03-24-2021, 03:01 PM
That's really missing the point, though. We have people living in sheds in this city...people live and where they are obligated to do so. And within these "ugly" spaces, people still try to personalize them in a way that makes their experience in the space as pleasant as it can be. I mean, that's why we paint our bedroom walls in colours we enjoy. We shape our surroundings in a way we find aesthetically suitable.
A building should look as nice as possible and that's an important things for architects to achieve when they are designing a work. One of the first steps an architect does when starting a project is to create a good design. They worry about the technical aspects afterwards. When Peter Zumthor was designing his Thermal Baths in Switzerland, for example, he started by taking a look at the surroundings of the land and going from there, ultimately designing a building that offers bathers a pleasing experience, relying on things like atmosphere, colour, sound, temperature and so on. If it was just down to function alone we could let engineers worry about our built environment, but we don't really do that, at least not when it comes to buildings and structures. Even bridges are designed in ways that attempt to have an aesthetically pleasing design. When I say a building is useless for failing to do this, I don't mean its practical use is no longer there, but that it is missing a very important function which is to provide its occupants with a good experience.
A building should look as nice as possible and that's an important things for architects to achieve when they are designing a work. One of the first steps an architect does when starting a project is to create a good design. They worry about the technical aspects afterwards. When Peter Zumthor was designing his Thermal Baths in Switzerland, for example, he started by taking a look at the surroundings of the land and going from there, ultimately designing a building that offers bathers a pleasing experience, relying on things like atmosphere, colour, sound, temperature and so on. If it was just down to function alone we could let engineers worry about our built environment, but we don't really do that, at least not when it comes to buildings and structures. Even bridges are designed in ways that attempt to have an aesthetically pleasing design. When I say a building is useless for failing to do this, I don't mean its practical use is no longer there, but that it is missing a very important function which is to provide its occupants with a good experience.