Professional Practice 2_Assignment 02
Pro Bono
According to Owen. C, it has recognized pro bono work as a responsibility for legal profession to be undertaken as a main part to facilitate the legal practices. Mandatorily, firms are required to commit at least five percent of the value of the total hours within the contract to pro bono work by Victorian Government (Owen, C, 2012). Should architectural profession follow the similar rules? What are the benefits and challenge for architectural practices to provide pro bono services?
It is said in the ‘good deeds in design’, that architects doing pro bono services are aimed to meet professional obligations to provide a public service and to help architectural profession achieve more social values …show more content…
However, there are benefits and potentials that public competition could offer to the profession and the community.
In 2008, Waldron and Searle were short-listed as first round winners of the Mocape-Shenzhen International Museum of Contemporary Art & Architectural Planning Exhibition in Shenzhen, China. Public competitions offer opportunities and strong encouragement for young architects to launch their careers and establish practices.
Public competition provides a communicative platform for architectural professionals and the broader public; therefore, an open idea engagement is involved within the competition process which leads the built environment to be constructed in a positive way (Davidge, T, 2014). For example, the public – especially design institutions – are asked to participate in voting for the short-listed designs of Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station competition in 2012. It opened up the space for the public to communicate and exchange ideas about the built environment they live in.
Pro Bono
According to Owen. C, it has recognized pro bono work as a responsibility for legal profession to be undertaken as a main part to facilitate the legal practices. Mandatorily, firms are required to commit at least five percent of the value of the total hours within the contract to pro bono work by Victorian Government (Owen, C, 2012). Should architectural profession follow the similar rules? What are the benefits and challenge for architectural practices to provide pro bono services?
It is said in the ‘good deeds in design’, that architects doing pro bono services are aimed to meet professional obligations to provide a public service and to help architectural profession achieve more social values …show more content…
However, there are benefits and potentials that public competition could offer to the profession and the community.
In 2008, Waldron and Searle were short-listed as first round winners of the Mocape-Shenzhen International Museum of Contemporary Art & Architectural Planning Exhibition in Shenzhen, China. Public competitions offer opportunities and strong encouragement for young architects to launch their careers and establish practices.
Public competition provides a communicative platform for architectural professionals and the broader public; therefore, an open idea engagement is involved within the competition process which leads the built environment to be constructed in a positive way (Davidge, T, 2014). For example, the public – especially design institutions – are asked to participate in voting for the short-listed designs of Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station competition in 2012. It opened up the space for the public to communicate and exchange ideas about the built environment they live in.