“Getting into architecture course is just a wastage of money and time. They have same syllabus as that of engineering or interior designing.”
“Just get a diploma in architecture, why to waste so many years?”
“Do the interior designing course, it’s one and the same. Eventually all the architects end up doing interior designing only!”
Several such questions I hear daily from people around me, people from different fields and sectors. I’m sure many of my architectural friends would have also experienced the same. But I don’t blame them. These are all genuine questions. Society is completely unaware of why we architects are needed and what role do we play in this world. We are not here to explain what we architects do or what tasks we carry out. Surely, we can all get that information from internet. Weare writing this for you people, just to get a glimpse of what truly architecture is to us.
Have you all ever experienced that there are some places where we go and by just entering that place, we get a different kind of energy? We feel good, we feel calm and we feel enthusiastic. There is something in that place that we feel we are getting connected to. That’s when we say that we are getting positive vibes. We feel like that place is communicating with us. We feel alive. It may be just a normal constructed place but there is some factor which is making it unique. Have you ever thought what that factor is? Well, that’s the part which architecture plays.
Architecture is beyond just constructing doors, windows, walls and making it attractive. It is giving life to that space, to that area and to the neighboring places surrounding it. It is what affects our psychology, our habits and our lifestyle.
Imagine a well-designed, well decorated and a pleasant flat with beautiful colors, creative artifacts and proper use of space. That is what we call as a best interior designed flat. On the other hand, imagine an empty flat with just doors and windows. The moment you enter and get a feeling that, “wow! It’s an awesome place. This is going to be my place.” Then that is what architecture is! It is the success of architecture when people feel like they own that place.
We can see many wonderful schemes and buildings around us. Every scheme satisfies our need of basic spaces. But then, have you guys ever wondered why being at some places we feel like we are not connected and that something is missing? While at some other places we feel like this is what we want. We feel like the whole place is welcoming us. We feel like we belong there. And that feeling of belonging is what architecture tries to develop.
It plays such an important role. But sometimes people fail to understand because architecture focuses more on intangible things. The things which are not seen, which are invisible. But which can be felt, experienced and which can affect our mood. It is the one which focuses more on people’s thoughts and emotions. It is sensitive towards it and we architects are trained to focus on it. We work more on transforming a building into a home and community into a safer place. It is the architecture which develops opportunities to interact, to make friends, to relax and to feel secure.
We believe that every individual plays their own role in building a society and which is equally important. This article was to bring light on contribution of architecture in it Engineers construct a body, Interior designers make it beautiful by applying makeup and Architects are the ones who give it a soul and make alive.
