国际视野下的建筑协会 比较、诟病与建议

International Architectural Associations A Comparison,A Complaint,and A Counsel

文章考察了美国、法国、德国和瑞典四个国家的职业建筑组织。比较表明,各国对建筑和职业制度的看法迥异。文章研究了建筑行业与国家治理方式、普罗大众、企业主和员工,以及教育之间的关联,在某些国家,那些在文化与经济层面有益于建筑行业的战略,希望能够被移植到对建筑行业支持较少的国家。不同的职业组织中所蕴含的民族主义成分,意味着这种移植并非易事。不过,应当直面共有的困难,思考可以共享的战略。的确,即使相比之下一些国家更加支持建筑师,但四国对建筑行业的普遍不满,表明彻底重塑建筑工作的形象已经势在必行。

This article traces the professionaJ organizations of architecture in four different countries--the US, France, Germany, and Sweden. The comparison indicates how differently each nation conceives of both architecture and professionalism. The issues of how the profession relates to state governance, to the public, to the firm owners, to the employees, and to education are all explored. Motivating this research was the hope that certain strategies in one country--strategies that are more successful in supporting architecture culturally and financially^ould be transferred to countries where architecture is weaker. The nationalism embedded in the different professional organizations indicates that this transfer would be difificuit. Nevertheless, common struggles are worth identifying and shared strategies merit consideration. Indeed, even if some countries support architects more strongly than others, the general dissatisfaction with the profession of architecture in all four countries indicates the need for a radical rebranding of architectural work.