Things an architect should know
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See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied_energy
>the rate at which that carpet you specified off-gasses
I think the general idea behind this one is know that the materials you select can have an adverse effect on those who have to live with them. Carpet is one example to illustrate the point
Carelessly specified new carpets will off-gas VOCs to the detriment of the local air quality (until there's none left in thecarpet material).
In both cases he's saying that an architect should be aware of the wider context of their material choices and consequential effect on both the planet and the building's inhabitants.
Architecture is creating form which exists in a very complex system. Thats a concept that we could at least extrapolate and apply to other industries.
What made you switch from architecture to software development?
As an anecdote, in 2009 when construction plummeted - downturn is a bit delayed, investors finish ongoing buildings but don't start new ones - the company where I was working downsized from 75 to 10 employees in a few months. In small offices (with smallish projects) was even worse.
80. The reasons for their tenacity.
Reflecting on this can be enlightening, and like many enlightening things, uncomfortable
Is it because you are really mostly paying for the land?
But still, building a house still runs at $100,000+. Why though.
Are any of the pre-fab companies taking off?
I want to buy a run-down house, tear it down, and build pre-fab on it for $20,000, damn it.
Sorry, off-topic, but it seems like such an opportunity area for someone with some capital.
Edit: Also totally unrelated, but I have always wanted to know what the raw cost for a basement/foundation usually is.
At least, that's my very-limited POV.
They're competing with you buying a pre-built house. There's no need to charge that little, in addition people will often pay more to have their own house built, and new carries a premium. So there's no pressure pushing them to make houses low cost. Buy the land, hire a builder .. they'll still charge you too much because your alternative is still to have a pre-built house.
Rent-seeking ftw.
Basically the first sentence of the first section defines it:
"Das Entsendegesetz verpflichtet ausländische Arbeitgeber zur Einhaltung von minimalen Lohn- und Arbeitsbedingungen gemäss den anwendbaren schweizerischen Vorschriften."
Google translate gives this:
"The Posting Act requires foreign employers to comply with minimum wage and working conditions in accordance with the applicable Swiss regulations."
Nice. Like: If a architect (builder) build a house for some one, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built fall in and kill its owner, then that architect shall be put to death.
Can you expand on this item, please? I interpret it as "don't just arrive and immediately begin taking action, but take a moment to fully assess the situation because an extra 15 seconds is a worthwhile cost to avoid a mistake". Curious to know if I'm on track.
Why in the hand?
Also, when I was in hospital (diverticular disease) they put the first IV in my non-dominant arm (at elbow), then the second in my dominant arm .. the second one ended up staying in much longer. I wonder how often that happens; whether in some areas [ER?] it might be sufficiently often to warrant reversing the rule-of-thumb?
I was never asked about hand dominance so during surgery they actually put the IV in my dominant hand and hit a nerve. I couldn't use my dominant hand for a month.
2. Where the bricks are kept
Should a welder know about quarks and neutrinos?
It was also posted 16 hours ago and sunk without trace, presumably because nobody wanted to say 'this is stupid' incase it was genius and they appeared thick.
It is pretty stupid.
It may not be _genius_, but I don't think it's stupid, and especially not because it's an artistic rather than practical guide.
You could present this as a list of things ${profession} should know, and somebody somewhere would find it a refreshing thought experiment.
I would question if those mental gymnastics reflect on the source, or on the individual who created the meaning?
Without context its just a list of stuff with indeterminate intent - any artistry is the result of the reader willing it into existence.
Architecture is about design so it's fair to think that an architect should know about art and (some kind of) product design.
The analogy that I can think would be something like - A developer should know about network and how the user will use software, this concepts are important even if the programmer do not work directly with this things.
Well why not? QWERTY could refer to just being able to type. An artist could possibly do well to be able to use a computer? It could also refer to the placement on old style typewriters where the type bars could get jammed if letters used often in the English language were typed in quick succession. (Myth maybe? But interesting to think about anyway for someone that is going to design things for other people to use.)
As to Shakespeare, it has been suggested that people that read fiction/literature of this sort develop empathy and makes you a "better" person.
It's highly debatable, and arguably a myth. The QWERTY design predated any potential jamming problems. Perhaps it was so foreseeing? It's really hard to believe general ergonomy was the top priority, as all the characters of the word TYPEWRITER are placed in the top row, which could have hardly happened by sheer coincidence, but was very convenient for the sake of sale presentations in the early years...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fact-of-fiction-...
Apparently it was partly publicity stunt, partly defined through feedback received from actual users.
Argh, no. E and R are separated by D, 4, and C. It would be nice if someone writing about typewriters actually looked at one.
The bar-adjacent letter pairs, from most to least frequent¹, are MI BY CR NU HN XE HM AZ DC GB ZW VT FV SX.
The list obviously plays with leaving things vague, ambiguous, uncertain. It's funny how this seems to enrage certain people.
As computer programmers, this is perhaps even more important (since we're rarely writing programs for the sake of writing programs), but it's valuable to every industry to have a well rounded and well educated individual.
More specifically, a welder who learns about quarks and neutrinos shows curiosity beyond "an electrical arc creates heat and melts metal", a trait present in individuals who strive to better themselves and their craft.
An architect should know QWERTY because it is a form and pattern that people are familiar with. One part of architecture is informing people how to use spaces without instructions and to do so, an architect must understand the patterns they are already familiar with
My fingers just started spontaneously doing the unclogging motion when I read that, and I haven't touched a Rapidograph in 30 years.
Because the modern office building as designed by current architects isn't it.
2. That interior light reflected on the inside of a window ruins the view of the sunset