Jordi Ludevid, President of the Superior Council of Colleges of Architects of Spain, was on 11 and 12 November in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. These days, members of the current policy of the College of Architects of the Canary Islands had an opportunity to share with him our concerns about the difficult time through the profession in this country.
As it noted, English architecture is suffering a triple crisis, which means that, in general, our professional status has not yet reached bottom in the process of economic and institutional collapse suffer.
<--- are three issues that affect us architects at this time: First, the economic crisis and its consequences for the credit, a negative phenomenon that hampers the activity of construction and thereby drastically reducing the supply of labor to which we are accustomed. Second in importance, the massive destruction of jobs related to consulting, office and professional studies (some examples of this problem experienced in Madrid to close more than 50% of production capacity above). And finally, the institutional crisis that has resulted from a transformation of the framework of our profession and has occurred as a result of various legislative initiatives adopted by the central government in recent years.
All this has placed the English architects in a context of extreme gravity. Architecture is the last link in the construction sector has finally stabilized as a whole. However, while this specific segment of the technicians and professionals continues to deteriorate. As President, in this dire situation that we live we only have the option to resist forward and try to fight to transform a landscape so adverse as exists in relation to architecture is done in Spain.
In this regard, Jordi Ludevid has described some of the initiatives undertaken over the years within and outside the body representing the whole of English architects. An intense light and shade, but one that should be highlighted the great work done to stabilize our institution for the visa. To do this, we have developed a series of advocacy efforts de los organismos implicados que han culminado con la aprobación del texto final del Real Decreto 1000/2010, de 5 de agosto, sobre visado colegial obligatorio.
Un precepto legal que otorga una función pública a los colegios profesionales en la supervisión de los trabajos de arquitectura para la certificación de una serie de condiciones de obligado cumplimiento. Frente a la visión desreguladora y economicista, proveniente del contexto europeo y de algunos que consideran que sería preferible un menor tamaño del aparato del Estado y solo guiarse por la libertad e independencia de las personas en el desarrollo de su actividad particular, se ha impuesto en este caso la idea de la necesidad de collective control to ensure minimum standards of legal and physical security. Deregulation of activities affecting the economy, which we inevitably seek to impose ideological and manner as beneficial, is an axiom that requires an urgent souped alternative thinking, anyway.
face of this deregulatory vision of the college organizations as exclusively representative bodies, the Act grants a visa requirement subsidiary administrative professional associations related to architecture. According to Article 2 along with other activities affecting the security and integrity of individuals, will need a visa only for those technical work related to the design of implementation and final certification of building works and the demolition and legalization of them.
According to Article 4 of Decree 1000/2010, the visa requirement be limited to only three issues: the verification of the identity and professional qualifications of the technicians involved in the work mentioned, the confirmation of the completeness and correctness documentary what is subject to visa requirements and, finally, the technical editor responsible attendance compliance with safety conditions that must exist according to the law.
However, this decree, given its basic state legislation leaves open the possibility that required for other administrative matters relating to the technical supervision and planning, which are related to developments and regional and sectoral skills .
clear Once this uncertainty is related to the establishment and development in the countries forming the European Union famous Bolkestein Directive on the liberalization of the services offered in the market, it's time to attend to other serious problems that the profession finds itself in Spain.
is why in the next Assembly Superior Council of Architects of Spain (to be held on 26 November in Madrid) will present a initiative as a manifesto of the professionals in the construction and architecture. This effort starts with the objective of trying to transform the difficult circumstances of a professional space strategically in the welfare of people. The president also commented Ludevid main ideas that will contain the document and try to be a consensus with other stakeholders (eg, the English Federation Municipalities and Provinces and employers in the construction business) to finally give it to the appropriate minister and present publicly.
contain A first demonstration is required by the standards of access to credit sources which could allow a resurgence of new construction activity is now impossible. The great mistake in the assessment of risk, a phenomenon that is behind the housing bubble supported by banks, has made over the past three years a sharp restriction on bank financing and unfair competition from these private institutions to developers and other actors in the housing market. This would have greater impact if there had been a massive bailout with public money from financial institutions involved, once solved the crisis, have continued to restrict drastically the credit until plug the enormous holes in their own balance sheets. Process not yet completed in this country.
A second issue that is affecting the professionals in a scandalous manner is referred to the way it produces the award of public works of architecture. Spurious application of Law 30/2007 on public sector contracts is placing unprecedented degradation architectural work related. And, therefore, a growing inefficiency in the collective management of a public resource increasingly scarce. Not be treated in a similar way contract work related to projects of architecture as the rest of management consulting services to government award. The award criteria, that puts the wild economic downturns and the temporary reduction in extreme performance of the work, are leading inexorably to a lower quality of technical documents that are essential for execution of the building. And hence, a degradation and waste in administration of collective resources.
All issues related to administrative contracting the design of architecture, which are a great wealth of dysfunctions that are enormously damaging to the provision of infrastructure built residential and public dotacionales would indicate the need for breaking away from the awarding process this type of work of all management consulting services. The adoption of an administrative law architectural competitions could be a convenient way to transform a hugely disappointing outlook for professionals.
A third claim is that which relates to the need to legalize labor practices in the offices themselves architecture, as a result of the pressure in the form of contract, both public and private, as well as absence of effective administrative control over the labor law, have steadily increased their transfer to the economy and, finally, implementation of professional work in conditions of very low pay, if not semi-slavery. It would be desirable to initiate a process of adjustment in structures nontraumatic professionals who have survived this to encourage a professional crisis and strengthening current practices very negative. One way to achieve this objective could be linked to the provision of incentives for the regularization of the current precarious craft and social subsidies by counterparts for the regularization of hiring professional studios and offices of architecture.
shown in this sketch proposes another topic for discussion would relate to the dissemination and incentives for recruitment in industry and government in professional architects. This compared to the usual choice of preference for degrees in engineering and technical architecture that have succeeded in spreading a reputation for greater efficiency and technical capacity compared to the artistry of architecture.
A fifth initiative is focusing on supporting the extension of the rehabilitation of obsolete buildings. To do this, the representative body of English architects plans to implement a platform with other stakeholders, aimed at ensuring better dissemination and effectiveness of activities related to renewal and regeneration of old residential and tourist facility, present in many cities of our country.
The impetus for the creation of a European reference bank data of the construction sector is another area under consideration. This database will allow a full understanding of what are the economic and technical efforts that are needed in the entire European Union for the building. All this according to the extensive requirements that have been added and spreading from the more advanced countries, under many legal and technical initiatives over the past twenty years. With this, you could access a comparative source of both construction costs, including professional costs in drafting jobs architectural and engineering related to building it. Probably will test the very low implementation cost technique is assuming the building process in Spain.
Finally, the High Council of Architects of Spain to demand the government proposed an emergency plan to facilitate the internationalization of English architecture. An initiative to support all those who are currently trying to access the building professional work outside our borders and in need of specific support that goes beyond the glitz of exhibitions and cultural events. I really need a job recommendation and expert advice on economic conditions, materials and techniques in specific contexts, where they are experiencing real economic development and expansion.
Ultimately, this project demonstrated impact on a series of efforts and initiatives to develop the sector of English architecture that some humble support from our own media platforms like this blog where I write and broadcast my ideas . 
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