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Interview with an Architect
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In this unit you’ll keep working with control structures, you’ll find out how to use events in your programs and how to incorporate visual and sound effects in Scratch. You’ll also start thinking about the requirements and the design of your program.
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Dr Areti ManatakiTeaching and Research Fellow
Centre for Medical Informatics
Inés Friss de KerekiPhD
Engineering School, Universidad ORT Uruguay
So hello everyone, and I'm here with Rob Miller who is a landscape architect and
he is going to be talking to us a little bit about architecture.
So hi, Rob.
>> Hi, good to be here.
>> And so, tell us what is it that you do?
What, what does an architect do, and what does a landscape architect do?
>> An architect essentially primarily designs buildings,
also designs open areas.
There's concern with the, the built form of of the sort of built world.
A landscape architect more looks at how those buildings interact
with the landscape, and how we design the landscape, to make it a,
a good place, both to live in and also for nature to thrive in, and
for people to, enjoy themselves outside.
>> So, and how did you become interested in landscape architecture?
What did you find most interesting and fun about it?
>> I, I've grown up in the countryside.
I enjoy the interaction of people and nature.
And I feel a responsibility to make,
make the experience positive for as many people as possible and
for also as a place for wildlife to, to thrive.
>> Mm-hm, mm-hm. >> And, it's something I
feel passionate about.
>> So in software engineering we tend to design our code,
design our programs because, before we go ahead and, you know, actually code them.
So is that somehow equivalent to what you do?
What an architect does?
>> Absolutely, a whole a big part of the architectural process is,
is really understanding what that brief is from your client.
>> Mm-hm.
>> And understanding the context, the constraints and
really exploring everything that you want the building to achieve.
And the actual design of the building comes right at the end when you understand
all the, constraints and opportunities- >> Mm-hm.
>> That you need in that building.
>> This brings me very nicely to the topic of, what we call in software engineering,
specifying your requirements which is basically, I think, what you described.
The, the constraints and the, I don't remember the term you used, functionality?
>> Opportunities. >> The opportunity to use, yeah.
>> To use functionality.
>> Yeah, so. >> Yeah, and so
It always sets the project brief.
>> Mm-hm. >> Really.
>> And how do you gather your requirements in that sense?
Who do you talk to and what do you, what considerations do you make?
>> It depends on the scale of the project, but-.
>> So give us an example.
>> Generally, we would need to speak to an engineer.
>> Mm-hm.
>> Who would go and do a, a site survey.
We need to know if the site is on a hill,
what the access is like to roads, whether we have gas connections,
water connections, whether there's electricity in the area.
We also need to speak to an ecologist.
>> Mm-hm. >> Who can tell us
you need to look out for this tree.
Its got roots under the ground.
You can't go and dig here because it's protected.
We've also got birds on site so we need to protect this habitat.
>> Mm-hm.
>> We might also talk to cultural heritage specialists who would tell us if,
if there is any significant
archaeological elements on the site that we have to take care of.
>> Mm-hm.
>> I can show you an example here?
>> That'd be great, yes, yeah.
>> So. >> And please guide us through.
I mean, if there's anything.
>> Right. Well, this is a,
this is a housing, a project for a single house and
this is what's called a design and access statement.
>> Mm-hm.
>> Which shows the whole process of finding out the opportunities and
constraints of a site and how we go about designing.
So here we have a, a site location.
We have ownership and the site boundary which we send to all the consultants and
they come back with their information about-.
>> Okay. >> What they can find on this site and
in the, in the environment.
[SOUND] and the consultants come back with analysis on that site.
So we understand that it's in a conservation area.
Its, it edges on to open countryside.
We have certain trees that we need to protect.
[SOUND] And here you can see a, the, a cultural heritage
analysis of the buildings within the village.
So we've got different ages of buildings and different styles through,
through time.
We can see here the analysis breaks down all the different materials
which we find in the conservation area and, and these are what makes the,
the village special and gives us its defining quality.
>> Okay.
>> So we then try and use these materials or, or
a modern equivalent so that when we design something it fits in with the village and
compliments it as opposed to just being an alien-.
>> Mm-hm.
>> Object in, in a village.
>> Myself I don't know much about architecture and
whenever I think about architecture I think of, you know, drawings like,
like the ones you've got here.
And then of those 3D models of houses and,
I don't know, buildings.
Eh, so are these useful, and for who, and how?
>> They're very useful.
[INAUDIBLE] if we move on through the report.
>> Mm-hm.
>> We can see here first just stepping back a bit.
This is us looking at different concepts of, of,
built houses, and from this stage is a, is a 3D representation.
But it allows people who can't imagine-.
>> Yeah.
>> What something looks like from a plan to visualize it.
>> Cool. >> Which is very important
because then you know that everybody who's looking at this
sees the design in the same way that you do.
>> Mm-hm. >> Which is not always the case.
>> Yes. [LAUGH].
>> So it's a way of simplifying and representing things to, to everyone.
It's a, it's a very important process and
it allows us to make further assessment.
So when you've, when you have,
here we are, when you have a, a picture of it
set in its setting how it will look, this enables the landscape architect to
do an assessment to see how it will impact on the setting of the countryside.
>> Mm-hm. >> It'll also enable the cultural heritage
expert to say, oh, yes this, this accords with the conservation area.
So it enables people to see what it's going to be like,
look like before it's actually built.
>> Mm-hm.
>> [INAUDIBLE].
>> So it is a means of communication between the different partners.
>> Definitely, yeah, it, it-.
>> That's exactly what what happens with prototypes in software engineering.
It's just that.
It's a, you know, have something that you can all see and
agree what it is that you're talking about.
>> Yeah. >> Yeah.
>> It, it also gives in our case the,
the planning authority the confidence that what you're
going to build- >> Yep.
>> Is, is okay with them.
>> Mm-hm.
>> Brilliant.
And I've seen all the different drawings that you've got there.
It's the same side but viewed, I suppose,
from different viewpoints [LAUGH].
>> Different scales yes, so
here we can see the location of the site in the, in the wider countryside.
>> Mm-hm.
>> Here you can see the site in its immediate context.
>> Yep.
>> We're looking at the, about 500 meters here.
>> Yep.
>> [SOUND] and that looks at the landscape and
then here we zoom right into the actual site and
break down the ecological elements, so depending on-.
>> Hm.
>> What discipline,
what we're trying to work out, we look at it at different levels.
>> That's very interesting.
It fits very nicely with what we've learned this week about,
em, abstraction of designs.
So choosing the right level of detail and
kind of focusing on the things that matter, so.
>> Right.
>> I can see some links there.
>> Okay.
Good. >> [INAUDIBLE] Well, thanks very much.
>> Oh, you're welcome.
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