Theoretical part

WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE?

• architecture, the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. The practice of architecture is employed to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic ends. Although these two ends may be distinguished, they cannot be separated, and the relative weight given to each can vary widely. Because every society—settled or nomadic—has a spatial relationship to the natural world and to other societies.

WHO IS THE ARQUITECT ?

• Licensed professionals trained in the art and science of the design and construction of buildings and structures that primarily provide shelter. An architect will create the overall aesthetic and look of buildings and structures, but the design of a building involves far more than its appearance. Buildings also must be functional, safe, and economical and must suit the specific needs of the people who use them. Most importantly, they must be built with the public’s health, safety, and welfare in mind. Some of the most known architects are:
• Frank Gehry

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• Norman Foster

• and many others.

PAST AND FUTURE :

ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY

• archietcture has drastically changed a lot throughout the years, architecture has changed mainly because of traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends and dates. At the very start the main objective in architecture was to achieve satisfying the very basic need of shelter and protection. The begginings of architecture crossed many highlighted stages, like for example:
• neolithic

• antiquity

• ancient egypt

• harappan

• greek

• roman

ARCHITECTURE OF THE FUTURE

• New technology in the field of architecture will ensure humans can still live on earth. Architecture in the future will have to be innovative in the materials used, and future building structures. Nobody really knows how architecture in the future will be, but there are already some ideas or theories of what could happen like for exmple:

• climate change in certain areas
• energyy afficiency in buildings
• giving an insightful perspective
• disruptive technologies
• new construction materials

ARQUITETCURE AS COMPOSITION

• architects consider what is known as composition to organize physical elements using various principles to ensure an optimal aesthetic and visual arrangement.

ARCHITECTURE AS TECHNIQUE

• The techniques of architecture in the sense that they will be considered here are simply the methods by which structures are formed from particular materials. These methods are influenced not only by the availability and character of materials but also by the total technological development of society, for architecture depends on an organized labour force and upon the existence of the tools and skills necessary to secure, manufacture, transport, and work durable materials. The evolution of techniques is conditioned by two forces. One is economic, the search for a maximum of stability and durability in building with a minimum of materials.

ARQUITECTURE AS HERITAGE

• heritage is defined asfeatures belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions, languages, or buildings, that were created in the past and still have historical importance.

• Preservation is a way of not failing to win the values of cultural identity, with the aim of maintain you ought to know prior to what the cultural wealth of a individuals are: catalog. Then, all goods contained in catalogues need to be secure and maintained.But also these, ahead of any action we serve as architects, we need to assume about the worth of the excellent on which to intervene ahead of choosing the write of intervention.

• We can prevent it by the following options: Preservation of the veracity of the fabric document and character.• Reversibility of the intervention.• Minimal intervention.• Distinguishability and expressive actuality.• Compatibility: fabric, structural, character, functional, etc.• Durability of the intervention.• Environmental and economic sustainability.

ARCHITECTURE AS SUSTAINABILITY

• Sustainable architecture is a general term that refers to buildings designed to limit humanity’s impact on the environment. An eco-friendly approach to modern-day building encompasses every aspect of the planning and construction process, including the choice of building materials; the design and implementation of heating, cooling, plumbing, waste, and ventilation systems; and the integration of the built environment into the natural landscape. 

• characteristics: focus on reducing human impact on the environment, minimal wasteful, achieve the net zero effect, more water conservation systems, use of renewable materials, replacement of conventional material such as concrete with sustainable alternatives, use of recycled materials, tiny housess…

ARCHITECTURE AS ART

• Obviously architecture is a way of art, as it’s a way in wich a human can express its feelings and from it create a piece of art. We can prove this with some examples of building which clearly relate them.

the mountain Dwellings by Bjarke Ingels

the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao by Frank Gehry

or the Heydar Aliyev Center by Zaha Hadid

All of these building show how arquitecture isn’t just creating a simple building by joining two lines and making sure that the building doesn’t fall. Architecture is a way of expressing yourself, by making patterns, mixing different forms and colors, it’s a big way of expressing any emotion that you want to reach out to people.

ARCHITECTURE AS SERVICE

• A software development technique known as service-oriented architecture uses software elements known as services to build business applications.

• Each of these services offers an enterprise capacity and is able to interact with the others through a variety of platforms and languages. Using SOA, developers can integrate multiple separate services to complete difficult tasks or reuse services across various systems.

• For instance, an organization needs user authentication functionality for a number of business activities. You can construct a single authentication service and reuse it for all applications rather than having to rewrite the authentication code for each business activity.

• Similar to this, registering patients is a requirement for practically all systems in a healthcare institution, including patient and administrative systems and electronic health record (EHR) systems. Such systems could make a single call to a single common service to handle patient registration.