Engineering and Architecture (English)
I am quite sure that, if you are an architect, you may have often heard the
following question: What is the difference between an engineer and an architect?
In any project of important size, it is essential to work with an architect and an engineer.
In ancient times, the profiles of an architect and an engineer were found in the same person. It was not until the Hellenistic ages that the figure of the architect became recognised as independent from the engineer. It was during the Greek antiquity that the most ornamental elements in architecture started to be considered apart from the functional structure calculation. Indeed, it is at this exact moment that the concept of “style” in architecture appears for the first time in history, represented by the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders from Greek temple columns.
Some centuries later, during the Roman Empire, the figures of architect and engineer continued entwined in the same individual. It is in this time that the engineering field dev…
In any project of important size, it is essential to work with an architect and an engineer.
In ancient times, the profiles of an architect and an engineer were found in the same person. It was not until the Hellenistic ages that the figure of the architect became recognised as independent from the engineer. It was during the Greek antiquity that the most ornamental elements in architecture started to be considered apart from the functional structure calculation. Indeed, it is at this exact moment that the concept of “style” in architecture appears for the first time in history, represented by the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders from Greek temple columns.
Some centuries later, during the Roman Empire, the figures of architect and engineer continued entwined in the same individual. It is in this time that the engineering field dev…
