Architecture - a specialty at the intersection of science and art

Becoming an architect as a professional is a difficult and thorny path. Unprepared entrant can not just take this specialty and enter this specialty, since already at the first stage it requires knowledge of the basics of drawing and painting. Let's get acquainted with the named profession and its prospects in more detail.

About Architecture

Architecture - a specialty, which requires full return from the student. Not for nothing in universities, students of architecture can be distinguished in circles under the eyes and tired tired eyes. The curriculum at them is very rich and consists mainly of practical works: projects, drawings, creative assignments.

Usually a student has to learn how to work in such programs as ArchiCad, Photoshop, Artlantis on the fly. Do not want to frighten entrants, but by entering this direction, you need to be ready to perform a large amount of tasks in a short time, which means - at night. One expects you exactly - you will not be bored.

The architect differs from an engineer

The specialty "architecture" and "construction" are different things that differ radically from each other. Architects mainly develop creative solutions, make project documentation, visualize projects, mock, evaluate buildings. A good specialist should know the building structures and materials, be able to correctly distribute the loads acting on the building.

Engineers also calculate and implement projects of architects in the working documentation .

About landscape architecture

This science is a branch of urban planning. The landscape architect works with open city spaces: squares, embankments, streets, boulevards, parks, squares, etc. That is, landscaping of the named area should be based on these specialists. But experience shows that the concept of "landscape architecture" is perceived in Russia as the same as "landscape design", although the latter is only a small part, the tool of the named specialty.

This profession is quite popular in the USA, Canada, Europe. All developed countries have long switched to the sustainable urban development program: the improvement of ecology is possible only through the introduction of nature into the urban environment.

Landscape architecture is a specialty that exists in some universities of our country (in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, etc.). It combines engineering, botany and architecture. The trend towards the development of this industry exists in Moscow - new landscape objects are being built here, historic garden and park ensembles are being reconstructed, and greening is gaining momentum. But in a crisis, unfortunately, such specialists are forgotten, not required.

Students-landscape designers work no less than their colleagues-students-architects. In addition, creative tests are usually not carried out for this purpose. Most graduates working in the direction (architecture - specialty), are arranged in private landscape bureaus, designing the gardens of customers.

About creative tests

As mentioned earlier, applicants are required to undergo creative tests to enter the university. The specialty "architecture" is at the intersection of creativity and engineering, which is why when enrolling, they are checked:

• Creative direction - the ability to draw from nature. Usually those who arrive draw the gypsum heads of Apollo;
• Knowledge of the composition. It is also a drawing of geometric figures lined up in a composition;
• Engineering orientation - drafting. Usually, the entrant must manually draw a drawing of any part, node (front view, top view, side view) and align it in a perspective or perspective view.

Prepare yourself for such tests and possible, but in practice, still higher grades are obtained by applicants who attended the preparatory courses of the university.

Bachelor's and Master's Degree

Modern education in the university has moved to a new system: most graduates are now issued not by specialists, but by bachelors. The so-called tier system has also affected learning in the architectural direction.

The bachelor is trained on the reduced program, 4 years. Unfortunately, they are often considered to be "half-educated" with higher education. Master's degree allows to get an initial degree (usually for 2 years). All this is done to save time to release a larger number of "practitioners", but everyone knows that quality takes time, and the less it is spent, the lower the student's level of education.

Architecture - a specialty adjacent to construction, art, design. It is quite prestigious, but it requires great efforts and skills both from the creative side, and from engineering. The big competition should not frighten the real architect, after all on a top of a career ladder only professionals rise.