My ambition towards becoming an architect is primarily inspired by my father and the many structures I see around me.
Most people grow up seeing architecture all around them. Architecture is everywhere. I had the benefit of having an architect for a dad, and that helped me find an interest in architectural design. I traveled to different places and saw many new and interesting designs. From seeing these throughout my childhood I began to learn how to appreciate the meaningful, vital and unique innovations that have been created by people.
What I respect about this profession is that becoming an architect not only requires creativity and designing sense, but the ability to merge those elements in a way that would be widely functional for human use. Some buildings can be built in a way that makes it look entirely beautiful, inside out, but the ones that I love seeing are the ones that have real purpose and use. I hope to someday create architectural designs with purpose.
When my father returned from Spain this summer with pictures of the Sagrada Familia, I was mind-blown. I had briefly heard about the old church in history classes, cultures class, etc. However I had never been interested in that sort of architecture, and I always believed it to be "super-old" and just religious-and-creepy old raggedy stone structures that nobody looks at. I always went back to looking at cool and modern buildings that contained new technology and new things. When I observed over a hundred photos of the insides and outsides of the Sagrada Familia, I was shocked at everything about it, and I couldn't believe that a human at a time so long ago was capable of designing and planning out such a thing. The intricacy and complexity of it was amazing.
After I really opened my eyes to different things, I realized that I truly wanted to someday become an architect with my own style of buildings that will benefit people and the world, and simultaneously look beautiful.
