DEFINITIONS
To be an architect is to know how to recognize and interpret the reality that surrounds us, but also to be able to dream and imagine things that dont exist yet. -Alfonso Muñoz Cosme
To be an architect is to be able to turn a house into a dream, and being able to turn a dream into a house. -Alberto Campo Baeza
TRAINING:
LEARNING TO SEE (photograph, read to deepen ideas, watch films, draw frequently, analyze surroundings, travel..).
LEARNING TO THINK (find the language and be critical)
LEARNING TO CREATE AND TO UNDERSTAND (the materials, compositional rules, construction techniques, needs of the users)
TIPS:
No taking architecture for a living, the why of things, studying every detail, analysis, think from the general to the particular, maturity, prepare yourselves, see the machines and methods that construct, quality of character, competition.
THE PROFESSION:
In Spain the profession is regulated by (Ley 38/1999 de 5 de nov de Ordenacion de la Edificacion)
It regulates the building process, defining the agents that intervene in it and establishes obligations responsibilities.
