This video follows Hiba Bhatty, an architect at Valerio Dewalt Train in Chicago, through a day on the job. The daily activities of an architect can sometimes seem mysterious. This is likely due to the fact that no day is really “typical.” Designing buildings goes through multiple phases, each with very different responsibilities.
Today, Hiba is working on submittals from the contractor, specifically the door schedule. She has to check to make sure the contractor is accounting for every single door within a 500 room student housing project. This task can be pretty tedious, so Hiba also takes us to a recently completed project and walks us through what a day was like for the various phases of that project as well. If you’re interested in becoming an architect, or looking to join the workforce, or just interested to see how architecture firms work, this video offers access into their daily inner workings.
