During today’s class discussion we talked about who an architect designs for. We learned that a designer should not only think about their current client’s needs but also be thinking of what is in the future for that project. The designer has to think of who will inhabit the building after the current client moves on from it. They must think of the future market value of the project and create a design that’s value increases or at least maintains the same value in years to come. We feel that this would be very difficult to do because it is impossible to know what the future holds. Yes we can anticipate it the best we can, but we will not know for certain until that day in the future has arrived. Although we understand the reasoning behind this concept, it seems a lot easier said than done.
After some discussion amongst our group we came to the conclusion that a building must be designed in a way that is not specific to the needs of one individual but rather the general needs of the entire community, this way when the initial client of the project is finished with the building and a new person moves in they are equally satisfied with the design as the first. As for anticipating what the future needs of the building will most likely continue to stump us even as we begin and end our careers in design.
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