thought of taking up a simple concept like mixing up a few basic geometric shapes and using your head into creating a style like no other is something that made sense.The feeling of implementing my own signature and concept into the world was kickass!!!...my creation needn't really be possible nor does it need to obey the laws of gravity and stand upright because if it did then there wouldn't be a point in having structural engineers?!The ability and eagerness to design is not something everyone has and it should be put to use given the chance.But that doesnt mean that structural engineering is lame because its these structural engineers who actually help make our ideas work...it's pretty easy to have buildings lying on your desk in the form of printouts...erecting them onto solid ground is where the real deal is and that's when civil engineers fly in and save the day!Architects are all about impracticality(to a certain extent!) because it's only when people start to think in a new direction does new techniques,theories and styles arise.Architecture is more of a white collar job but at the same time its a job that carries a whole lotta self satisfaction with it. :)
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