Needs

An architect has to think on three basic needs when he designs, the needs of the people he is designing for, the needs of the building and the needs of the context. They will all conflict with each other and they can constantly change so the architect most find the right way to balance them in a flexible way.

To solve the needs of the people the architect must take on account the air flow, the light, the water, the weather, fit human scale, etc. In brief, the architect must make sure that a person will be able to solve all his basic needs and feel comfortable in the building, whether they are sociological, psychological or physiological. The needs of the building are: the structure, so it can stand by itself and stand the weight of anything that’s coming in it, plus having safety designs for any kind of emergency like fire or earthquakes, and proper distribution for easy access to all the building and fit all the materials that are coming in.

At last the context also has its own needs, a building can´t interfere with cultural needs (like political, religious or historical elements). Also the building most have connections and interact with its surrounding so it won´t work against it and so it is accessible. And plus since the context is always changing the solutions have to be flexible.