the system vs. the components vs. catalysts vs. resources

The system

maths rhythm history life science patterns procession etc.

The components

survival economics business standard-of-living architecture health happiness meaning-of-life

The catalysts

fire light electricity technology cars phones computers super-computers satellites communication, brains.

The resources

land, water, food, materials (stone, wood, metal), gold, diamonds, etc.

The benefactors, the cause, the beneficiaries, the victims

Humans.

The Purpose

Do we:

Live for our personal desire

Live for our children to come

Live for earth's cycle

Live for survival

or simply Live because we were given the life

The outcome

Life

Saviors?

God. People who play God. People with power. People with skills. People with vision

I truly believe architects serve a higher purpose in life; more so than building a shelter, more so than making money for mortgages and definitely more so than making a stupid icon. Beneath all 'added value', we come under 'components of a greater system', and we make a difference to that 'outcome'. We provide what is unachievable by non-architects; skills. The difference between a true purposeful architect and a man who builds is that the architect builds more than just that physical building.

Any man and woman could pool together strength and coordination to build a house - this happened couple of millennia ago. So those who hold a cert, and design a house no different than a house a century ago are not architects - they are mimickers.

If the land, earth's most important resource, is used 99% by man-made structures and infrastructures, are we not responsible for expansion? And if we are, aren't we one of the mains who can do something about the damages inflicted on the planet?

We live on what we make, it's about time we see to our responsibilities.

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Ofcourse architects aren't the only ones who can make a difference. But size does matter in this case - built function encourage or rather limit actions/reactions. Freedom associates with positiveness in a figure of speech, but truly, it means anarchy. We enjoy freedom as a race, not an individual thus order was created for effective functioning and directions were distributed through education. Every custom, religion, culture have to be re-introduced with sustainability and earth appreciation.

So, this order should begin with the built environments. We architects have to take the first steps and make a model of ourselves.