You Design What?

We meet again, I have to do this post straight away as to replace my ‘missing post’ for last week. Now, if you don’t mind, the title reflects on architecture in depth. It also branches from engineering, actually. The word architecture even derived from Latin, architectura which means master builder. As a process, architecture is the activity of designing and constructing buildings by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter. A wider definition often includes the design of the total built environment, from the macro level of how a building integrates with its surrounding landscape to the micro level of architectural or construction details and, sometimes, furniture. Wider still, architecture is the activity of designing any kind of system.
Now, I read in Wikipedia that a good design should obey these 3 principles; that is durability, utility and beauty. It can also mean that the design should remain in good condition at all times, useful and can raise other people spirit when they see it. Architects can obtain this valuable piece of information from the earliest written work (De architectura), by the Roman architect Vitruvius in the early 1st century CE. According to Vitruvius, the architect should strive to fulfill each of these three attributes as well as possible. (Hah, I know it’s going to be hard for the architect, so I truly respect to all architecture students. *salute*)
The progress of architecture can be divided into several era; classicsm, medieval, renaissancism and modernism. (If I’m not mistaken it is from the architecture board in KBU International College). Each parts of the era show how architecture develops into one of the well known field in the world. From religion to basic necessities of human being, architecture has become a medium for human being to express their feelings and ideas on something. In my opinion, if you ask me, architecture is more to the manifestation of the designer’s mind to the society. Whatever it is, only a creative person has his or her own way to define this magnificent field. Oh yeah, the building that I like so far is the National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) as it comprises psychology onto its design. Not only that, it also has a great sound system which really has the impact on the audience and completely transforms them into a new person as they leave the place. Thanks to its architect, Paul Andreu whom is a French citizen that started the construction in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was officially held in December 2007. That’s all for today, folks. You want to find it more, google and yahoo are always there for you. Fielen Dank, everybody!