It is believed that the usage of a building should be considered as the most important criterion in its design procedure instead of its exterior. In my view, some buildings are especially designed to attract people, transfer a message, or serve as a symbol, while in other buildings, their applications dominate the designing process.
Architects usually regard the design of a building’s external appearance as a critical step of their job. Such an importance emerges from the high potential of this part of buildings that can be definitely utilized to give them unique characteristics. For instance, thousands of tourists travel to Sydney to enjoy watching the picturesque external design of this city’s opera house. Additionally, a special message can be transferred through using particular elements in a building’s outward view. To illustrate, the German parliament’s glassy appearance is interpreted as the transparency of relationships between the political parties. Moreover, some building symbolize a country and everyone remembers those buildings whenever they think about that country. For example, the iconic outward design of Burj al Arab in Dubai, which resembles a sailing boat, has become the symbol of this UAE.
On the other hand, a huge amount of expenditure on special outward designs cannot be justified as logical for some types of building, since their intended usage preponderates over their appearance. Therefore, in some cases the simplest types of facades have always been selected. For example, the exteriors of industrial warehouses are usually covered by a layer of cement or even bricks. Most of public and official buildings are constructed for special purposes. To illustrate, hospitals’ structures are designed based on regulations which assure their resistance against extreme natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods; as a result, more strict regulations should be considered in their structural design process ― their appearance is not their architectural priority.
In conclusion, the outward views of some buildings are a simple architectural element, because in certain cases conceptual appearances have been designed to attract people, symbolize a country, or transfer an idea, whereas in some other buildings, the designers focus on structural factors rather than their exterior appearances ― for the sake of building’s intended usage.
It
is believed
that the usage of a
building
should
be considered
as the most
important
criterion in its
design
procedure
instead
of its exterior. In my view,
some
buildings
are
especially
designed to attract
people
, transfer a message, or serve as a symbol, while in other
buildings
, their applications dominate the designing process.
Architects
usually
regard the
design
of a
building’s
external
appearance
as a critical step of their job. Such an importance emerges from the high potential of this part of
buildings
that can be definitely utilized to give them unique characteristics.
For instance
, thousands of tourists travel to Sydney to enjoy watching the picturesque external
design
of this city’s opera
house
.
Additionally
, a special message can
be transferred
through using particular elements in a
building’s
outward
view. To illustrate, the German parliament’s glassy
appearance
is interpreted
as the transparency of relationships between the political parties.
Moreover
,
some
building
symbolize a country and everyone remembers those
buildings
whenever they
think
about that country.
For example
, the iconic
outward
design
of
Burj
al
Arab in Dubai, which resembles a sailing boat, has become the symbol of this UAE.
On the other hand
, a huge amount of expenditure on special
outward
designs
cannot
be justified
as logical for
some
types of
building
, since their intended usage preponderates over their
appearance
.
Therefore
, in
some
cases the simplest types of facades have always
been selected
.
For example
, the exteriors of industrial warehouses are
usually
covered by a layer of cement or even bricks.
Most of public
and official
buildings
are constructed
for special purposes. To illustrate, hospitals’ structures
are designed
based on regulations which assure their resistance against extreme natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods;
as a result
, more strict regulations should
be considered
in their structural
design
process ― their
appearance
is not their architectural priority.
In conclusion
, the
outward
views of
some
buildings
are a simple architectural element,
because
in certain cases conceptual
appearances
have
been designed
to attract
people
, symbolize a country, or transfer an
idea
, whereas in
some
other
buildings
, the designers focus on structural factors
rather
than their exterior
appearances
― for the sake of
building’s
intended usage.