Architect, defined

The third step, however, reminds us that we do have to pay attention to good software development practices if a generally used, and useful system is to result from the prototype. Development of a full system, based at least in part on the prototype, proceeds with detailed specifications as the system architects define and construct its final form. 

In other cases, where perhaps the requirements are ill defined, or there is concern over some particular aspect of the project, it may well be more appropriate to have the project designed and/or managed by independent professionals. For example, most industrial building projects are best suited to an engineer-led approach. If, however, the owner is particularly concerned about the architectural aspects of the scheme, he may prefer to make his own selection and appointment of an architect. 

Windows should be designed to withstand the same blast loads as the walls. The engineer should define the structural design criteria and coordinate with the building s architect to assure the manufacturer s correct interpretation,... 

Ideally, the corporate center should focus on those key governance functions that allow it to create real value for the corporation, i.e., tasks with high value added or, if performed badly, high potential to destroy value. The definition of which tasks should be included will depend on the overall strategy and the center s self-conception, i.e., whether it defines its role more as that of a strategic architect or an operator (Fig. 24.2). 

An architect from the view point of information technology, meaning an IT architect, is a technology expert with insight in a business domain or a scientific discipline who plans and defines the conceptual structure and overall logical... 

Rather than providing a media for visual copies of actual machines, a design space defines a range of possible movements of objects, based on principles of engineering and the physical sciences. Architects, artists, and map-makers work in such spaces. 

From the information gathered, develop a short list of three to five firms to send RFPs. In order to be able to compare responses, the RFP must clearly define the scope of services that the architect is to provide. Basic services include information gathering, preparation of preliminary schematics designs, detailed design development, construction document preparation, assistance in awarding contracts, and contract administrative services during the construction phase. 

With the advent of tensile and fabric architecture came a freedom of form which had been generally either lacking or difficult to achieve with more traditional structural materials such as timber, masonry, steel and reinforced concrete. Perhaps for the first time, as described in Section 7.4, designers were confronted with a lightweight, deformable, structural envelope which to some extent defines its own contour but where an almost infinite variety of shapes is possible. It is difficult to adequately describe such forms with just plans, elevations and sections. Therefore, perhaps even more than usual, architects are compelled to conceive and visualise their designs fully in three dimensions, with physical and/or computer-aided design models. 

If we take these characteristics as defining a profession, we see that solicitors, barristers, doctors, dentists, accountants, surveyors, architects, engineers and many others fall within the definition so too do one or two less obvious groups such as physicists. 

In the schematic stage, components and their interconnection pattern (netlist) are defined, simulated, and verified for functionahty using schematic capture tools such as Mentor s Design Architect and Cadence s Concept. (The schematic interconnection list is usually called schematic netlist. It is an electrical network-based grouping of connection points of... 

The user must also define which failure modes are the feared events (EE). These events will be studied by the global analysis provided by the tool Safety Architect. A dysfunctional simulation of the system is then executed by propagating failures along the dataflow dependencies of components and until a feared event is reached. 

On these dramatic sites, it is typical to start with a 16 ft (5 m) contour plan to create space. The architects and engineers then develop a 6.6 ft (2 m) contour plan to define that space. And lastly, the team produces a 1.6 ft (0.5 m) plan, which will give the golf course its form and function (Fig. 66.16). 

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