architecture

The Architectural Experience of Community Spaces

The Architectural Experience of Community Spaces

In a day and age where constant productivity is expected, leisure in its conventional form is greatly valued but few have the time for it so why shouldn’t the city, in particular community spaces, evoke a new kind of leisure through the spatial experience that we get through a multi sensory journey. This idea is no romantic indulgence, as written in A Theory of the Human Environment Eugene Victor Walter; “A place has no feelings apart from humane experience there. A place is a location of experience.”

The Ephemeral Nature of Architecture

The Ephemeral Nature of Architecture

It has almost become self-implicit that good architecture has to be timeless. However this term may be used so loosely not even knowing why a building is revered to as timeless. There are a multitude of arguments about this concept in design but only recently have I discovered individuals who have attempted to explore the other side. 

The Creative Conundrum: from a student’s perspective

The Creative Conundrum: from a student’s perspective

...We procrastinate and make excuses: the parameters are ill-defined, the client, the budget, the timeline of some other variable is to blame. Sometimes these challenges may be real, but to dwell on them is a waste of time and energy, which could be better spent getting down to work...

Debunking Design Myths: from a student’s perspective.

Debunking Design Myths: from a student’s perspective.

...I just want to be a good designer and practice my trade as best I can; turn heads because of the mastery I would have achieved. In doing so, I believe that I will come to deserve the trust my clients will one day place in me...