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Originally Posted by calculoso
Definitely more of a Calgary influence, but at the same time providing a development opportunity for students in the city. What better opportunity to develop the next wave of architects / designers / etc than to have a real-life experience?
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Nice in theory, but not practical. Architectural students spend 6 years in post-secondary to learn their trade and everything involved with it; if people want to learn architecture and be an architect, perhaps they should consider schooling? I mean, there's high-level architectural graduate schools all over Canada and in the world for that field. It's very competitive, and sometimes very difficult to get in. There's lots of talented, young designers who put the time in and go through school to learn how to design exactly that - bridges. That's what they specialize in.
Letting the public design something that they simply are not qualified to do just isn't practical. Leave it to the architect to design it; and should he/she consult the public for design, then that's their perogative. The same goes for any project in any industry.