“There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds”, fabulously stated by G.K Chesterton. Most architects learn throughout their college experience and career that rules dominate, and at one point feel so restricting that imagining freedom to design without restrictions or hurdles would make things easier. Sadly, rules in architecture are very necessary to not just know but to also try to follow. Through my experience in my internship, I’ve noticed many different aspects of rules and ethics that are followed. Ethical choices and business choices have been constantly displayed through projects. Such as the many obligations to the public, to the client, to colleagues, to the profession and of course the general obligations that come with the field of architecture. These canons are building …show more content…
You learn pretty quickly in college that in this field we aim to help grow and make improvements to the ever changing world. While I have been in my internship, this ethical practice has been demonstrated in how the architects pay mind to the environment and the situation at hand and help design or renovate a place. Such projects like residential or more of those in the commercial area like casinos. The architects also pay mind to who is involved and how everyone plays a role in the contract/objective at hand. A project comes in stages, and in these variety of stages the AIA code of ethics are implemented in many ways. After everything is being designed, the architects that have received their masters and have been in the field for quite some time has the ability to stamp projects after reviewing them. They have to be honest and look at the project and review them to move forward in the project. For that reason, dishonesty or laziness on that part is not acceptable. From that point, this is where the laws and permits start to matter the
“The architect’s role and their intellectual responsibility is to fight to maintain their vision and little bits get chopped off all the time, but if they’re only little bits, it’s not too bad.’’
Ferrell, O. C., Fraedrich, J., & Ferrell, L. (2013). Business ethics: Ethical decision making and cases: 2011 custom edition (9th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.
Architecture is the concept of bringing structure, materiality, form and space together as a whole, provide people with enclosed atmosphere to experience. Considering this, it is important to identify that materiality and the purpose of details has been a key methodology to bringing architectural intentions into the design in an affective manner, more over producing an architectural expression. However, this position is rather declining in architecture, reducing tectonics and materiality to being secondary to form and space. With the start of modernism, the attempt to achieve minimalistic style has caused detailing to increasingly develop into a decorative aspect of a building, neglecting its individual contribution to architecture.
With the interaction between the development of computational approaches in architecture and the contemporary forms of spatial design intelligence, some new architectural design theories emerged to make differences between architects and control designing processes. These theories are almost employed in all designing realms, from architecture to urban design to provide fields of ideas and solutions that privilege by complexity. Most of these theories are oriented to relay on understanding and using computational methods to generate exotic and complex geometries. In this respect, three of these theories will discussed and tested against three buildings. The theories are: parametric design, genetic architecture and emergence, which characterize some of the contemporary architectural design approaches.
Ethics is the moral behavior that guides our actions; it motivates us in our personal behavior and is relevant in a business setting as well. Many organizations have set forth a set of guidelines known as a “Code of Ethics”. The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, being one of these organizations, has set forth their code as a requirement for students and engineer members to adhere to. Heading towards a career in electrical engineering I choose this organization to elaborate on for my ethics project.
Engineering is an essential and learned profession. As members of this profession, engineers are likely to show the highest standards of honesty and integrity. Engineering has a straight and vital impact on the quality of life for all people. Consequently, the services offered by engineers need honesty, impartiality, equality, and must be dedicated to the protection of the public safety, welfare, and health. Engineers must act under a standard of professional performance that requires adherence to the maximum principles of ethical conduct.
Ethics are moral principles or values that govern the conduct of an individual or a group.It is not a burden to bear, but a prudent and effective guide which furthers life and success. Ethics are important not only in business but in academics and society as well because it is an essential part of the foundation on which a civilized society is built.
In chapters three and four of A Short History of Ethics, Alastair MacIntyre makes a clear distinction between two philosophical doctrines at loggerheads: the Sophists and Socrates. The Sophistic amalgam of personal success, lust and power is constantly interrogated by an interlocutor in an endless plight to reveal Sophistic ignorance, fruitless desires and the right to universal justice. MacIntyre identifies the codes of both parties, and further complements the debate with historic examples to conclude the social success (or lack thereof) and persuasion of both sides.
Buildings reflect the values and ideas of society within periods. The role of architecture in shaping society and vice versa largely depends on the period in question and who or what affects first. The Enlightenment, and the subsequent period the Post-Enlightenment, reflect the biggest change for current ideas regarding architecture and society and current theories. At the same time, individual identities and understanding of society, progress and truth all follow a similar evolving path. It is during this dramatic shift in thinking that the role of architecture to society and the idea of progress and truth becomes a more complex relationship. How this relationship works and its implications is based on the theory that there is a direct link between the two. One cannot develop without the other. Who leads whom and to what extent they influence each other is evident in architectural trends and pioneering works by architects such as Robert Venturi, Frank Gehry amongst others.
Ethics are rules or standards to govern the conduct of a person or members of a profession. Patel (2005:223) concurs when she says that ethics prescribe action based on values and set rules that must be followed to give effect to values. Ethical principles are therefore a set of principles of right conduct (Davidson College 2002:1). Swanepoel (2006:35) indicates that the ethical principles inform the approach of development. According to this author, this is done before the community development projects are established as well as during the life-cycle of the project (Swanepoel 2006:35). The ethical principles therefore guide the common goals until they are reached. The principles include human orientation, participation, empowerment and capacity building, ownership, inclusiveness, collaboration and self-determination (Banks & Orton, 2005:106; Cavaye 2000:5; Gray & Mubangizi, 2009; Green & Nieman, 2003; Ife & Tesoreiro, 2006; Kenny, 2002; Lombard, 1992; Payne, 2005:208; Swanepoel & De Beer, 1998:24-28; Swanepoel, 2006:28-32; Tshabalala & Lombard, 2009)
Art and science (to be more specific, natural science) are essential parts of our society and areas of knowledge, as are ethics. One must wonder what impact our ethical judgements, our decisions based on moral principles, have on these two. Our morals are the laws and standards that we make and believe in. Ethical judgements often limit the production of knowledge from the natural science as well as from art; however, art can be born out of ethical judgements. Ethics are often deeply involved in anything we do and in much of our knowledge. We ask ourselves if something is ethical or not based on one system of morality of another. Individuals who are proficient in the natural sciences often confront ethical roadblocks that seem to hinder human innovative progress. The same has been and continues to be seen in the arts. Artists are often tempted not to follow through or even begin with projects that they believe to be immoral according to their own beliefs or the beliefs of others. Such art is often censored if it ever is produced; however, it is our morals that allow us to create art and separate it from the rest of the world. Our ethical judgements limit and create much of the art that is (or could have been) around us today.
Ethical rules governing the relationship, “the engineer - the employer” and “engineer – client” require diligent performance of business obligations: provide engineering services to a client or employer that promised to produce, finish work at the scheduled time and within budget, and if not possible to achieve, inform a client or employer as soon as possible to prevent delays, so that the corrective action can be taken, and not to disclose information relating to the state of affairs or technical processes of his former or current client or employer without their consent (NSPE 2003, 01). As recorded in the Code of Ethics of the National Society of Professional Engineers – NSPE, “Engineers shall not reveal facts, data, or information without the prior consent of the client or employer except as authorized or required by law or this...
Engineering ethics can be described as moral principles that are applied to the engineering practice (Van et al, 2011). Engineering bodies, such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, conducts field examines and set obligations that engineers are supposed to fulfill, to their clients, society and professi...
Code of ethics is providing a guide of each profession like public, clients and fellow professionals. It also focuses on delivery, ethical reflection and decision making. In all professional field first they ask its legal and they refer to the law. Engineers and surveyors becoming more jurisdictions more by laws