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 * Questions made by Rubena St.Louis:**

According to the reading a good architect is made mostly by his ability to accomodate the various parts of different types of structures in a practical and aconomic way.
 * 1) What makes a good architect?**

The 3 dimensions of architectural design are the working plan, the section and the elevation.
 * 2) What are the 3 dimensions of architectural design?**

**Course Questions:**

Since architecture and urban planning are two different careers, they both require different qualifications. An architect's qualifications have to do more with his spacial ability to organize the components of a certain building, while urban planners need to have a certain aptitude to organize parts of a bigger community such as a city, state, etc.
 * 1)** **How are architecture and urban planning different in terms of the qualifications needed for each?**

After this reading I feel even more certain that I'm studying something that I'm very interested in and that I like very much. Also I feel a little more secure about my aptitude to study this career beacuse I sense I have the characteristics that are required to be a good architect.
 * 2)** **After today's reading, how do you feel about your future profession?**

Architects nowadays need to have a good visualization of space and it's accomodation to satisfy the customers`s needs. Also, they need to understand the past in order to satisfy the demands of the society in the present and garantee the maintenance of the building for the future.
 * 3)** **What is the role of architects / urban planners in today's world?**