#Architectural Animation?
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IMHO the architect is a dying breed. Unless the AIA gets more
regulations which require architects and their work, they are going
to die out replaced by creative engineers. Don't get me wrong! I
think architects are a needed, but if they don't make themselves
needed by law, they will be bypassed to save money. 90 percent of
the buldings built now days are built mainly governed by codes not
good design. You can ask any architect that is working and he will
tell you he would love a client to actually pay him to spend a lot of
time designing a building like he did when he was in college. But
most clients don't see the design phase as being that important. They
just want their square footage. I think most architects know deep
down I am correct. I only hope that the proffesion can change how
things are done. It is a great art.
How does this relate to animation, it helps to understand why most
architects hate to do anything fun out of house.
Andrew:
Althogh I've had experiences which directly contradict the sentiment in your
post, I will go on record as agreeing with most of your assessment.
A few points:
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But most clients don't see the design phase as being that important.
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True to an extent. The tenants (not necessarily the owners) will have
the ultimate power for controlling design. If the tenant decides a
building is too hideous for their company image they won't lease
space or buy a particular building. A tenant/owner, I have found, is
not aesthetically blind but the pocketbook has a way of filtering
what they see. Resale value, lease value, and vacancy rate can
translate into an owner's desire for a more attractive design.
The architectural world has gone through some recent purges as the
economy has taken its downturns. I don't think architecture as a
profession is dying as you suggest, but I do think there will be some
serious changes in the size of firms, the scope of the services we
provide and to whom architectural services are provided.
My prediction is that architects will continue to allow the simpler
(residential), the industrial (warehouses, manufacturing) and other
lower profile, lower budget projects to escape their grasp. Important
buildings, prominent buildings, legacies if you will, will remain
the pride of architectural accomplishment. Joe the housebuilder will
sell more dial-a-houses to the masses and Fred the metal warehouse
builder will litter our landscape with tornado fodder. Hey, the
greeks had the acropolis with their important buildings occupying the
high ground and also had thousands of little shacks and huts to house
the teeming millions below. They had architects to design the
temples and their own Joe the housebuilder for the huts, not much has
changed in these few millenia.
Bob
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