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Offline SwifDi
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« on: April 22, 2003, 01:22:17 PM »
In respects to Spudz\' thread on his dreams and aspirations, I too am a bit curious.

I\'m really interested in Architecture/Architectual Engineering. Anyone can give me some kinda heads up?

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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2003, 03:23:03 PM »
Yea..make you nothing you design is in the least bit shoddy. Lawsuits are a bitch these days.
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2003, 03:58:52 PM »
Are you looking at colleges?

Tell you what- Ill pull some strings and email you my schools password/screenname for this website that can give you a to z on your topic. Dont worry its not illegal. No biggie.

Ill do that probably today, or tomorrow.

My uncle is an architect, if you have some questions; I can ask him them. he likes explaining his job.
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« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2003, 04:59:21 PM »
/me hax0rz spudz school, and tags the webpage with "Spudz 0nwz0rz j00"

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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2003, 06:04:08 PM »
I was looking into Architecture for quite some time but realize it leans too much towards Art and not enough towards the simple design.  I know that University of Cincinnati is great for Architecture but the average student in the program has a 29 on the ACT, so good luck.  I qualified but no way in hell.

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« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2003, 06:27:30 PM »
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/me haxorz omen\'s computer and makes his wallpaper a permanent picture of my grandmas brown asshole.
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« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2003, 10:00:34 PM »
Ugh, I hope its not in the "artsy" realm. Art is not my kinda gig.

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« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2003, 11:45:23 PM »
Having spent three terms in Architecture at Carleton (1.5 years), I can tell you that though it\'s a very interesting field, it is geared waaaay over towards the art side.  Most architects never do what you \'think\' they do, they make pictures of already existing plans, or they make mundane \'bottom line foremost\' plans for houses, commercial buildings, and the like.  I decided to switch after I really got a good look at what most architects do (internship during my first summer).

That said, if you knew that it\'s very much an art world, and that architects these days play only one small role in the development of any property, and you still wanted to do it - you should.  It\'s interesting, fast paced, and there is always something more to learn that\'s fun (without even specializing!)
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« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2003, 04:36:34 AM »
I currently have my associates in architectural engineering, but the job I have now is in industrial engineering.  I\'m eventually gonna go back to school, but i\'m changing my major to mechanical engineering.

The problem with the architectural field is that if your not a good artist, you get stuck designing mundane houses following what those "above" you want.  Industrial engineering is different because you design what "works" not really worrying about style or artistic expression.

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« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2003, 05:14:28 AM »
my pal mike has his masters in architecture, he spent the last 5 years building models of other peeps drawings and fixing the main dude\'s mistakes... like drawing beams in where he left them out for "artistic" reasons.... right now he is drawing floorplans and elevations for a frank lloyd wright boathouse. He said that guy was crazy and half his shit has no hope of ever being built.
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« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2003, 10:02:07 AM »
So Architecture is more in the realm of art and design, where as Architectual Engineering is the mechanics of building (less art)?

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« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2003, 10:38:02 AM »
basically from what I understand..(I was intrested at one point in during my life) is, according to you last staement...

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So Architecture is more in the realm of art and design


More of what looks good, but not as easy to really accel in.

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where as Architectual Engineering is the mechanics of building


Function before form.
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« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2003, 01:00:16 PM »
Hmm... well I must say I\'m slightly discouraged hearing some of this. A lot of teachers, parents, relatives, say I should just get into engineering in general because one of my strongest points is in math. But I don\'t exactly understand how an engineer\'s career works or what it even is for that matter.

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« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2003, 03:18:16 PM »
After seeing how Architecture is I\'m leaning more towards Construction Management or Engineering.

 

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