WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR A SUCCESSFUL ARCHITECT; VISION OR AN INNOVATIVE MIND?

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Permalink Reply by Saira Mansoor on January 30, 2011 at 1:24pm

Alina for any person not only an architect to be successful non of the things mater if u focus and aim for succes without being sure of what u actually want...if one of ur project is a success u cant expect that the other will be too. hard work is a posibility that u can be successfull at what ever u do...focus and vision and positive aproach matters...

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Permalink Reply by khalid ali nawaz on April 8, 2012 at 5:15pm

Imagination is more than knowledge. A Einstein

Both ! yet.....

Hierarchically....an INNOVATIVE MIND has an enhanced capacity to visualise. Encapsulating the elements of acquired knowledge, experience, philosophy, design, engineering acumen, spatial finesse, cultural symbiosis, individual diversity, form following functionality....... . These elements of innovation paint a abstract picture in the mind. This picture is transformed into a vision of the real. This product of creative innovation is visually drafted on paper / pixels ( CaDeD ! )..... ! Voila ! A success phenomenon Burj Dubai emerges on the landscape. Tourists visualize and are in awe of it's inception innovativeness. :)    

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Permalink Reply by Tyson on April 14, 2012 at 10:44am

I think you would have to have both, but if I had to choose one, I would say it would be vision. Vision will allow you to move a project forward and see many possibilities. Innovation is also important, but is not always persuasive.

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Permalink Reply by Manisha Gotmare on May 2, 2012 at 1:15am

i think if you have vision... it is followed by innovative mind....

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Permalink Reply by Octavian Ungureanu on May 11, 2012 at 10:38am

I would say more a larger understanding. So it will be the vision. The innovative approach is more a part of the profession: we always provide new solutions for our clients needs. The design itself is a problem solving challenge and continuing to find solutions for needs expressed always in new ways is making the architect to be innovative. I am not talking about new forms, new aesthetics, but the novelty of each project demanding new answers.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Leach on August 14, 2012 at 8:16am

I think that vision and innovation go hand in hand. Architects are considered generalists who know something about everything rather than everything about something. The more adept we are at being a generalist, the better we are at assessing multiple factors (be they social, political, environmental, technological...) and creating a vision of a viable design concept. If you have confidence in your ideas you will find a way to make them work.

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