Architecture While Listening To SDRE

Abstract

Who says that there has to be a line between architecture and education? Are schools the only buildings in which we seek knowledge and understanding? The role of the architect is evolving from a master of designed spatial experience into an educator whose teaching palette consists of building materials. Looking at the demands placed upon architecture firms today one will notice that the skills required to run a successful firm are multiplying exponentially. Architects are now required to be financial planners, human relations experts, and business consultants. Many clients come to architecture firms seeking not only to design a new headquarters, but also to design a whole new way of running their business. The success of architecture is proportionate to the success of the client. It is for these reasons that architects can no longer look at their work as simple as form and function. Education will be the goal at the forefront of all design choices, whether it be designing a fully interactive school to aid in the process of teaching young minds, or designing an office building that helps an employee better understand the product they represent. The idea of an architectural masterpiece shall cease to exist, because the true architectural masterpiece will never be finished. Architecture should be a never ending process, an ongoing relationship with the client, the user and the general public. In a perfect world an individual never stops learning; it will be the architect’s job to facilitate this idea.