I'm an architect and have a very small design firm. I don't hire remote but know those who do. One of the main reasons I don't is because I think that ours is an apprenticeship model of gaining expertise. I learned from skilled architects by studying our detail library, developing new details, and working with craftsmen on site. From what I can tell, other architects hire remote foreign workers for construction documents, and keep their local teams focused on schematic details and ideas. I imagine this allows them to bill high rates and make an enormous overhead.
I think it's a disservice to younger architects to limit their work to schematic design while outsourcing the drawings of the ways the things are actually built to people outside the region. I think hiring remote shows a lack of faith and trust in our local communities and I think there's a social obligation as a licensed practitioner to promote local relationships.
(It feels like the difference between calling a telehealth doctor in some other state for a quick prescription vs. having a regular gp.)
Oddly, I wouldn't feel as bad having an AI develop construction details.
I will pass your article around our community because other practitioners do hire remotely and this is something to consider.
I'm an architect and have a very small design firm. I don't hire remote but know those who do. One of the main reasons I don't is because I think that ours is an apprenticeship model of gaining expertise. I learned from skilled architects by studying our detail library, developing new details, and working with craftsmen on site. From what I can tell, other architects hire remote foreign workers for construction documents, and keep their local teams focused on schematic details and ideas. I imagine this allows them to bill high rates and make an enormous overhead.
I think it's a disservice to younger architects to limit their work to schematic design while outsourcing the drawings of the ways the things are actually built to people outside the region. I think hiring remote shows a lack of faith and trust in our local communities and I think there's a social obligation as a licensed practitioner to promote local relationships.
(It feels like the difference between calling a telehealth doctor in some other state for a quick prescription vs. having a regular gp.)
Oddly, I wouldn't feel as bad having an AI develop construction details.
I will pass your article around our community because other practitioners do hire remotely and this is something to consider.