Friday, July 8, 2011

A good Architectural Design

There are few point to what makes a good design some of them are
  1. Artistic aspects and self-expression

  2. The spirit of the time design value

  3. The nature and organic design value

  4. And many others at Architectural Design 

Though of this i believe the most important is the nature and organic design value. This is as the design value is based on the idea that nature (i.e. all sorts of living organisms, numerical laws etc) can provide inspiration, functional clues and aesthetic forms that architects and industrial designers should use as a basis for designs. Designs based on this value tend to be characterized by free-flowing curves, asymmetrical lines and expressive forms. This design value can be summed up in “form follows flow” or “of the hill” as oppose to “on the hill”.
An Example of a very good organic design is the Guggenheim Museum (on friday july 8)
Guggenheim Museum

What is Architectural Design

Concept that focuses on the components or elements of a structure or system and unifies them into a coherent and functional whole, according to a particular approach in achieving the objective(s) under the given constraints or limitations.

Architectural design as problem solving by adding value. To try to break it down to its most simplistic state, we design to solve a problem.