ORIENTATION TO THE ARCHITECTURE PROFESSION

 
 ROLE OF AN ARCHITECT IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT



Architects are professionals who have a key role to play in society: buildings and the users of buildings are responsible for the majority of carbon emission and it is said that the built environment influences behaviour. Good design is essential to improving the performance of buildings and our social living environment. Construction is an important industry, not only in new build, but in urban regeneration, adaptive reuse, and energy transformation of existing building stock.

Role of Architecture and Place

Architecture and place is led by Architect, Who focuses on place-making, sustainable economic growth and development delivery.
He have responsibility for the development and implementation of policies on design in the built environment.
Helping to turn policy intentions into actions, architecture and place strive to

• create successful, thriving and sustainable communities;
• deliver better public buildings which contribute to improved service delivery and represent good value for money;

• tackle the barriers to good quality development, through education, skills and advocacy.

Better place-making

Distinctive, high quality places as well as high quality buildings are vitally important to the social, environmental and economic success of our cities, towns and rural communities.
Good place-making can provide communities with an important cultural context; a sense of pride and belonging; and a sense of local and national identity. It can provide environments which function well; link well with surrounding settlements and provide attractive areas in which to socialise, to move around and to do business.

Good design

• safe, welcoming places can be created to which people would wish to return frequently, and which would have a greater chance of longevity.

Sustainable development

"Good design" in the built environment must, by definition, involve an approach which responds to issues of climate change and other sustainable development concerns.
Architect should  intended to embed a more sustainable way of thinking and create certainty to support investment in new technologies as we move towards a low-carbon economy. This can creates a long-term framework and place at the forefront of global efforts to tackle climate change.