Buildings Are So Interesting

I felt that way before I started college and I feel the same way on the last day of my master’s program. Of course, I now have a much broader understanding of everything that architecture can encompass and thus feel a more “sophisticated” appreciation for buildings.

In the past two years, my perspective in architecture has changed drastically and felt almost embarrassed by what I used to believe. Because of that, I am very happy I completed this program.

But it also makes me consider that I will never fully get architecture and thus I better keep an open mind.

If I had to dumb it down a bit while keeping it vague and open, my stand on architecture today is that it is about keeping a balance between all the different aspects that a building can manifest, from the functional and objective to the more abstract components pointed out in architectural theory classes and titles like “Atmospheres” by Peter Zumthor and “Towards a Critical Regionalism” by Kenneth Frampton.

For example, I have argued for aesthetics on a couple of occasions just because I do not feel we give it enough importance at times; I do not think is the most important thing, but neither that there is something more important than it. I think it is a balance, but then again that might change.

In conclusion, I need to read more, and I will have time to do so during this quarantine.