Sumary+Needs

An architect has three areas of need to consider when building: the needs of the people who will be using the building, the structural needs of the building itself, and the context in which the building is placed. These needs will conflict with each other and are constantly changing. When it comes to people, the architect must consider the physiological (balance, livable conditions, comfort), sociological (public and private spaces) and psychological (safety, privacy) needs. The structural needs of a building include: protection, weight (be able to stand on its own), comfort, flow (convenient entrance and exit) and distribution of spaces. The last aspect, context, must consider there factors: culture (historic, religion, politics), environment, connections (electrical power sources, telephone sources…), economics and flexible (must change with changing needs).