Philosophy of Design
The document discusses different perspectives on design from several architects and designers. It provides quotes that define design as sheltering and stimulating people, embodying ideas common to its intended users, and requiring an understanding of the site and people using a building. Another quote describes design as putting form and content together in various ways, and that it is complicated because it is so simple. The final perspective is that design means satisfying requirements, seeing things from the perspective of the user, and trying to achieve the best outcome. Design is a challenging task because it impacts how people live and its quality reflects on the designer. Effective design requires understanding needs and solving problems well.
Philosophy of Design
- 1. Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design. -Stephen Gardiner (Architect) All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space. -Philip Johnson (Architect) No Design works unless it embodies ideas that are held common by the people for whom the object is intended -Adrian Forty (Professor of Architectural history) I never design a building before Ive seen the site and met the people who will be using it. -Frank Lloyd Wright (Architect) DESIGN? "Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions: there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated." Design is everything. Everything! -Paul Rand (American Graphic Designer)
- 2. Design? Design for me, is meaningless without a satisfaction of completing what the requirement given is. Design is putting yourself at a position of whom it is designed for, and seeing things the way that person sees it. It is to try and accomplish what the other person wants. Design is achieving, or at least trying to achieve the best. Designing is the most challenging task, because your design is what you are known for, and as an architect, peoples way of living, comfort and safety is dependent on you. It is all about, how well you can understand what is needed and how well you can solve the issue.