PERSONAL: MANIFESTO

"Buildings, landscapes, and cities should be designed to fit: fit the purpose, fit the place, fit future possibilities." -- Architect and Urbanist Robert Geddes

Every architect in the world has their own philosophy in designing. Architects think, imagine, create and build. I will never forget what my professor said when I was still a frosh student, that a true architect has a mind of a scientist, a heart of a poet and hands of a craftsman. And I wholeheartedly agree with what he said. This is what I'm aiming for and what I'm working hard for.

Now, as a sophomore architecture student in De La Salle College of Saint Benilde, I believe that architecture has a very important role in the society. So, why does architecture matter?

“Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space… On one hand it’s about shelter, but it’s also about pleasure.” --- Zaha Hadid 

Design is not what it is, it is how it works. You think for it, you research for it and you make it happen. Architecture is not just plain aesthetics nor for architects to waste spaces in the environment. Architecture is more than just that. Architecture has a purpose. Architecture is all around us. Architecture is for the people (and the living things as well). Architecture translates the human needs into beautiful, functional and suitable structure for all. 

Architecture is with us as we continue to progress and change. Architecture defines history.