Friday, September 24, 2010

Project 1.2.2 Design Charrette

Conclusion

1.    Why is it important to recognize challenges and barriers during the charrette and then identify solutions?

It is important to recognize the challenges and barriers during the charrette is so that you can find the best way to approach and to accomplish the task
2.    Among the ideas or thoughts that you prepared for the charrette, were there any that were disregarded by the group? Why? Do you think it was the right decision?
 
There were some ideas that were disregarded because they were to expensive in design or to complex. I think the right decision was made overall.



3.    What is the value of using a charrette to investigate the feasibility and development of a building project? Describe specific advantages over a traditional approach in which the client meets with an architect and the architect develops the plan.

The value of using a charrette to investigate a building project is that the people you work with might come up with a better idea than the one you may have thought of. The specific advantage is that you come up with more ideas as a team than alone.


4.    Identify and explain a potential drawback of the plan your team drafted.
 
The potential drawback of our plan is that it might not be 100% effective cause one of the students could walk in the school counseling a weapon.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Your Career questions

  1. What is your age?
48
  1. Where do you live?
Fort Wayne, IN

  1. What do you like to do outside of work?
going camping

  1. What is your job title?
design architect

  1. When and why did you choose your career path?
At the age of 8 cause i found out that i like to design and create different things

  1. What is the name of your company or employer?
MSKTD & Associates
James R Kratzat

  1. Describe your primary duties and skills. [Cite your source(s)]
     my primary duties are design structures meat with potential or current clients on the design and occasionally visit the construction site. (bls.gov)

  1. Describe your physical work environment.
 I mostly stay indoors during the day but on certain occasions I go out to the construction site and view the progress 
  1. What is your favorite part of your job?
   designiong different types of buildings

  1. What is your salary? [Cite your source(s)]
$76,750 (bls.gov)

  1. Which accredited school did you first attend, and what was your degree? [Cite your source(s)]
Ball State University
Master's Degree in Architecture (bsu.edu)

  1. Describe in detail three of the courses that you took which are closely related to your current career. [Cite your source(s)]
ARCH 418 - Structural Systems 3.

Continuation of Structural Systems 2. Introduction to wood, concrete and masonry systems and their application to design of horizontal and vertical building systems. Discussions of alternative structural building materials and systems
ARCH 502 - Architectural Design 2.

Graduate design course involves architectural problems of increasing scale and complexity and requires solutions that are thorough in their conception, development, and execution. Multiple studio sections are offered each semester. Prerequisite: graduate standing
ARCH 614 - Design Studio 4.

Integration of design determinants with emphasis on building tectonics including structure, natural and mechanical environmental systems, building materials and methods of construction, and building systems. Understanding thorough design of the inherent logic of technical systems and how these systems influence architecture form, space, meaning and function. (Bsu.edu)
  1. Describe the two courses that you considered most challenging. [Cite your source(s) and include a course listing from the appropriate degree program]
ARCH 502 - Architectural Design 2.

Graduate design course involves architectural problems of increasing scale and complexity and requires solutions that are thorough in their conception, development, and execution. Multiple studio sections are offered each semester. Prerequisite: graduate standing
ARCH 614 - Design Studio 4.

Integration of design determinants with emphasis on building tectonics including structure, natural and mechanical environmental systems, building materials and methods of construction, and building systems. Understanding thorough design of the inherent logic of technical systems and how these systems influence architecture form, space, meaning and function. (Bsu.edu)

  1. What resources did your school have available to help you get through the most difficult courses? [Cite your source(s)]
     
  1. Regarding the two most challenging courses how did you persevere?
determination and dedication 

  1. From what school(s) did you receive graduate degrees? [Cite your source(s)]
   Ball State University
  
  1. What was the title or titles of the degree(s)? [Cite your source(s)]
    Masters Achiterture II (bsu.edu)

  1. What licenses do you have and what were the exams required to receive those licenses? [Cite your source(s)]
     Registered Architect

  1. How would your clients and co-workers describe you?
   Hard working determined dedicated 
  
  1. What do you hope to accomplish at the conclusion of your career?
   be a well known architect and have a well known building as well 
  1. Why should a high school student consider a career in your field? What important contribution(s) can they make?
    they should consider this career cause there is different ideas they could contribute to other architects or design some of the most well known buildings.
Conclusion
  1. You described a career related to civil engineering and/or architecture. Is this the career field that you are currently most interested in at this stage in your life?
     
