Introduction
This module is aimed introducing students to the requirements, activities and operations involved in working in architectural practices. The purpose is to facilitate the involvement of students in professional attachments to architectural practices in order to develop an understanding of the general nature, principles and procedure of law and legislation as applied to architectural drawings, especially the Building by-laws. Students will also be exposed to the process of authority submission for various drawings from an architectural practice and the range of contract documentation produced to support these drawings.
Via a full-time internship attachment, students will further appreciate the documentation and report-writing skills required of an employee (architectural assistant/architect) in a typical architect's firm.
Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this assignment, students will be able to demonstrate the following:
Submission
Report
Internship Log Sheets:
Testimonial:
This module is aimed introducing students to the requirements, activities and operations involved in working in architectural practices. The purpose is to facilitate the involvement of students in professional attachments to architectural practices in order to develop an understanding of the general nature, principles and procedure of law and legislation as applied to architectural drawings, especially the Building by-laws. Students will also be exposed to the process of authority submission for various drawings from an architectural practice and the range of contract documentation produced to support these drawings.
Via a full-time internship attachment, students will further appreciate the documentation and report-writing skills required of an employee (architectural assistant/architect) in a typical architect's firm.
Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this assignment, students will be able to demonstrate the following:
- Recognize and recall authorities' procedures and requirements with regards Planning Submission and/or Building Submission drawings.
- Appreciate the requirements of a complete set of Planning and/or Building Submission drawings and the need for compliance with the relevant by-laws.
- Appreciate a typical written specification in support of a set of working drawings
- Produce a typical Client-Consultant Meeting (CCM) minutes
- Work successfully in small teams for the success of medium-sized projects
- Appreciate the resource planning issues that take place in a typical architect's practice
- Produce a complete logbook documenting experience in a typical architect's practice
Submission
Report
Internship Log Sheets:
Testimonial: