[VO] Want to have an impact on the community ... and
the people who live in there?
Study for a career in architecture
Be part of the design - and planning
for the things we all need to live- and learn.
[MICHAEL MARSHALL] My firm specializes in work that is urban
in a sense we have a very wide variety of
project types we were architects on the DC
DC United's soccer stadium also the Wizards training
facility and Mystics arena in the St. Elizabeth's Campus
We've done a number of public school projects
and also the UDC Student Center in Northwest DC
private residential work, so we've seen
a range of project types that we've been involved with
[MICHE BOOZ] I have been working as an architect for boy
over 30 years. I have my own firm.
Our projects are eclectic and
cover a wide range of building types
and it keeps me- keeps me thinking.
It's always something new
[SHORIEH TALAAT] I actually studied sculpture before architecture.
I very much enjoyed building and making things
and I saw this that the best of all possible
worlds is a career. It's very satisfying
I love the problem-solving component to it.
I love the fact that every project is different
[SANDRA OH BOUN] Everyone thinks we just designed pretty buildings,
but reality we actually designed environments
that people reside in. When you walk into
a space of a well-designed building you could
immediately tell, you can see the difference
and you can feel the difference
you can hear the difference
[JENNIFER PINEDA] I think being able to communicate and share
your ideas is a huge part of being
being a great architect. I feel like also listening
to other ideas and bringing it into
your own design really helps as well
[MICHE BOOZ] the best projects are projects where the contractor
the owner and the architecture
really all on the same side.
[THUY DO] We plan we design and we build things and
to improve the community that we live in.
[MICHAEL MARSHALL] We're the surrogate dreamers as architects
so we take their information and we project
what it would be like and what
the outcome will be for the project
[VO] At the entry level, you can earn more than
$40,000 a year and the average income for
an architect is nearly $80,000.
The job market in architecture is strong and
the Bureau of Labor and Statistics expects
an 8% increase in hiring
over the next 10 years.
Montgomery College's architecture program
will prepare you, whether you intend to go
into a job or to enter a 4-year program.
[SHORIEH TALAAT] we offer not just the A.A.S. degree but we
also offer a CAD for the Building Professional
Certificate. A student can go through the
entire program get the A.A.S. They will get
the certificate almost by default because the
course requirements are the same.
With that certificate they'll have at least an entry-level
ability in building information modeling software
regular two-dimensional design software
3D modeling software and some compositions
compositional software as well
and they would be worthy
hires for any firm as interns
[MICHAEL MARSHALL] I myself started at a junior college a two-year
program and usually those programs give you
training so that when you go right into an
office even after your first year you have
some skills that are applicable to what it
takes to make architecture and to be
to have a value in the firm
[VO] Most 2 and 4 year programs will qualify you
to get hired in the field.
However, becoming a licensed architect requires
a Masters Degree, a minimum amount of work
experience and that you pass a National Architectural
Accreditation Board exam.
[SHORIEH TALAAT] I look out of my studio and it's the UN I
mean I've got I've got people from all over
the world and so a lot of times when we talk
about problems and problem solving,
students are getting that exposure from other cultures
and other places in the world
[THUY DO] They go above and beyond to help each student
and yeah this is a great place to start
[MICHAEL MARSHALL] students here the education they get and particularly
with Shorieh and other professors here
have made those alignments so there is a value
to them as soon as they walk in the door.