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Whenever somebody thinks of a profession related to buildings, the first thing that comes to mind is always an architect. The architect is the professional with the deepest understanding of how buildings actually work and what buildings actually need. The question now is how essential this expertise is and if there are any drawbacks to hiring an architect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the most part, having an architect will be of the utmost importance and is actually a requirement. Most, if not all, countries require that your building is designed by a licensed architect. There may be instances in which the architect and the client will come to a disagreement, but these can also be solved at the end of the day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read on if you want to learn more about how an architect contributes to a project or if you want to learn about how hiring an architect can also be a drawback sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reasons to get an architect<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Listed below are the reasons why you should get an architect. These reasons are the general benefits that an architect can individually bring to your project. This doesn\u2019t mean that the architect will provide all of these benefits to the client. It depends on your agreement with the architect on how much they will be responsible for the entire project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Architects sees and uses the bigger picture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
When an architect plans a project, they don’t just limit themselves to the site. Instead, at the beginning of a project, they observe things from a city scale down to a neighborhood scale and then lastly down to the lot scale<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This may not seem important to the client but what this observation does is that it gives the architect good insight and basis by taking into account the different factors that could affect the building.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
These considerations can range from environmental (ex. weather, flooding patterns) to cultural (ex. social practices, current usage, community profiling). The architect figures out how the building can address all of these factors while meeting the client’s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aside from this, architects design in a way that is synergistic with other professions<\/strong>. Other professions, such as landscape architecture or interior design, rely on the architect’s decisions to properly practice and contribute a design for the building, specifically the interiors or the building’s outside environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is important to understand as a client because it\u2019s important to trust the architect as the project’s cornerstone professional. Think of an architect as if they were the director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Architects sees opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
When a client asks the architect to create a project for them, the architect first and foremost prioritizes meeting those requirements. While meeting those requirements, an architect will notice that something could be done better for the building and project as a whole. If the requirements of the client were to be the dots, then the architect has the experience and the expertise to connect those dots<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To further explain this point, let\u2019s view a building as something composed of different parts, aspects, functions, intentions, etc. Throughout the design process, the architect will see how these different parts can play to each other\u2019s strength<\/strong> or how certain additions to the building can benefit all these parts as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, if you own a commercial building, the architect observes where the people actually go through, during what time human activity is highest, what kind of access they need, etc. Architects use these observations as an opportunity to design the building in such a fashion that maximizes a certain aspect that a client wants<\/strong> (efficiency, ease of use, comfort, etc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n