Architecture depends on the art and science. Many factors have an effect on it. A good architect should learn about various subjects. Engineering, urban designing, governmental rules, culture, sociology and etc are the important and useful points in the architectural design. Actually it is an interdisciplinary science and causes architect to pay attention to many things around.
Each architect has personal ways for design. They use different methods and experience different things to discover new concepts. Some of them are interested in nature and use the natural shapes and volumes in designs such as organic architects.
There is a single process in the architectural creation that involves all the methods. It’s organized in six steps:
- The mind of architect
- Diagrams
- Architectural contemplation
- The main idea (Concept)
- The structure of project
- Architecture (result)
The Mind of architect analyzes his knowledge of architecture and existence, special tools, social values and …. The results of analysis create a contemplation of architecture; that is a mental process. It expresses the concepts and also guides the process of creation.
Concept is a relation between mind and hand. It has two forms physical and mental. Conceptual sketches are the physical form of concept and produce a main structure of project such as total lines and forms.
In my opinion, creativity is so much important in the evolution of an architect. We should be increasing the capacity of our mind. Actually an active mind can be producing new thoughts.