{"id":675,"date":"2015-06-04T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modarchitect.net\/Archive\/?p=675"},"modified":"2015-06-04T17:48:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T21:48:17","slug":"i-am-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modarchitect.net\/Archive\/i-am-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Listening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another post in the #Architalks blog post series. This month’s theme – MY \u00a0THREE \u00a0FAVORITE \u00a0WORDS.<\/em><\/p>\n

When the theme for this post was issued, there was a rush of three word phrases and three word combinations that came to mind. Let\u2019s do lunch. Let\u2019s get started. Let\u2019s go sailing. Let\u2019s go fishing. We\u2019re almost there. We made it! Make it happen. This looks great! It\u2019s all yours. Here\u2019s the keys. I like that. Words are fun.<\/p>\n

I love discussion. Discussions are little explorations where discoveries are made between those involved through the conversation at hand. \"I'm<\/a><\/p>\n

I love the moment when a conversation gets past small talk.\u00a0 The introductions are over and the basics are covered.\u00a0 The moment when some genuine sharing happens and a true connection is made, developed and strengthened.\u00a0 Architecture happens through conversations; conversations between the client and the architect, the architect and the team, the architect and the contractor.\"I'm<\/a><\/p>\n

In a past #Architalks post<\/a>, the group wrote about Architectural Storytelling<\/a>.\u00a0 There is a lot of value in telling our stories as architects and the stories of our journeys in the profession. When those stories lead to the initial meeting with a client, the time for story telling has changed to the time for story making.\u00a0 This is when I like to let the client begin to tell their story.\u00a0 This is where I have to listen real close to the client and begin to get to know them, their family, and their lifestyle. This is not always a straightforward exercise.\u00a0 Many times it takes active listening to help a client verbalize what they are trying to tell about their ideas, about a project.<\/p>\n

\"I'm<\/a>Architects bring the value of three-dimensional thinking to the table. With this perceptive skill, we have to listen for opportunities to use that thinking and visualize what the client is telling. We should also listen for what is NOT in the conversation.\u00a0 Sometimes the design problem lies deeper than a conversation and in non-verbal cues to pick up on issues a client has with bits and pieces of daily living in a space that can be opportunities for a design solution to take those issues and make them part of a seamless living experience through good design.\"I'm<\/a><\/p>\n

Once the getting to know the client is well underway, the project starts and begins to take on its own life. There is still plenty of listening to do, in design review meetings and in guiding the client through the visualization of living in the project, moving through the space. We get through design, development and into detailing and construction documentation.\u00a0 This is where listening to contractors, vendors, and engineers comes into play.\u00a0 No one knows their game better than these teammates.\u00a0 I am listening to what the contractor is telling about building the design, on the site, IN the climate. I am listening to the vendors about installing their products. I am listening to the engineers about how the project comes together with their systems and structures.<\/p>\n

\"I'm<\/a>We all would like to show up and have a client just let us lose with all the creative license to express our inner designs and build our hearts out.\u00a0 Realistically, we need to show up ready to listen and be the well-tuned design instrument that the client needs in order to achieve the optimal solution to their design problem.<\/p>\n

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All images\u00a0are\u00a0from\u00a0a somewhat unrelated blog<\/a> about acoustic location or ‘eardar’ devices of WW1 and WW2.<\/p>\n

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Take a look at these posts from all the architects participating in #Architalks \u2026 in no particular order:\"I'm<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Bob Borson Life of An Architect @bobborson \u00a03 Words: Are. Blogs. Important<\/a><\/p>\n

Enoch Sears Business of Architecture @businessofarch \u00a03 Words To Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n

Lee Calisti, AIA Think Architect @LeeCalisti i make art<\/a><\/p>\n

Lora Teagarden L\u00b2 Design, LLC @L2DesignLLC \u00a0#ArchiTalks: I love it!<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrew Hawkins, AIA Hawkins Architecture, Inc. @hawkinsarch Three Favorite Architectural Words<\/a><\/p>\n

Cindy Black Rick & Cindy Black Architects \u00a0\u200e Spirit of Optimism (my three favorite words)<\/a><\/p>\n

Michele Grace Hottel Michele Grace Hottel, Architect @mghottel \u00a0architalk#9: my three favorite words<\/a><\/p>\n

Meghana Joshi IRA Consultants, LLC @MeghanaIRA \u00a0My Three Favorite Words<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Riscica Young Architect @YoungArchitxPDX \u00a0How\u2019s it going\u2026 Finishing The Architect Exam?!??<\/a><\/p>\n

Stephen Ramos BUILDINGS ARE COOL @sramos_BAC My Three Favorite Words<\/a><\/p>\n

Eric Wittman intern[life] @rico_w my three favorite [hardest] words<\/a><\/p>\n

Jeff Echols Architect Of The Internet @Jeff_Echols \u00a0What’s Your Story – My Three (or Four) Favorite Words<\/a><\/p>\n

Matthew Stanfield FiELD9: architecture @FiELD9arch \u00a03 Words<\/a><\/p>\n

Brian Paletz The Emerging Architect @bpaletz \u00a0I am in<\/a><\/p>\n

Jonathan Brown Proto-Architecture @mondo_tiki_man \u00a0The Big Idea<\/a><\/p>\n

Jeremiah Russell, AIA ROGUE Architecture @rogue_architect \u00a0\u200ethree little words: #architalks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another post in the #Architalks blog post series. This month’s theme – MY \u00a0THREE \u00a0FAVORITE \u00a0WORDS. When the theme for this post was issued, there was a rush of three word phrases and three word combinations that came to mind. Let\u2019s do lunch. Let\u2019s get started. Let\u2019s go sailing. Let\u2019s go fishing. We\u2019re almost there. 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