5. What are your reasons to become or not become an architect? -- Yap Jia Cherng 1001642857

to become an
  ARCHITECT  

AS I START STUDYING ARCHITECTURE UNTIL NOW, I FEEL LIKE IT IS A HOLE THAT THE MORE I DIG THE MORE I FEEL I AM SHALLOW. THE RELATION OF ARCHITECTURE TO THIS WORLD IS SO CLOSE THAT WHAT PEOPLE IS ABLE TO BUILD STRONGLY INFLUENCE HOW PEOPLE IS GOING TO LIVE, AND WHICH DIRECTION OF THE TREND OF HUMAN ACTIVITY IS GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE.  I FEEL THAT ARCHITECTS ARE THE ALCHEMIST TO CREATE PLACES, WITH THE USE OF NATURAL ELEMENTS LIKE TIMBER, SOIL, WIND, WATER; HUMANITY ELEMENTS LIKE VARIATION OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, HUMAN BEHAVIOR; SPACIAL ELEMENTS LIKE ORGANISATION OF SPACE, RELATION OF SPACE, TO CREATE PLACES FOR THE LIFE BEINGS FOR THEM TO LIVE IN A BETTER WORLD. THIS IS THE PUSH BEHIND ME WHICH ENCOURAGE ME TO DIG MORE SO THAT I AM ABLE TO USE THESE SKILL TO HELP THE COMMUNITY LATER ON. I WISH I COULD CREATE PLACES THAT PLEASE HUMAN ACTIVITY, AT THE SAME TIME REMAIN THE NATURE AS COMPLETE AS POSSIBLE, TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN POPULATION GETTING LARGER AND LARGER AND THE CIVILIZATION COULD BRING OTHER SPECIES TO AN END. I WONDER IF ARCHITECTURE IN FUTURE COULD LET HUMAN AND NATURE LIVE SIMULTANEOUSLY, INSTEAD OF ONE SIDE RISING WILL CAUSE THE OTHER SIDE TO FALL, MAKING BOTH EXIST IN A HARMONIOUS WAY.

IN SHORT, I WISH I COULD SUCCESS IN THIS JOURNEY TO PURSUIT AN ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY ARCHITECTURE, OR EVEN AN ARCHITECTURE THAT WILL PROMOTE ENVIRONMENT.