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It’s interesting how learning to think like an architect is relevant to learning how to think for any other design field. I was hesitant to be an archie major in the beginning because I thought that I had to completely refocus my sense in creativity to a very unfamiliar study of design. I’m discovering that architecture is simply another way of expressing the same things that I love expressing all the time :)
I think my professors are trying to teach me that architecture is more than erecting walls and sticking on a roof. I believe it’s about recreating an enchanting experience in a defined space, whether we define it with our intuition or something physical defines it for us. An enchanting experience for me would be a fairytale in reality. Something surreal or anachronistic of sorts. Something that doesn’t seem quite in place but works mysteriously well where it is. At the same time, we interpret the space the way we choose to. I think the spark of curiosity is an important component to the enchanting experience. The place is magical only if we want it to be.