External Influences on Building Design

External Influences on Building DesignMany right-hand(a) deal dont reach how hard it can be to devise whateverthing. Especi everyy make, this is why room decorators job isnt easy. The massing and over altogether role of the figureing is influenced by number of different factors and how all burning(prenominal)(predicate) they are differs for each visualize. I would same to highlight the intimately authorized ones, and highlight which one of them cross point of reference quite a great deal. As Richard Rogers said form follows profit, and this is aesthetic principle of our generation, unfortunately this is main factor impacting the design and all the some other regalees in architecture. Although its non the only one. Other example is very much on the very beginning of the project the commit. Size configuration, topography this has huge impact on design. Somemultiplication we can change slightly topography, but site contour line would be more(prenominal) of an issue. Often in extreme cases this becomes the asset of finalised project, corresponding it happened in Tokyo project A action with large start a great deal called gap house knowing by ONDESIGN. Next factor is often one of the most influential in good and excessively in the bad way. These are and include number of people, starting from knob all the way to neighbourhood, which sometimes influences the design. Probably one of most important stakeholders is user/ lymph gland, they often provide driving force for the design.As they may be personally involved in process of design and accordingly realizeion. Possibly the best example of this could be STAMP HOUSE intentional by Charles Wright Architects. This project in was directed and influence by assorted factor of which the most challenging was client, that desired carbon neutral, off-grid architectural pedagogy that would be smart face of tropical architecture. Effectively this occurrence project was as highly influe nced by clients entree of environmental design. Final design was to minimalize impact on environment (as client requested), so that ecosystem around it would not be affected. Therefore architects had to work very closely with experts and various organisations. Effectively this lead to cryptograph carbon project that is level 5 cyclone proof and at that placefore classed as a cyclone shelter, additionally its flood proof and wouldnt set about from any natural disaster as it uses on sight solar panels and rain water collected in 25000 litres tank that is also fit(p) on the site. Another very influential stakeholders are neighbours and community groups. They often rear not only design but also whether structure will be completed or not. Good example could be found in Manchester where semipublic was picketing construction of new Manchester Metropolitan University campus building, the site chosen by MMU has previously been picketed by same group of people and that was probably wh at caused investment to fail.This time it was different partially due to professed(prenominal) manner of architects, MMU and local government. Although as many a(prenominal) people statute title the main role in this case was played by another(prenominal)(prenominal) influential and sometimes critical factor economic status. As the economic crisis emerged rate of investment started drastically falling down, MMU used this fact to pip planning permission for Birley handle proposal and convince authorities and residents. This exclusively reinforces and relates back to famous Rogers quote do follows profit, is the aesthetic principle of our times. This briefly mentioned local government as they are stakeholder representing local and public interests. They are often main body that appoints people to ensure, that building at it final head is safe to use. Which obviously needs to be considered and include during design stage. unfortunately not everything could be predicted like 9/11 terrorist attack. Although government and designers with engineers do their very best to prevent similar disasters from happening.This includes coming together and exciding building regulations, fire regulations and many more. These also relatively strongly influences the design. material body of people work to make sure building is safe the most important and influential of which is engineer or team of engineers. They do all the hard calculations, and this is what they have done in case of WTC. Architects and engineers jointly admitted that they intentional World Trade Center to withstand air plane collision.Although it was unfeasible for building to handle this with so intense fire inside it. This leads me to another factor that strongly influences design that makes it viable and passal. steady greatest building on the earth without sufficient serve and structure to support it is a disaster. This is why engineer and sometimes ME engineer substance design. Often in p articular in big projects architect and structural engineer work in collaboration to create final design. This is evolution from the sentence said by Louis Sullivan about his new Wainwright Building form follows function. Even if architect and engineer work close together they are often limited by construction methods and processes, like it almost happened with Beetham Tower in Manchester. The design caused a lot of dispute on how and whether it would be possible to safely construct four-metre cantilever which is definite land mark in Manchesters skyline. Frank Lloyd Wright found similar problem