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你应该加入建筑专业网络社区的5大原因
5 Reasons Why You Should Join a Professional Architectural Networking Community

由专筑网李韧，吴静雅编译

你是否考虑过加入专业建筑网络社区？接下来，我们将列出你应该优先考虑的5大原因。


1、社区分享与学习

在这个世界上有越来越多使用开源软件来学习、分享和协作，一个专门的建筑团体专业网络可以提供无限的资源。

你也许会想，“那么为什么不加入Facebook或 LinkedIn呢？”虽然这些网络社会团队同样也有着实用的信息，但是很多时候你会接受到许多额外的广告、营销策略、垃圾邮件等等，才能最终找到你想要的内容。因此，专业网络社区能够帮助提高你所收集的信息质量，同时管理你所感兴趣的内容与关注对象。

2、与志同道合的人沟通

我们是建筑师、城市规划者、室内设计师，这个行业的发展非常迅速，因此稍不留意就容易跟不上时代的发展，也不容易找到志同道合的人。

想想一下，和来自全球不同地区的人进行沟通，他们的一些方案，也许能帮你解决长期以来一直困扰的问题，难道你不想和全球不同教育背景下的专业人士进行沟通与学习吗？

Have you ever considered joining a professional architectural networking community? Below, we list 5 reasons why you should make this a priority.

1. Community Sharing and Learning
As the world is increasingly using open-source software for learning, sharing, and collaborating, a dedicated professional network for the architectural community can provide an infinite number of resources.
You might be thinking, 'Why not join a Facebook or LinkedIn group instead?' Although these social networking groups may provide useful information, many times you have to swim through ads, marketing campaigns, and spam just to find a simple solution. For this reason, a dedicated professional networking community can provide quality information while simultaneously curating content and users of your interest.

2. Connect with Like-Minded People
We, architects, urban planners, and interior designers are part of a rapidly growing industry where new developments are hard to track and like-minded peers are difficult to find.
Imagine connecting with someone from a different part of the globe who is finding solutions to a problem you've been working on for months. Don't you think a conversation with someone in your industry could help you find solutions faster, and even learn new techniques and methods?


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3、与大神相识与合作

数字时代的合作已经成为了既定的事实，不仅在技术领域，而且还能够与不同的专业进行解决方案的沟通。在建筑、城市规划、室内设计行业，找到这些具有特定技能和才能的人，并且与之学习，这才是正确的方向。

在诸如SqrFactor这样的网络平台中，你可以发布工作、实习、活动，从而吸引相关人才，然后你还可以通过他们上传的简历、作品、参赛竞赛的次数，以及平台粉丝数量来进行人才筛选。

4、通过竞赛寻找人才与解决方案

建筑竞赛是这个行业中不可或缺的部分，因为这能够有效地让设计师们去突破自己。同时，参加竞赛可以帮助设计师构件自己的作品系统，然而，如果你是一家建筑事务所的负责人，你是否想过可以通过竞赛的形式来挖掘人才？

如果你能够直接通过平台来举办竞赛，着是不是更加方便？是的，你可以在SqrFactor平台上进行竞赛的设置，你还可以回答参赛者所提出的问题、发布公告、接收作品来和这些潜力股进行沟通。

3. Meet and Collaborate with Amazing People
Collaboration in the digital era has become the de facto way to build solutions not only in tech but across diverse industries. Within the architecture, urban planning, and interior design industry, finding the right people with specific skills and talents has become more important than ever.
On a dedicated network like SqrFactor, you can post jobs, internships, and events on their platform to find the best-matched talent. You can select top applicants by their profile, type of articles/designs published on their portfolio, the number of competitions they have participated in, and the number of followers on their platform.

4. Find New Talent and Solutions by Creating Competitions
Architectural competitions are integral to our industry as it forces individuals/teams to push the boundaries of their creativity. We all know that participating in various competitions can help professionals and design firms build their portfolio, however, have you ever considered launching your own competition as a design firm or organization to discover new talent and solutions?
What if you could launch competitions on a platform without even having to build a website? Yes, you heard it right – You can launch competitions on SqrFactor’s platform. You can also interact with participants by answering their questions, making announcements, receiving submissions, and announcing results on your wall – isn’t that amazing?


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5、建筑协作与记录同样重要

写作、绘图、文档对于建筑师来说同样重要，这不仅仅能够记录我们的成长历程，还能将成果与大众分享，这为我们带来了许多学习机会。

勒•柯布西耶认把建筑描述为一种艺术，其中不存在问题，只存在解决方案。当你构思了无数解决方案之后，为什么不与大家分享呢？SqrFactor平台旨在促进方案、游记、文档、思维的生成与分享，然后在社区内进行文化交流。其中还专门设置有“内容创造与盈利”板块。

SqrFactor平台的目的是将设计师、建筑师、城市规划者和消费者、房地产开发商、政府与非政府组织联系在一起，寻求创新的设计理念。同时，SqrFactor平台也与Selco基金会合作，就全球住房问题发起了建筑竞赛，为城市移民带来高度可行性的解决方案。

5. Architectural Writing and Documentation is Important
Writing, drawing, and documentation are important aspects of our profession, not only does it help us measure and analyze our growth but if shared with others, it can create opportunities to learn and distribute solutions.
Le Corbusier described architecture as an art in which there are no problems, only solutions. When there are so many solutions, why not record and share them with others? SqrFactor aims to promote architectural writing, journalism, documentation, and sharing of ideas to create a culture of collaboration and open-source learning within the community. With this mission, they created a campaign called “Create Content and Earn,” learn more about it here.
SqrFactor aims to connect designers, architects and urban planners with consumers, real-estate developers, government and non-government organizations seeking innovative design ideas. SqrFactor, in partnership with Selco Foundation, has launched an architecture competition on the global issue of Housing with an aim to execute the best workable design for urban migrants.