Internship became meaningful to me through the real world experience I gained in a an area I truly am interested in. First off, I was able to see how small business is run, I say small but they have many projects going on at once. The work was split up and organized methodically across all team members. Then, I was able to ask questions to somebody who has gone through all of the education I would need to get to be licensed as an architect. I asked questions throughout the whole process as they came up, not having to research but getting in depth answers of my questions. Lastly, I saw how a business does not need to run by the normal standard for a practice. Florence Architects is different in that they are completely run off of SketchUp instead of a AutoCAD system. This has its advantages and disadvantages, but it works well for them, and is something that very few to no other practices are doing. Through this I was able to see how Jason very clearly researched how to be different yet successful at the same time.
During my internship project, I was able to learn an abundance of information about the area of architecture. As stated before, I was able to ask questions of any sort. Many of these pertained to the program I was using, but there were a variety around the schooling of architecture. The schooling is a mystery because I have not spoken to many architects and overall, it became much less of a mystery to me. It is a profession that mixes art and math, that was one of the ;largest curiosities for me. As an intern, I gained far more respect for architects and who they have to deal with. I had already known about how a client may be annoying to a project, but not the many parties that they have to deal with. A plan for a house must go through many revisions from different professionals. Some of the people who may see one single plan include civil engineers, clients, the city, and structural engineers. I got this new appreciation because there are many more steps before the plans reach any of these people. They may be tedious steps but are just as important. Internship has not necessarily changed the direction that I hope to go in with my life, but confirmed what I had already planned on. Internship opened my eyes to many other options in architecture, and what being an architect really means. Starting out of college you are not immediately following your dream designs, there may be much drafting for others before then. At Florence Architects, Jason creates many of the designs and has his employees make many of the revisions the pieces need. All of these contribute to the final design.
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Olivia
5/30/2019 08:14:17 pm
Do you want to become an architect because of your internship? What kind of architecture do you see yourself pursuing? I feel like it would be cool to design people's houses but I would also want to see what goes into designing government buildings and hospitals too.
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Henna Hall
5/30/2019 09:29:31 pm
It's great that this internship has helped support your confidence in what you'd like to go into in the future. I'm sure it's a nice reassurance that you're headed in the right direction. I heard from an architect once that the economy really affects their business. Is that something you've heard as well and/or taken into consideration at all?
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Hailey Sena
5/30/2019 10:22:16 pm
It’s great that you learned a lot from your internship! It’s seems like you’ve gained some valuable experiences. It’s awesome that internship has helped you confirm where you want to go with your future. Also I didn’t know architects had to work with a bunch of different people, how many do they usually have to work with on a project?
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Ricardo Cortes
5/31/2019 12:00:26 am
I am as well quite interested in what kind of architecture you see yourself perusing. So what kind would it be? Which have you been the most fond of before you even started internship?
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Ricardo
5/31/2019 12:01:53 am
I meant pursuing, my apologies.
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