Charisma of Architecture

Our sphere faced a massive Pandemic, 

That created a great epic,

Many people died,

And a lot more survived,

Lockdown was the only key,

To stop this hierarchy.

Appreciate all architects, who built our homes that are safest.

Staying at home was considered useless, but corona has made it the best.

While watching a movie named ‘San Andreas’. I remember a scene and can connect it with the current pandemic situation, where the female character at the end asks Dwayne Johnson, after the disaster struck earth, “Now what?”, and the answer he gave took me over, he said “Now we make”.

Architecture mirrors the people and time; every structure built by man, has a cultural signature on it. Greek civilization pivoted on aesthetic and mathematical harmonies, as portrayed in their architecture, such as the Parthenon. Renaissance Italy built ornate public structures and palaces mirroring the region's prosperity. In modern architecture advancements in the technology improves the productivity and creative calibers of architects.

Architecture is the mirror of our cultural spirit. As an architect I was always mesmerized by watching people experience design in the world around them and design also functions like a soundtrack..I also would like to mention that none of us anywhere in the world are immune from bad designs. So I became an architect as I believed, it was about devising spaces for people to live their best worlds.

Here I connect the dialogue, “now we make”, as architecture impacts the greatest needs of the world as well as the simplest needs like an infant's play area Architecture is not only aesthetics, but the social impact or contributions to society, it has a unique ability to dignify, it can make people feel valued, respected, honored and seen. Visualize spaces that you reside or occupy how they make you feel? Do they make you feel unhappy, unhealthy or uninspiring? These places may be where you work, live or heal. So, thoughtful architecture points out how these places can be better designed with you in mind. Sometimes we are conditioned to feel like we don’t have much efficiency over spaces and places that we live, work or play. This can be elucidated by thoughtful designs that make people feel respected and seen. Architecture is to design with dignity. As law is to jurisdiction, well-being is to medication, similarly dignity is to design. We can say that buildings, as spaces of tales, stories of families, folks public residing there and working in those structures. Architecture is creating built forms that breeds a string of narratives and relations. The stories of the people sketch the architecture of a building and the architectures sketches those stories in turn. Architecture is how we can assemble things in a factual and functional way. So once the structural fabric is woven, and you see the design it cannot be unseen. Whenever you come across a beautifully sculptured edifice that makes an impression in your mind, it will make you feel that you want to become an architect. This renders the responsibility, inspiration and motivation to be an architect.

Once an architect said, “Practically every plan you draft will look something like what you build, but don’t count on it.” An architect must have practical approach, interpersonal skills, organizational skills and most important patience.Talking of patience, as an architect I could never keep calm and would always think things to be impossible until they were done! Yes, definitely the most dignified and glamorous profession and only comes with hard work and dedication. ‘We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us.’ As said by Winston Churchill.

In the end I would like to say;

Architecture enhanced and embellished, that time has shaped,

Also with time, human response to this Architecture also heaped.

All novel ideas are replicated with self-expression,

Smart architecture is made with outright assurance.

Take pride in being an architect

Shape the spaces as buildings with people’s dialect

As architecture is highly elated profession,

Where designs define dignity and self-expression.

Written By:

Principal 

IPS Academy

School of Architecture, 

Indore.