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Many successful and influential architects, such as Mies Van Der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Violet-Le-Duc, and Tadao Ando were self-taught. There are very few countries allowing autodidacticism in architecture today. The practice of architecture, or the use of the title: "architect", are now protected in most countries. Self-taught architects have generally studied and qualified in other fields such as engineering or arts and crafts. Jean Prouvé was first a structural engineer. Le Corbusier had an academic qualification in decorative arts. Tadao Ando started his career as a draftsman and Eileen Gray studied fine arts. When a political state starts to implement restrictions on the profession, there are issues related to the rights of established self-taught architects. In most countries the legislation includes a grandfather clause, authorising established self-taught architects to continue practicing. In the UK, the legislation,[13] allowed self-trained architects with 2 years of experience to register. In France,[14] it allowed self-trained architects with 5 years of experience to register. In Belgium,[15] the law allowed experienced self-trained architects in practice to register. In Italy,[16] it allowed self-trained architects with 10 years of experience to register. In The Netherlands, the "wep op de architectentitel van 7 juli 1987" along with additional procedures, allowed architects with 10 years of experience and architects aged 40 years old or over, with 5 years of experience, to access the register.[17] However, other sovereign states made the choice to omit such clause and many established and competent practitioners were stripped of their professional rights.[18] In the Republic of Ireland, a group named "Architects' Alliance of Ireland" is defending the interests of long-established self-trained architects[19] who were recently deprived from their rights to practice as per Part 3 of the Irish Building Control Act 2007.[20] Theoretical research such as "Architecture of Change, sustainability and humanity in the built environment[21]" or older studies like "Vers une Architecture" from Le Corbusier describe the practice of architecture as an environment changing with new technologies, sciences and legislations. All architects must be autodidacts to keep up to date with new standards, new regulations, or new methods. Self-taught architects like Eileen Gray, Luis Barragán and many others, created a system where working is also learning, where self-education is associated with creativity and productivity within a working environment. While he was primarily interested in naval architecture, William Francis Gibbs learned his profession through his own study of battleships and ocean liners. Through his life he could be seen examining and changing the designs of ships that were already built, that is, until he started Gibbs and Cox. |
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