Unit II Lesson 1 profession of an architect

An architect is a person trained to plan and design buildings, and

oversee their construction. To practice architecture means to provide

services in connection with the design and construction of buildings

and the space within the site surrounding the buildings, that have as

their principal purpose human occupancy or use. Etymologically,

architect derives from the Latin architectus, which derives from the

Greek arkhitekton (arkhi-, chief + tekton, builder), i.e., chief builder.

Professionally, an architect's decisions affect public safety, and thus

an architect must undergo specialized training consisting of advanced

education and a practicum (or internship) for practical experience to earn

a license to practice architecture.

Can you imagine how fine it is to be an architect, to build houses,

schools, factories, towns, and bridges?     This profession combines skills from the architecture and general

crafting disciplines. That is why I was interested in such subjects as

mathematics, geometry and painting.     For me architecture is a real art. It plays an important role in the

formation of our emotions, tastes and feelings, it influences on our views

outlook and mood. It enriches our inner world.     It is very difficult to make some project, to bring into focus all that

is most important and significant. But I hope that with learning and

self-improving day I will succeed in the profession of an architect.

Architecture is a social art that touches all human beings at

all levels of their existence everywhere and everyday. This is the only

discipline, which encompasses the four major fields of

human endeavor: Humanities, Science, Art, and Technology, actually

putting into practice the professional inputs drawn from them.

sum, Architecture is the matrix of human civilization - an authentic

measure of the social status, and an evocative expression of the

ethos of an era.

The demands on the profession over the years have become

much more complex in nature and much wider in scope.

Architecture uses the philosophic wholesomeness of Humanities,

the logical rationalism of Science, the passionate imagination

of Art and the inexhaustible resources of Technology. It calls

for originality, creativity, conceptualization, perception, aesthetic

values, and a holistic judgment of people, places, objects and events.

Urban Design is architecture of the cities, highly complex and

gargantuan in scale. The primary aim of urban design is to

imbibe and maintain a sense of identity and harmony among

buildings, open spaces and other structures by means of a

pleasant and memorable visual imagery throughout the length

and breadth of an urban setting.

TASK 1

Choose the English equivalents from the text

1. архітектор це людина, навчених для планування та дизайну будівель,

2. рішення архітектора впливає на громадську безпеку

3. архітектор повинен пройти спеціальне навчання,

4. отримати ліцензію на практику архітектури

5. чи можете ви собі уявити

6. ця професія поєднує

7. емоції, смаки і почуття

8. відіграє важливу роль

9. впливає на наші погляди

10. архітектура є справжнім мистецтвом.

11. це збагачує наш внутрішній світ

12. гуманітарні науки

13. світогляд і настрій

14. стосується кожної людини

15. архітектура є матриця людської цивілізації

16. вимоги до професії

17. пристрасні фантазії

18. невичерпні ресурси

19. сприйняття,естетичних цінностей,

20. оригінальність, креативність

21. гігантські масштаби

22. почуття ідентичності і гармонії

23. відкритий простір

24. візуальні образи

25. головна мета

TASK 2

Write your own composition “Why I have chosen the profession of an architect”

TASK 3

Read and translate the dialogue