Architecture as Monologue

An impact so bright that it blinds our visual of perception and its subsequent feel, architecture is a cultural expression as well as a technical achievement and most significantly a storyteller. It has social obligations and the power to be called aesthetic in order to derive a social change, to carry collective memories and be stage to utopian ideas.

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As technology and our surrounding with it advances, it is not uncommon anymore to hate the things we interact with. But, with it we also realise that aesthetically pleasing objects enable you to work better, it influences the mood. With mental health popping up as subject of concern too frequently amongst the youth, understanding the impression of the built on the minds is vital. Although, emotion has the power to fade with time, the negative effect generated by our memories doesn’t overcome the positive created by the sight of the instruments themselves.

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A boundary of a space defines not just the function it holds, but also the image it creates in our head for us to call it beautiful. At the same time it can be questioned, why things need to be beautiful? How do we define the quality an entity holds? The answer to this lies in the response that the space brings out by amalgamating with the built. If the interaction is pleasant, it holds the tendency and the ability to heal us. Art is not for art sake alone, visual theology is what it offers.