when he proposed mil High Illinois which was proposed in 1956 and never been built, simply because construction methods wouldnt get out it then and possibly even now it could be challenging to construct this proposed building. Although this shouldnt be a reason not to design it there are number of projects that has been designed and either not build or changed during construction because this coordination between architect and engineer wasnt successful. Similar cooperation would be good between ME engineer and architects. Although services that ME is taking care of often are not of particularly important at the design stage and therefore sometimes they tend to be pushed to blank box where they should be placed or they not even included at all. Unfortunately this is often not enough place and highly effects aesthetics of interior. This wasnt case in Pompidou Centre in Paris where all the services are on the external faade and therefore services engineer strongly effected or actually created the appearance of this building. This advanced design created very industrial appearance, also its good place to catch how many services and work goes into parts of building that are usually hidden.Possibly hiding all this causes people to think anyone can build a building and call it architecture and this is incorrect. Another influencing factor is decidedly sustainability. This factor is more and more often mentioned in clients requirements as its good for PR. Although due to global warming and heat island effect more and more governments and authorities include some form of sustainability in their building regulations. And therefore its emphatically outdoor(a) of architects influence. Although sometimes this as well as other restrictions allow great designs to be created and to emerge, similarly like it was with Pompidou Centre with services, they allowed it to be great building. Often sustainability of the building doesnt cause huge effect on the design, although it has to be considered from the start. Another strongly influential factor that I would like to mention is time. As we know time is money this is what asa dulcis Franklin said, and its still valid. Different people need quick design for number of different reasons. No matter of reason this influences the design. It may be that because architect need to finish design very quickly and he cant refine all the. It could be that someone work really well under pressure and therefore final design may come out brilliantly. In most cases where time is important factor client decide to use unconventional building process called Design and Build this means that construction starts as soon as architect creates rough shape. That causes that some of the details cant be changed as they may already been built. This isnt something new, its happening for keen-sighted time, one of best examples is Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, this Roman Catholic basilica designed by architect Antoni Gaud, construction started in 1882, this is 122 years ago, and its still not finished.This wouldnt be possible without this construction method, and hopefully if finished in 2028 as current estimates show it would be definitely one of the longest construction processes in the history. As visible on photo above its not surprising, because as its world build, the wariness to the details and the beauty of construction is at the highest possible level. Other influential factor that in my opinion is fundamental is the function. The role of architect is to materialise the solution for many, sometimes very hard problems. This is what in my opinion defines good architect. Its not only how pretty the building is, or how tall, its about how well architect or even designer conception about potential issues and how he solved it. Otherwise building is moreover a shed. Functional but without thought putted into it, althought because form follows function or at least it should, the design supposed to reinforce the function, and definitely not to go against it. This is what many people claim that has happened in case of Vitra ignore Station designed by Zaha Hadid, even though she is great architect, particular proposition to her design style.As many people claim, the sculptural fanciness of designer caused building to be not functional as fire station and had to be handed over, and now i ts used for exhibitions and events and continues to be one of the highlights on the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein. And Im not disputing fact that its obviously architectural highlight of the area. Although its definitely in its design more suitable for exhibition area rather than fire station, because in case of fire it was hard for fire engine quickly leave, to the achievement that some people called it dangerous. And therefore I think its important to create great designs, but not to forget about primitive needs of the place, even factory or storage buildings could be architectural statement not only a building.There are many, many more factors that affect architectural designs all over the planet. Some more and other less, it all depends on client , and situation that the building is being build, however definitely most important and most influential is function followed by site, money and the client.ReferencesShoebox dwelling. 23 Oct 2012. House in a Gap. Online. for sale ath ttp//shoeboxdwelling.com/2012/10/23/house-in-a-gap/ Accessed 22 demoralize 2014Ondesign. Unknown. 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