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Somewhat off topic, but I was somewhat surprised that architect is a viable career for someone with an aversion to all things mathematical. Does she still need
by dtparr 13y ago
Somewhat off topic, but I was somewhat surprised that architect is a viable career for someone with an aversion to all things mathematical. Does she still need math, she just doesn't enjoy it, or does the modeling software these days take care of all the calculations necessary?
- dagw 13y agoThe role of the architect in Sweden is very different from the role of the architect in North America. In Sweden an architect deals with the planning and design phase and is not involved with the construction phase and has no practical or legal responsibilities with regards to the actual building process. All that is handled by a construction engineer.
- dtparr 13y agoInteresting. I would have thought at least some math would be required during the planning/design phase to ensure the design is physically stable (e.g. load calculations to ensure spans are supported well enough). Thanks for the info.
- dagw 13y agoMost houses are designed with standard, well understood materials and well within industry standard tolerances, so there is no need to do any heavy duty load calculations at every step. 97% of the time plugging some numbers into the standard formulas is plenty enough for a sanity check. If you're doing something really weird you sit down in collaboration with your engineers.