PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

ARC402

Prof.P S CHAKRABORTY
• Unit I
• Architecture profession and architect's office
and its organization:
• Architects profession associations
• professional activities, office personnel
management
• staff training and skill development,
entrepreneurs.
• Professional bodies
in India –
• Council of
Architecture (CoA)
• Indian Institute of
Architects (IIA)
 ABOUT COA

• COUNCIL OF
ARCHITECTURE –
• The Council of
Architecture (COA) has
been constituted by the
Government of India
under the provisions of
the Architects Act, 1972,
enacted by the Parliament
of India, which came into
force on 1st September,
1972.
 ABOUT COA
• The Act provides
for registration of
Architects,
• standards of
education,
• recognized
qualifications and
• standards of
practice
 ABOUT COA
• Any person carrying on the
profession of
• 'Architect' must have
registered himself with
Council of Architecture.
• must possess the requisite
qualification as appended
to the Architects Act, after
having undergone the
education in accordance
with the Council of
Architecture (Minimum
Standards of Architectural
Education) Regulations,
1983.
 ABOUT COA
• Limited Companies,
Private/Public
Companies, societies
and other juridical
persons are not
entitled to use the
title and style of
architect nor are they
entitled to practice
the profession of
architecture.
 ABOUT COA
• The practice of
profession of an
architect is governed by
the Architects
(Professional Conduct)
Regulations, 1989 (as
amended in 2003),
• which deals with
professional ethics and
etiquette, conditions of
engagement and scale
of charges, architectural
competition guidelines
etc.
 ABOUT COA
• There are about 467
institutions, which
impart architectural
education in India.
• The standards of
education being
imparted in these
institutions
(constituent 1983,
 ABOUT COA
• colleges/departments
of universities, deemed
universities, affiliated
colleges/schools, IITs,
NITs and autonomous
institutions) is
governed by Council of
Architecture (Minimum
Standards of
Architectural Education)
Regulations, 1983.
 ABOUT COA
• The COA maintain
the standards
periodically by way
of conducting
inspections through
Committees of
Experts.
• The COA is required
to keep the Central
Government
informed of the
standards
 Brief about COA
• being maintained
by the institutions
and is empowered
to make
recommendations
to the
Government of
India with regard
to recognition and
de-recognition of a
qualification.
• IIA:
• The Indian Institute of
Architects (IIA) is the
National body of
Architects in the
country. Established
in 1917, the institute
today has more than
20,000 members and
plays a major role in
promoting the
profession of
architecture
• IIA is represented on various national and
international committees connected with
architecture, art and the building industry and
is also actively associated with International
Union of Architects (UIA) Commonwealth
Association of Architects (CAA) and South
Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
of Architects (SAARCH).
• The Architectural
Student’s Association
(1917-22)
• On May – 12th, 1917,
the first historic
meeting was held in
Mr. Foster King’s
bungalow, set in the
sylvan surroundings of
the School of Art
compound.
• At the first meeting
held, the members
present decided to
form themselves into
an association.
• Late Mr. George
Wittet, the then
Consulting Architect to
the Government of
Bombay, was
unanimously elected
as the first “President”
of the Association.
• The Bombay
Architectural
Association (1922-29)
• The activities of the
Association showed,
steady progress and
after Professor Cable’s
term of office, Mr.
Batley was elected
President in 1921, and it
was about this time,
that members began to
seriously consider an
improvement in status
of the Association
• Affiliation To The Royal Institute
Of British Architects (1925)
• As for back as the beginning in
1922, there had been visions of
affiliation from , The Royal
Institute of British Architects.
• requisition made by 15
members, a special General
Meeting was called on 20th
November 1924
• in which Prof. Claude Bately
moved the resolution of getting
the final examination of RIBA to
be held in India
• The Indian Institute Of
Architects (1929)
• Affiliation with R.I.B.A. in
1925 led to
consideration of further
changes in the existing
Constitution and Bye-
Laws. One of the first
was that members of the
R.I.B.A. in the Bombay
Presidency and
throughout India were
now coming into the fold
