needs

The most important needs to consider when doing buildings are 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.

This needs will compete and the architect has to find balance with an adequate solution to this problem.

It’s important to know that the three needs are dynamic and most of them change, especially while the building is being constructed. So the architect has to develop a new strategy for the building, where he or she will let one of the elements dominate depending of the specific needs of each case.

The architect must consider the basic people’s needs on each project: Physiological, which includes maintaining balance, temperature, scale…..Psychological, meaning that the building has to provide a sense of safety and security, sufficient space and privacy…. And finally Sociological needs that must reflect the fact that most of our needs are met through others and should provide spaces to interact with others.

When doing a building we must deal with aspects like protection, weight, comfort, flow and distribution.

Finally we have to be aware of the context, where we will have to consider culture, environment, connections, economic and flexibility. ||