The RIBA Part 3 examination, the only remaining reliable process of evaluating the suitability of architecture graduates in the UK is now scrapped and the examination is to be incorporated within university courses.
From now on, the bogus architecture schools of the UK will be selling a licence to every rich kid out there who fancies to put the title 'architect' next to their name.
The architecture schools -shelter of every failed architect of the last recession, with their pseudo-intellectual arty farty programmes and overpriced certificates- will now have the final say over who qualifies for entry into the profession. They have a established a successful business model, selling degrees to every kid that can afford one, with minimum management over the quality of graduates. To my eyes, they are responsible for the constantly declining quality in new practitioners.
Having recently spent my fair share of time in one of those 'prestigious institutions' I witnessed people receiving First Class Honours Degrees for drawing pretty pictures, without any understanding of constructive, planning, legislative issues that surround building design.
Question: What stops them from increasing the amount of students they admit and flood the market with bogus graduate architects, devaluing the state of the profession even further?
Well, litigation for one but maybe that only happens in the States. The more flooded the market, the harder it is for students with no talent or marketable skills to actually find a job. Sure, you may be able to call yourself an "architect" and reap that social badge, but can you do anything worth a damn?
Useless people don't rise to the top. They might squander initial trust and make hiring practices ever more stringent and listings elusive but for those who can put together a building, there shouldn't be much concern. The profession is devalued not because there's too many grads with titles getting some slack cut in their education timeline.
There's still a system in place to weed out crappy students. As per ArchDaily,
A requirement for a minimum of two years of assessed professional practical experience (PPE) within, typically, a minimum seven year period of study
An award that combines academic study and PPE leading to a level 7 Masters degree
Academic credits available for one year of work based learning, with the option for students to study within a framework of four years full time study plus three years PPE
A 300 ECTS credit programme compliant with the requirements of Bologna Agreement
Access to the register of architects (ARB) and title of ‘Architect’ on successful completion of the integrated course
RIBA Part 3 is scrapped. Little hope in this profession retaining any of its dignity.
You all heard it well.
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/riba-agrees-biggest-shake-up-in-architectural-education-for-50-years/5074559.article
The RIBA Part 3 examination, the only remaining reliable process of evaluating the suitability of architecture graduates in the UK is now scrapped and the examination is to be incorporated within university courses.
From now on, the bogus architecture schools of the UK will be selling a licence to every rich kid out there who fancies to put the title 'architect' next to their name.
The architecture schools -shelter of every failed architect of the last recession, with their pseudo-intellectual arty farty programmes and overpriced certificates- will now have the final say over who qualifies for entry into the profession. They have a established a successful business model, selling degrees to every kid that can afford one, with minimum management over the quality of graduates. To my eyes, they are responsible for the constantly declining quality in new practitioners.
Having recently spent my fair share of time in one of those 'prestigious institutions' I witnessed people receiving First Class Honours Degrees for drawing pretty pictures, without any understanding of constructive, planning, legislative issues that surround building design.
Question: What stops them from increasing the amount of students they admit and flood the market with bogus graduate architects, devaluing the state of the profession even further?
Well, litigation for one but maybe that only happens in the States. The more flooded the market, the harder it is for students with no talent or marketable skills to actually find a job. Sure, you may be able to call yourself an "architect" and reap that social badge, but can you do anything worth a damn?
Useless people don't rise to the top. They might squander initial trust and make hiring practices ever more stringent and listings elusive but for those who can put together a building, there shouldn't be much concern. The profession is devalued not because there's too many grads with titles getting some slack cut in their education timeline.
There's still a system in place to weed out crappy students. As per ArchDaily,
Is the the same RIBA that says John Pawson is not an architect? That RIBA? I may not be able to go on.
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