Wednesday, June 5, 2013

ARCHITECT'S RESPONSIBILITIES

What is the responsibility of the Architect?

The architect is a person who have undergone years of training to plan, design and supervise the construction of a building. This is a means for him to provide professional service in terms of rendering a good and quality design of a structure, analyzing the functionality of the space, arranging them in such a way that it will provide comfort, ease of movement, safe and secure environment, all of which are dedicated to human occupancy.

The Architect's responsibilities are governed by the law concerning the practice of architecture to any particular country. This is called the Architect's code that deals with the Code of ethical conduct. What is written here are practical insights about the practice of architecture. To know more about the detailed responsibilities, refer to the architect's code.

There are several areas where we can consider the responsibilities of the architect in relation to the following:

1. The Architects responsibilities in relation to the Public

With that in mind, the major consideration in the design of a structure by an architect is to safeguard the life, health and public property. Before coming up with a design, the architect has a long way to analyze, think and reevaluate his design strategies in relation to public safety.  He may have to ask himself with the question, 

"how will my design affect the safety of the people, their health and the environment?"
"What will be the safety measures that needs to be considered in the implementation of the design?"

As a designer, the architect's lead role in improving the life standard of the people and creating a beautiful environment is no wonder a great privilege. Not only thus he create a user friendly environment but also safeguarding the life and health of the public. On the other hand, this responsibility may  open an opportunity and challenge to the architect in providing a reasonable design proposal to his community. A place where he can evaluate the existing condition of his environment, thus making a thorough investigation and giving a recommendation as to how to improve his environment considering the safeguarding the life and health of the public. Topping up with the local government and other private institutions in the information dissemination and somehow get their attention and eventually consider his design solutions.

The brilliant idea may have save a lot of money and effort should the architect provide a practical design solution. This will also promote the practice of architecture and educate the public in terms of providing a professional advise in the initial stage of the design process, eliminating the impression that the architect is not only after the beauty of the structure, rather the public would realize that their environment are improving and their safety is well considered.