Architecture, to me, is
both the process and product of planning, building and constructing form, space
that reflects functional, technical, social, and aesthetic considerations.
It requires the creative manipulation and coordination of material,
technology, light, and shadow. Architecture is not all about drawing; it
is all about building and how people are affected by the designs we design. It
is also the driving force in community development. Communities grow because of
architecture.
Architects affect the
quality of life for the people around them and in their own community. They are
in charge of bringing their community into the future with the designs they
design, buildings they build, and the thoughts they think. The architect’s role
in the community is the driving force in community growth, community
togetherness, and so on. People inhabit their spaces and leave with some sort
of feeling. They design for their community. That is their passion: to design
something that will affect their community in some sort of way with the designs
they design in the now and in the future.