Do you like creating things, you love designing?
When you walk into a restaurant, a building or a mall do you marvel at how aesthetically it is designed?
Do you wonder how simple the design is or marvel at the intricacy in layout?
An architect is a [su_highlight]qualified individual[/su_highlight] who brings ideas to life. An architect ideates, makes copious sketches and then designs buildings, parks, bridges.
What skills do you need to be an architect?
An architect should have both[su_highlight] scientific reasoning and artistic abilities[/su_highlight].
Here are some of the skills you need to become an architect
- Visualization
- Design
- Visual-spatial intelligence
- Creativity
- Understanding of Materials
- Ability to understand Thermodynamics
- Trigonometry
- Ability to understand dimensions and proportions
While this can be learnt over time, there are a few skills which are essential if you want to become a great architect and to be successful.
Architects are ideators, but if they cannot communicate their designs in understandable ways to their colleagues and subordinates, it just won’t work.
[su_highlight]Communication, entrepreneurial skills and the ability to accept failure[/su_highlight] and still move ahead with the plan is most important if you want to become an architect.
Before you decide on spending time, energy and money on B Arch, first go through the above criteria and understand what it truly takes to be an architect.
If you still think architecture is for you, we can move on ahead with the technicalities such as eligibility, admission, course work.
We also have a section on what to expect as payment but do not focus on the money, focus on where your interests lie.
What classes should I take in high school if I want to be an architect?
What is B Arch Eligibility in India ?
First and foremost you must have completed plus two or [su_highlight]XII or twelfth standard in Science[/su_highlight]. You must have Maths as a subject in plus two to be eligible for BArch.
You also require a minimum of [su_highlight]50% marks[/su_highlight] in plus two. This makes you eligible for the Entrance exam.
What subjects do I need to study architecture?
B arch eligibility 2018
This is the eligibility criteria to get into B Arch in 2018
It is hereby informed to all concerned that as per the Council of Architecture Minimum Standards
of Architectural Education, 1983, [su_highlight background=”#ffff99″]no candidate, with less than 50% marks in aggregate,[/su_highlight] shall be
admitted to the architecture course unless he/ she has passed an examination at the end of the
new 10+2 scheme of Senior School Certificate Examination or equivalent with [su_highlight background=”#ffff99″]Mathematics[/su_highlight] as
subjects of examination at the 10+2 level.Further, candidates who have passed [su_highlight background=”#ffff99″]10+3 Diploma with subject of Mathematics[/su_highlight], duly
recognised by Central/State Governments as equivalent to 10+2 level, with minimum 50%
aggregate marks are also eligible for admission to B.Arch. course during 2018-2019.The above eligibility shall be applicable for the academic session [su_highlight background=”#ffff99″]2018-2019 only[/su_highlight].
Src: coa.gov.in
B arch eligibility 2019
The admission into B Arch has been revised for 2019 – 2020. as per the revised structure you require 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and 50% in 10 plus two exam. Admission into the 1st year of the 5 year B Arch program will be based on passing the aptitude test in Architecture.
It is further informed that the revised eligibility for admission to the said course as approved by
the Central Government and applicable from the academic session [su_highlight background=”#ffff99″]2019-2020[/su_highlight] is as under:
No candidate shall be admitted to architecture program unless she/ he has passed an
examination at the end of the 10+2 scheme of examination with[su_highlight background=”#ffff99″] 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics [/su_highlight]and also [su_highlight background=”#ffff99″]50% marks in aggregate of the 10+2[/su_highlight] level examination.
Only candidates fulfilling the revised eligibility criteria shall be eligible for admission to the course
from the session 2019-2020.Src: coa.gov.in