of the Association
• 2nd September 1929
that the new body
was re-organised in
Bombay and officially
registered as “THE
INDIAN INSTITUTE
OF ARCHITECTS”.
•
• Its chief objects –
• To encourage the
study of Architecture,
to elevate the
standard of
Architectural Practice
and by mutual
support, to promote
the interests of
Architects
throughout India”.
• Legal Status of the Institute
• The Indian Institute of Architects is registered
under the Societies Registration Act XXI of
1860 as a voluntary organisation of Architects.
The only other organisation at the national
level is the Council of Architecture established
under the Architects Act 1972 with the
statutory duty of Registration.
• Lecture 3 & 4
• Office Personal
Management –
• The Office of Personnel
Management advocates for
innovated human resources
practices, encourages
recognition opportunities of
deserving employees
• professional development
opportunities
• Factors related for
own office –
• Location
• Mental ability
• Scope for getting
projects
• Hire the right person
• Financial support
• Location –
• Location advantage
is one of the basic
requirements for
establishment
• But in Architectural
profession architect
start their business
from home also.
• Mental ability –
• Mental strength &
confidence for
starting own
business.
• Scope of getting
project –
• Ability to get the
projects & handle
the clients.
• Hire the right
person
• To select the right
person in right place
for running
establishment/office
.
• Financial support –
• Should have proper
support from
parents/
relative/others.
• Office Personal
Management –
• assists employees
with information
regarding their
pay rates and
advancement
opportunities
within the private
/ public sector.
• a successful
business isn't
standing solely on
the founder's back.
• businesses may
start that way, but
over time they
grow to be a mix of
not only the
product or service
offered.
• but the individuals
working to deliver
that product or
service.
• Hiring the best
talent possible
does not guarantee
your start up's
success, but it does
greatly increase
your odds of
surviving.
• Recruitment
• The easiest way to
recruit top talent to
your company is to
not have to recruit
them at all.
• you want top talent
to naturally be
attracted to your
firm.
• Environment
• your office/work
location (commute,
convenience
restaurants and gyms,
etc), what type of
furniture you have,
• what technologies you
are working with.
• Environment also
means the personality
and culture your
business has.
• Projects handle-
• Handling the
projects of scale is
point of attraction
of employee & easy
for manage an
office.
• Relationship with
employees.
• Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship-
• The Ministry is
responsible for co-
ordination of all skill
development efforts
across the country,
removal of
disconnect between
demand and supply
of skilled manpower
• building the
vocational and
technical training
framework, skill up-
gradation, building
of new skills, and
innovative thinking
not only for existing
jobs but also jobs
that are to be
created.
• The Ministry aims
to Skill on a large
Scale with Speed
and high
Standards in order
to achieve its
vision of a 'Skilled
India'.
• It is aided in these
initiatives by its
functional arms –
National Skill
Development Agency
(NSDA), National Skill
Development
Corporation (NSDC),
National Skill
Development Fund
(NSDF) and 33 Sector
Skill Councils (SSCs) as
well as 187 training
partners registered
with NSDC
• The Ministry also
intends to work with
the existing network
of skill development
centres, universities
and other alliances
in the field. Further,
collaborations with
relevant Central
Ministries, State
governments,
• international
organizations,
industry and
NGOs have been
initiated for multi-
level engagement
and more
impactful
implementation of
skill development
efforts.
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
(PMKVY)
• A scheme of the Ministry of Skill
Development & Entrepreneurship
(MSDE).
• The objective of this Skill Certification
Scheme is to enable a large number of
Indian youth to take up industry-relevant
skill
• training that will help them in securing a
better livelihood.
• Individuals with prior learning
experience or skills will also be assessed
and certified under Recognition of Prior
Learning (RPL)
• In Architecture –
• Training course is
one of the tool for
skill development,
part of
architectural
course.
• Attending seminar,
conferences also
enhance
knowledge & skill.