• Question: if you had a job as an architect would science be a useful thing?

    Asked by sloth-savior to Aaron, David, Sarah, Zoe on 19 Nov 2014.
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      Zoe Roberts answered on 19 Nov 2014:


      Studying science if you want to be an architect would be very useful thing indeed. Science will give you a fundamental understanding of the work that helps architects do what they do. Physics will help you understand all the forces and stresses materials go through to (for example) hold a roof over our heads. Chemistry will teach you how the materials are made and how they differ from each other. Maths would also be a very useful subject to do as it will again help you understand the equations and calculations that need to be made when you build a house. Architecture is basically applied science.

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      David Foley answered on 19 Nov 2014:


      Certainly studying some science up to A-level would be a good thing. But if you then want to be an architect I would go on to study a degree in architecture at university. Science degrees aren’t for everyone (if they were life would be boring), but it would be great if everyone was a little be science “literate” and appreciated science when they left school.

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      Sarah Ashwood answered on 19 Nov 2014:


      Either a degree in engineering or in architecture is the best way to go! Science A levels will help with applying to those courses – most want maths and some ask for one science.

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