Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010/11 AIBC Council. One of the positions available is the Intern Architect Liaison. This is your opportunity to help shape the body responsible for the governance of the profession in this province and represent the intern architects of the AIBC. Your respective nomination form will soon arriving in the mail. They are also available online, on the AIBC Council page. All nominations must be received at the AIBC offices no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 18, 2010. The election closes at the Annual Meeting on May 8, 2010.
Your IAC encourages anyone who is interested in getting involved to apply!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
2010 ARE Preparation Seminars
The Intern Architect Committee will be holding a series of free ARE preparation seminars over the coming weeks and months to help interns prepare for the exams. The seminars will be held approximately every two weeks, and will generally run from 6:00pm to 7:00pm at the AIBC Architecture Centre in Vancouver. Dates below are still subject to change. Please check back regularly to confirm that the seminar schedule is accurate.
These seminars are designed to provide strategies and other tips for each exam, and are not intended to cover specific exam content. It would be helpful to have some familiarity with the exam materials and some experience with the graphic practice program prior to attending the respective seminars, except of course for the introductory seminar.
Introduction to the AREs Wed Mar 10
Programming Planning and Practice Mon Mar 15
Site Planning and Design Mon Mar 22
Schematic Design Wed Apr 07 **
Building Design and Construction Systems Mon Apr 19**
Structural Systems Mon May 17
Building Systems Mon May 31
Construction Documents and Services Mon Jun 14
** Please note these two sessions have swapped dates.
These seminars are designed to provide strategies and other tips for each exam, and are not intended to cover specific exam content. It would be helpful to have some familiarity with the exam materials and some experience with the graphic practice program prior to attending the respective seminars, except of course for the introductory seminar.
Introduction to the AREs Wed Mar 10
Programming Planning and Practice Mon Mar 15
Site Planning and Design Mon Mar 22
Schematic Design Wed Apr 07 **
Building Design and Construction Systems Mon Apr 19**
Structural Systems Mon May 17
Building Systems Mon May 31
Construction Documents and Services Mon Jun 14
** Please note these two sessions have swapped dates.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Taking Pride
Has it been a little embarrassing to call yourself an intern architect when speaking to clients, consultants, or the general public? Do you always feel compelled to explain you’re actually more professional and capable than the word “intern” implies? Is the term “intern” always stigmatized with less?
Recently, I’ve come across a debate on the “appropriate” job title that describes what we do as interns. The term “intern” in dictionary.com says this:
in⋅tern –noun Also, interne.
3. a person who works as an apprentice or trainee in an occupation or profession to gain practical experience, and sometimes also to satisfy legal or other requirements for being licensed or accepted professionally.
This definition describes in the most general sense what we do. When one searches for the term “intern architect” on the internet, a Wikipedia article begins by stating:
Intern Architect is a term often used to describe a person who has successfully completed a professional and accredited degree in Architecture…
The OAA defines intern architects as follows:
An Intern Architect is a person of good character who has paid the prescribed fee, has graduated with a professional degree/diploma in architecture from a post-secondary institution.
The problem is that as intern architects, we are so much more than these narrow definitions imply. We are future architects who collectively are engaged in the full range of architectural practice. Some of us may be fortunate to be on the frontiers experimenting with available new technology, others of us on the frontiers of research on new systems. These opportunities allow many intern architects to develop into experts who are valued and in high demand in the market.
The term “intern architect” clearly does not give the full picture of what we do. However, we must recognize this stage of “cocoon”, as I call it, and take pride in our growth and development into fully formed butterflies, a.k.a. architects. Not all of us going into cocoon-mode come out as the butterfly we envisioned ourselves to be years ago. Too many of us decide either not to intern or not to complete our internships or leave the profession altogether. As a group, we interns must take active steps to remain vibrant and engaged with each other and the profession.
For all of our endeavours to get ourselves licensed, we really deserve to feel empowered, not deprived. To achieve this continuously strengthening and healthy future architect mindset, I say we start by cheering for each other every little step of the way, and continue by taking greater pride and ownership of our intern architect stage.
How do you feel about the internship process? Please send us your thoughts and ideas on how to make our internships a more celebratory experience!
Johnnie Kuo IA (Vancouver, BC)
Recently, I’ve come across a debate on the “appropriate” job title that describes what we do as interns. The term “intern” in dictionary.com says this:
in⋅tern –noun Also, interne.
3. a person who works as an apprentice or trainee in an occupation or profession to gain practical experience, and sometimes also to satisfy legal or other requirements for being licensed or accepted professionally.
This definition describes in the most general sense what we do. When one searches for the term “intern architect” on the internet, a Wikipedia article begins by stating:
Intern Architect is a term often used to describe a person who has successfully completed a professional and accredited degree in Architecture…
The OAA defines intern architects as follows:
An Intern Architect is a person of good character who has paid the prescribed fee, has graduated with a professional degree/diploma in architecture from a post-secondary institution.
The problem is that as intern architects, we are so much more than these narrow definitions imply. We are future architects who collectively are engaged in the full range of architectural practice. Some of us may be fortunate to be on the frontiers experimenting with available new technology, others of us on the frontiers of research on new systems. These opportunities allow many intern architects to develop into experts who are valued and in high demand in the market.
The term “intern architect” clearly does not give the full picture of what we do. However, we must recognize this stage of “cocoon”, as I call it, and take pride in our growth and development into fully formed butterflies, a.k.a. architects. Not all of us going into cocoon-mode come out as the butterfly we envisioned ourselves to be years ago. Too many of us decide either not to intern or not to complete our internships or leave the profession altogether. As a group, we interns must take active steps to remain vibrant and engaged with each other and the profession.
For all of our endeavours to get ourselves licensed, we really deserve to feel empowered, not deprived. To achieve this continuously strengthening and healthy future architect mindset, I say we start by cheering for each other every little step of the way, and continue by taking greater pride and ownership of our intern architect stage.
How do you feel about the internship process? Please send us your thoughts and ideas on how to make our internships a more celebratory experience!
Johnnie Kuo IA (Vancouver, BC)
Friday, November 13, 2009
Potential ARE Building Systems Seminar
There is a possibility of bringing in a presenter to give a two-day seminar for the Building Systems exam, in a similar style to the recent Structures Seminar given by David Thaddeus. This seminar will be presented by Gustavo Mibelli, and from all appearances seems to be helpful to some of the interns in the Building Systems forums. We are looking at scheduling this seminar in the spring, if there is enough initial interest. Please let us know if you have any interest in taking a course such as this. Thanks!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
ARE 4.0 Exam Seminar Presenters
The Intern Architect Committee would like to invite interns who have written (and passed) some of the ARE 4.0 exams to serve as volunteer presenters for this year's exam preparation seminars. The 30 to 45-minute seminars are designed to provide topical exam-taking advice to interns who are about to write each exam, and thus will focus more on strategy than on specific content. Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering for any of these positions. Thanks!
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