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.
One of the most important devices an architect should have is communication. Twitter is an easy way to share and spread ideas and innovations with the millions worldwide.
Having good writing skills can be highly advantageous to an architect. Architects must communicate in order to carry out and share their design plans and ideas, and writing is a most common and easy way to do so.Steve Job's Speech
