ARC 048 :

PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICE 2
( ADMINISTERING THE REGULAR SERVICES
OF ARCHITECT)
03
ARCHITECT’S ROLE
IN THE SOCIETY
WHAT ROLES DO ARCHITECTS
PLAY IN SOCIETY ?
● Architect’s responsibility to society is to make
sure that not the structure alone but also its
physical environment can enhance the lives of
all people.

● Architects relate not only to purely design &

build professions but to allied professions as
well, to achieve totality in design.
● Architects design buildings that address social
needs and attempts to resolve environmental
and humanitarian problems through
architecture.

● Architects must be psychologists, sociologists,

economists, and artists.
● Architects must also be engineers, for they
must be able to construct structurally stable
buildings.

● Architects must take into account four basic

and closely interrelated necessities: technical
requirements, use, spatial relationships, and
content
IN SUMMARY
● An architect helps to build the evolution of society
by physically manifesting items of culture in the
form of spatial concepts where representations of
culture meet the human mind in a multi-sensory
locality.
● An architect has a physical sensory responsibility
to the people who experience the constructed
space while also acting as an artist and painting
the picture that we call society.
WHY HIRE AN ARCHITECT ?
• Architects have a lot to offer to a
changing world. Architects can apply
their creative problem-solving skills for
wider developmental benefit in
concert with other built environment
professionals.
• An architect has to look at all
scales of human interaction
understanding the smallest details
to the big picture.
• Architecture involves much more than
buildings. Architects take the client’s vision
and give it form, explore its possibilities,
raise it to new levels, and then integrate it
into the building site and the community at
large. Architects bring not only design, but
solutions.
THE BUILDING ENTERPRISE
 THE BUILDING ENTERPRISE
• Small firms -with less than 5 people usually have no formal
organizational structure, depending on the personal
relationships of the principals and employees to organize the
work.
• Medium-sized firms - with 5 to 50 employees are often
organized departmentally in departments such as design,
production, business development, and construction
administration.
• Large firms - of over 50 people may be organized
departmentally, regionally, or in studios specializing in project
ARCHITECTURAL FIRM
• (From RA 9266) a sole proprietorship, a partnership or a
corporation registered with the DTI AND/ORSEC and then
with the Board of Architecture and PRC.

• is an organization of licensed professionals and trained

architects who use their scientific knowledge, technical
skills, and aesthetics persona to create architectural
designs.
TYPES OF ARCHITECTURAL FIRM

• SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP
• an individual Architect practicing and delivering architectural
services.
• is a single, unincorporated owner of an architectural practice.
This architect has full personal control over all aspects of the
practice. A sole proprietor can range from someone with a
small, home-based office practice to an architect who employs
many professionals and paraprofessionals.
TYPES OF ARCHITECTURAL FIRM

• PARTNERSHIP
• a group of two or more Architects practicing and delivering architectural
services.
• is comprised of two or more partners. Most provincial and territorial
associations impose restrictions on whom an architect may form a
partnership with. A partnership may include “associates”; however, only
the partners bear personal responsibility for the control and liabilities of
the practice. Each partner is both jointly and severally liable for the
partnership’s full obligations. Because a partnership is a complex form of
ownership, its terms should be spelled out in a partnership agreement
TYPES OF ARCHITECTURAL FIRM

• CORPORATION
• a group of professionals in architecture and allied professions
incorporated with Architects for delivering professional service
in architecture and allied professions.
• is a legal, collective entity authorized by statute to act as an
individual business unit. Most provincial and territorial
associations of architects have regulations that restrict the
share ownership and the qualifications of directors of
architectural corporations.
TYPES OF ARCHITECTURAL FIRM

• ASSOCIATION
• any formal grouping of two or more
architects or architectural firms
working in joint venture on a project
basis.
PUBLIC INTEREST AND
SAFETY
• Architects must ensure the occupants’health &
well-being; & mitigate the effects of natural
phenomenon such as earthquakes, typhoons,
tsunamis &flash flooding.

