Our+profession

  Pre-reading activities:  a)  What can you predict about the content of the text by reading the title?  The title of the text “The Architect and his professions” suggests a content-laden definitions and characteristics of the profession… 

b)  What questions will be answered?  The questions are worked into the article may be linked with the basic principles of career difficulties and the benefits it... 

<span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">c) <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';">What vocabulary might be included? <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';">The vocabulary may be related to the technical language and the main things that should consider an architect… spaces, needs of the people, design, structure, among other things!

<span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; font-family: 'Bodoni MT Black'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';">Answering the podcast questions: <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Bodoni MT Black'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';"> <span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT Black'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> d)  <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';">What makes a good architect? A good architect should have a series of skills and attitudes, like “the ability to Draw, a feeling for mathematics, and responsiveness to building” (according to the text of Dafne Gonzalez “The architect and his profession”) <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';">The architect must be able to recognize the type of structures and materials suitable for each building, and should also be able to adapt their ideas to the requirements. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';">It should also give importance to new construction methods and techniques as tools for success.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> e)  <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';">What are the three dimensions of architecture design? “Visualizing the work in plan, section and elevation in such a way that the resultant composition is expressive and beautiful” media type="file" key="Our profession_part_I.wma" <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; font-family: 'Bodoni MT Black'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';"> Post Reading activities:

//<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">a) How are architecture and urban planning different in terms of the qualifications needed for each? // //<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The architect needs know draw and express their ideas on paper, to be able to transmit to the others. Must also solve individual problems in a creative way, to be in harmony with the environment. //

//<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">b) After today's reading, how do you feel about your future profession? // <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';">I feel that as an architect can help people to create comfortable places for everyone, and thus contribute to the beauty of the surroundings.

//<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">c) What is the role of architects in today's world? //<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New';"> Architects play very important and diverse roles in the world because they’re the responsibility of design, combined with the arts and sciences.

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