Course Name:

AR 418 - PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 3 (G

GLOBAL PRACTICE
FOR THE 21ST CENTURY )

The Architect, the Firm, the Project in the Global Arena

The course is designed to provide the students with an expanded
Course Description view of the role of the architect in the built environment and the
emerging transformation of the practice of architecture in a global
setting.

Number of Units for Lecture - 3 units

Lecture & Studio
Number of Contact Lecture - 3 hours
Hours per week

Prerequisite Professional Practice 2

At the end of the course the students shall be able to:

1. Identify and delineate the expanded role of the architect
beyond the regular services
2. Define and explain the comprehensive design services of the
Course Objectives
architect
3. Describe the processes involved in the generation of a
globally competitive quality office project management system
4. Appreciate the implications of a globally open practice

1. Supplemental Services of the Architect

The expanded role of the architect in the built Environment

1.1 Pre Design Services
1.2 Allied Services
a. Architectural Interiors
b. Landscape Architecture
1.3 Planning Services
a. Site Planning
b. Subdivision Planning
Course Outline
c. Urban and Community Design
1.4 Environmental Planning Services
a. Urban Planning
b. Regional Planning

The scope of services, responsibilities and compensation

packages involved in undertaking any of the supplemental
services that an architect can engage in.
1.5 Post Construction Services
1.6 Construction Services

Course Specifications – PSG for BS in architecture 91/112

 1.7 Construction Management

2. The Comprehensive Services of the Architect

(The compendious scope of the practice of architecture;
the primacy of the architectural professional in the design of
the built environment.)
2.1 The Comprehensive Service of the Architect

3. Office Project Management

3.1 Project Management
a. The Small Project
b. The Project Teams
c. Project Operations
d. Project Controls
3.2 Risk Management
a. Managing Project Risks and Opportunities
b. Project Disputes
c. Firm Insurance
3.3 Inter-Professional Relationships
a. Inter-Firm Alliances
b. Design Team Arrangements

4. The Business of Architecture

(Managing and marketing an office towards a global practice;
financial management of such a practice.)
4.1 Marketing and Public Relations
a. Strategies
b. Public Relations
c. Project Sourcing
4.2 Financial Management
a. Financial Systems
b. Financial Planning
c. Financial Health
d. Acquiring Capital
e. Services and Compensation

5.Global Practice (Seminar Mode)

5.1 The Political Reality of Globalization and the Open Practice
of the Architecture in the Philippines
a. Issues of Practice in the Global Context
b. APEC Architect Operations Manual
c. ASEAN Architects Operations Manual
d. MRAs (Mutual Recognition Agreements

Studio Equipment None

Suggested Textbooks GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services)

& References UIA Accord
APEC Architect Operations Manual
ASEAN Architects Operations Manual
MRAs (Mutual Recognition Agreements)

Course Specifications – PSG for BS in architecture 92/112