Comments on: Architecture, five cents. http://njgeo.org/2009/03/31/architecture-five-cents/ GIS and planning in New Jersey Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:05:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: atanas entchev http://njgeo.org/2009/03/31/architecture-five-cents/comment-page-1/#comment-241 atanas entchev Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:43:08 +0000 http://njgeo.org/?p=131#comment-241 jh: Really? What is the fine? Is there also a fine if I call myself a singer without being a registered singer? Or if I call myself a poet without being a registered poet? How about the all-time favorite -- sanitation engineer? Are they registered engineers, jh? Or should they all be fined? Atanas E. Entchev, AICP, GISP ENTCHEV GIS Architects http://entchev.com jh: Really? What is the fine? Is there also a fine if I call myself a singer without being a registered singer? Or if I call myself a poet without being a registered poet? How about the all-time favorite — sanitation engineer? Are they registered engineers, jh? Or should they all be fined?

Atanas E. Entchev, AICP, GISP
ENTCHEV GIS Architects
http://entchev.com

]]> By: John Reiser http://njgeo.org/2009/03/31/architecture-five-cents/comment-page-1/#comment-240 John Reiser Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:59:48 +0000 http://njgeo.org/?p=131#comment-240 You can use the term "architect," you only run into trouble if you're using the term to pass yourself off as a licensed professional when you are not. You can use the term “architect,” you only run into trouble if you’re using the term to pass yourself off as a licensed professional when you are not.

]]> By: jh http://njgeo.org/2009/03/31/architecture-five-cents/comment-page-1/#comment-236 jh Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:18:22 +0000 http://njgeo.org/?p=131#comment-236 It may have good intents, but there is a fine for one holding oneself out as an architect, or using the words architecture or architectural when one is not a registered architect!!!! It may have good intents, but there is a fine for one holding oneself out as an architect, or using the words architecture or architectural when one is not a registered architect!!!!

]]> By: JEA http://njgeo.org/2009/03/31/architecture-five-cents/comment-page-1/#comment-221 JEA Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:38:04 +0000 http://njgeo.org/?p=131#comment-221 After being asked what I do,--"I'm a planner"--you cannot imagine how many people have said, "Oh...you? You're an event planner? Hmmm, ok, sounds cools." And then, after I explain what I do, they invariably retort, "Don't you have to be an engineer to do that??" You've identified the fundamental issue with public perception. To most people, planners operate in an abstract world, meaning that our work product is secondary to say, renderings by architects and site plans by engineers. Both are accessible and commonly known. A Master Plan, however, not so much. Ask someone outside the land development field to describe the purpose of a Master Plan, and perhaps you'll hear something sensible, but almost never related to controlling land use, housing, circulation, community services--the foundations of municipal fabric. Open sourcing the profession is what we need. After all, it's quite accessible nowadays. Architecture 5¢ is a quality model. Citizen planning is alive and well, but we have to bring it to the masses. After being asked what I do,–”I’m a planner”–you cannot imagine how many people have said, “Oh…you? You’re an event planner? Hmmm, ok, sounds cools.” And then, after I explain what I do, they invariably retort, “Don’t you have to be an engineer to do that??”

You’ve identified the fundamental issue with public perception. To most people, planners operate in an abstract world, meaning that our work product is secondary to say, renderings by architects and site plans by engineers. Both are accessible and commonly known.

A Master Plan, however, not so much. Ask someone outside the land development field to describe the purpose of a Master Plan, and perhaps you’ll hear something sensible, but almost never related to controlling land use, housing, circulation, community services–the foundations of municipal fabric.

Open sourcing the profession is what we need. After all, it’s quite accessible nowadays.

Architecture 5¢ is a quality model.

Citizen planning is alive and well, but we have to bring it to the masses.

]]>