They definitely don't have better amenities at home, as they often need large, fast printers. They definitely need to collaborate as few know their software, esp. CAD, and their building/zoning codes well enough to figure stuff out themselves. They definitely bill at rates similar to other designers, such as graphic, web, etc.
I think that there are just generally fewer architects who solely freelance, vs. other designers. I think that when they do, they generally only have that 1 or 2 projects, and are afraid of overhead when they might have zero projects very quickly, vs. other designers who typically have a handful of projects at a time. When architects do have enough project revenue to then sustain overhead, they probably scale up to their own office. Architects also tend to want to be surrounded by their product library, which most of us coworking spaces don't have for them. Other than that, I'm not really sure. Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work wide open" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Aug 7, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Anca Mosoiu wrote: > Jerome: > > Why not? Is it because they get better amenities at home? Are they > more introverted > and less collaborative than computer programmers or graphic > designers? Do they make > less money as freelancers than other groups? Or more money, so > they can get their > own spaces without other people around? > > Cheers, > > Anca. > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Jerome Chang > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi. > > As one of the few architect/designers in this coworking sphere, I'll > chime in. I've had very very few architects or other building- > industry designers here in my 16 months of operation. So, > collaboration is zilch. Basically, this group of freelancers or > micro- > size firms just won't pay for space. > > As for what works, are you asking about size of spaces, desks, and the > physical construct? > > > Jerome > ______________ > BLANKSPACES > "work wide open" > > www.blankspaces.com > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) > Los Angeles, CA 90036 > 323.330.9505 (office) > > On Aug 6, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Ralf Lippold wrote: > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > even though we all pretty much know when a place is holding the > energy > > that fuels creativity and innovation, is there any literature, links > > of like-minded architects, experiences (stories of what works and > what > > doesn't)? > > > > http://www.urbansplash.co.uk/ could be a start as they are doing > great > > work (not on CoWorking specifically but great). > > > > Who can help on that? Then we can share and bring new business to > > innovative architects. > > > > Best regards > > > > Ralf > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