  1. Rank and describe the three most important characteristics that you value in choosing a post-secondary school.
    1 Location
    2 student life
    3 academics
     
  1. Rank the following in the order of importance to you regarding a career: job satisfaction; salary; making a difference; level of responsibility; titles; benefits; hours; co-workers; supervisors.
    1 Job satisfaction
    2 benefits
    3 salary
    4 level of responsibility
    5 making a difference
6 co-workers
7 titles
8 Supervisors
9 hours

Thursday, September 16, 2010

1.2 Key Terms

ABET- the recognized accreiditor for college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology


AIA- this is the professional society representing the field of achitecture and others working in the field

ASCE- this is the professional engineering society representing the field of civil engineering and others working in the civil engineering field

Building Code- legal re





Charrette





Construction Documents





Municipality





NAAB





NCARB





Stakeholder





Zoning Ordinance

This is your career


This is a video of what I intend to be when i graduate from collage and form 30 years from now.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Questions

Architecture


1. What advice would you give to a person who is interested in architecture?

2. What type of buildings do you design and how long do they usually take to complete the design?

Civil Engineering


1. What is the most satisfying thing about your career?

2. What is a typical day for you?

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Key terms

Aesthetics
The quality of an object that deals with art, beauty, and taste.

Arch
A curved structure for spanning an opening, designed to support a vertical load primarily by axial compression.

Architect


Balance
The pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or elements in a design or composition.

Bearing Walls
Solid walls that provide support for each other and for the roof of a structure.

Civil Engineering

Color
The aspect of the appearance of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue, lightness, and saturation for objects and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources.

Contrast
A visual principle associated with change made in size, shape, color, or tone of graphic elements.

Design Principles
The rules that describe how designers might put together various design elements to create an aesthetic finished product.

Dome
An arrangement of several arches whose bases form a circle and whose tops meet in the center.

Element of Design
A basic visual component or building block of designed objects.

Emphasis
Stress or prominence given to an element of a composition by means of contrast, anomaly, or counterpoint.

Façade
The exterior face of a building.

Form
The shape and structure of something as distinguished from its substance or material.

Keystone
A wedge-shaped stone placed in the crown of an arch.

Line
The edge or contour of a shape.

Lintel
A beam supporting the weight above a door or window opening.

Movement
The effect or illusion of motion conveyed by the relationship of structural elements in a design or composition.

Pattern
An artistic or decorative design, especially one having a characteristic arrangement and considered as a unit.

Post-and-Lintel Construction
Wall construction utilizing a framework of vertical posts and horizontal beams to carry floor and roof loads.

Repetition
A principle where some graphic elements are repeated throughout the entire design.

Rhythm
Movement characterized by a patterned repetition or alteration of formal elements or motifs in the same or a modified form.


Shape
The two-dimensional contour that characterizes an object or area.

Space
The dimensions of height, depth, and width within which all things exist and move.

Texture
The feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface, substance, or fabric.

Unity
The state or quality of being combined into one, as the ordering of elements in an artistic work that constitutes a harmonious whole or promotes a singleness of effect.

Value
The relative lightness or darkness of a color.

Vernacular Architecture
Culturally and climatically relevant architecture using locally available materials and traditional building techniques.

Voussoir
Any of the wedge-shaped units in a masonry arch or vault, having side cuts converging at one of the arch centers

Essentail

Essential Questions




1. How did the art and science of architecture and civil engineering evolve over time?



2. Describe three structural systems used by architects in historical construction projects.



3. How have historical innovations contributed to modern civil engineering and architecture?



4. How are visual design elements and principles manifested in architecture?

Project 1.1.4 Architectural Features

1.How did the time period from which your feature was most prevalent influence the feature?





2.How did the feature you modeled meet a human need?




3.Describe the use of the principle of design best represented in the architecture of your model.



4.Explain how one of the other models in your class has similar characteristics?