• Architects must ensure occupants safety in case

of fire.
• Human behavior aside, fire is the most complicated
phenomenon that the architect encounters.
• Structure, plumbing, and ventilation are all tame, well behaved,
and quite predictable. But fire, as a combination of physics,
chemistry, geometry, structure, and materials that are intimately
connected with human behavior, is perhaps the least well-
defined common occurrence. And fire relates to nearly all
elements of a building’s design.
• Fire safety has specific effects and raises specific
concerns for each building element, from site
placement through alarm systems, structural design,
environmental controls, and aesthetics.To produce a
functional building, it is necessary to understand the
impact of fire safety considerations on all of these
areas.
• Professionally, an architect's decisions affect
public safety, and thus an architect must undergo
specialized training consisting of advanced
education and a practicum (or internship) for
practical experience to earn a license to practice
architecture.
Research work no. 3

Title : Professional Education and Training

Professional Education and Training of Architect’s in PH

a. The Architect’s Education
b. Apprenticeship and Diversified Training
c. Continuing Professional Development

Content and Format :

1. Minimum of 10 pages.
2. Use Arial font style with a font size of 12
3. Single space and normal margin
4. Hardcopy to be submitted should be in sliding
folder
5. For front page please see attach file for format.(NOT MANUALLY HANDWRITTEN)
6. Due date : Aug. 26, 2022
04
PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
OF ARCHITECT
I.THE ARCHITECT’S
EDUCATION
• Under RA 9266, it has stated in the definition of
terms that an “Architect must be professionally
and academically qualified . “
• What is the meaning of
ACADEMICALLY QUALIFIED?
• What is the meaning of ACADEMICALLY
QUALIFIED?
Have taken a 5 years of program course of
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
• WHAT IS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN ARCHITECTURE ?
• The Bachelor of Science in Architecture (BS Architecture) degree
program is a five-year curriculum that focuses on providing students
with technical and aesthetic knowledge on how to build any physical
structure

• The curriculum for the BS in Architecture includes CHED-mandated

general education courses,technical subjects in Math, Science, and
Basic Engineering, and professional Architecture courses delivered
through classroom lectures, laboratory sessions, and studio design
activities.
In the Philippines, the BS in Architecture program is provided in a ladder
format:
• The first three years focused on giving students the opportunity to draw and
design with a sense of quality and technical expertise;
• to enhance visual perception; and
• to comprehend architecture as a technique of communicating principles.

Students who successfully complete the specified courses at a specific level

will be awarded Certifications for the technical abilities they have learned,
such as a Certificate in Drafting Technology, a Certificate in Building
Technology and Utilities, and a Certificate in CADD.
In the Philippines, the BS in Architecture program is provided in a ladder
format:
• The remaining two years are spent:
• planning actual projects, delving into more precise spatial and visual
issues, and gaining skills in computer science as it relates to architecture.
• The thesis requirement for the course places a special emphasis on the
necessity of research.
• Furthermore, knowledge and awareness of the profession's ethical
principles is an important component of the training.
• CMO no. 61 Series 17 – policies, standards and guidelines for
Bachelor of Science in Architecture .
• Program Educational Objective :
Program Educational Objective MISSION
a b c d
• Perform standard competencies in accordance with the scope of the global and  
local practice of architecture
• Shows traits of professionalism, sense of responsibility, equality and patriotism.   

• Receptiveness to new ideas and knowledge through scientific research;    

• Direct and focus the thrust of architecture education to the needs and demand of  
society and its integration into social, economic, cultural and environmental
aspects of nation building.
• Instil understanding of the basic philosophy and fundamental principles of the   
multi-dimensional aspects of architecture, and the direct relationship between
man and his environment.
• Curriculum For BS Architecture :
• The BS Architecture program has a total of 205 credits units. The program
comprises of general education, technical courses.

• The general education courses are in accordance with the requirements of

CMO no. 20 series 2013 – Gen. Education Curriculum, Hloistic
Understanding, Intellectual and Civic Competencies to equip graduates
with the basis for critical thinking abilities and values formed from other
methods and theories of other discplines.
• A BS Architecture graduate must first pass the Architecture Licensure
Examination (ALE), which is conducted by the Board of Architecture and
overseen by the Professional Regulation Commission, in order to become a
professional.

• The ALE is held twice a year. To be eligible for the board, graduates must
have completed a minimum of two years of internship.
II. APPRENTICESHIP AND
DIVERSIFIED TRAINING
• An architecture apprenticeship is
similar to on-the-job training, but it can
be more intense and focused on
learning. Of course, each experience
will vary depending on the organization
educating the apprentice, but the
purpose stays the same.
DIVERSIFIED EXPERIENCE
 Guidelines for filling-out the logbook on
diversified experience for architects licensure
examination
1. Section 3 (29) of Rule I of Board Resolution No. 07, series of 2004, known as the
“Implementing Rules and Regulation of the Architecture Act of 2004”, defined
“Diversified Architectural Experience” as “post baccalaureate, pre-licensure
experience of two (2) years required of a graduate of architecture prior to taking the
licensure examination, consisting of a variation of experiences in the different phases
of architectural service". A graduate may immediately undergo Diversified
Architectural Training with a Mentor/s of his/her choice after his/her graduation
2. Logbook on Diversified Experience for Architects Licensure Examination can be
accessed for printing at the Official Website of United Architects of the Philippines
(www.united-architects.org). Trainees must print this form in A4 size (8.25x11.75
inches) white bond paper substance 20, in black and white ink.
3. The Mentor shall accomplish the DT Form 02
by filling-out the following:
a. Name of Trainee
b. Project Title/Description and location
c. Period Covered
○ Indicate the inclusive days when the trainee was
involved with the particular project

d. Field of Practice (FOP) conforming to Section3 (4)

Scope of the Practice of Architecture, Article 1 of R.A.
No. 9266
○ Indicate the corresponding number of hours in the
appropriate FOP column

e. Total Number of Hours

○ Indicate the total number of hours that the trainee
has accumulated in the performance of his/her
function/s for the particular project. Total number
of hours shall be per project and per FOP.
○ In case of full time, the corresponding number of
hours is equal to the number of inclusive days
multiplied by eight (8) hours. e.g. 20 days x 8
hours/day = 160 hours

f. Indicate “Nothing Follows” after the last entry

4. The Mentor signs above his/her printed
name and affix dry seal, and fill-out the
following:

a. Address
b. Date Signed
c. Certificate of Registration No. (this
Number is the same as that of the
Professional Identification Card and Date
of Issuance of the Certificate of
Registration No. by the PRC and the
renewal date and expiry date of the
Professional Identification Card.
d. IAPOA number and Date of the Official
Receipt issued by the UAP and expiry
date.
e. Valid PTR and CTC clearly showing the
number, date and place of issuance
thereof
5. After collecting all the accomplished DT Form 02 from
his/her mentor/s, the trainee must accomplish the DT Form 01
by filling-out the following:

a. Total Number of Hours Accomplished

a. Summarize the total number of hours for each FOP
b. Trainee must accomplish the required number of credit
hours for each FOP as enumerated in the DT Form 01.
Excess of credit hours in one specific FOP will not be
credited to other FOP.
c. Indicate the sum of the total number of hours
accomplished from the entire FOP Total number of hours
shall not be less than the required 3,840 hours.

b. The School where the trainee graduated shall fill-out the

appropriate box. c. Trainee signs the form.

6. The trainee submits this Logbook, including DT Form 01, DT

Form 02, and the Architect’s Affidavit together with the required
supporting documents (Annexes) enumerated in the DT Form
01 to the PRC for evaluation.