Exterior and interior spaces - architecture
Delivering experiences in three-dimensional spaces is the domain of architecture, product design, vehicle design, and fashion design, to name a few key disciplines.
Vitruvius defines three qualities of a "good" building, which are as relevant today as they were thousands of years ago, and they can be applied to all products:
- Durability: The notion that a building or a product should last. When it comes to buildings, there are several wonderful examples that not only survived time, but some are still functional, such as the Pantheon in Rome. But how does durability reconcile with rapid technological changes?
- Utility: It should be suitable for the purposes for which it is used.
- Beauty: It should be aesthetically pleasing.
Architecture has a unique dimension of experience that few other design domains can practice--the awe of sheer scale--very large structures and spaces that tower over their landscape like artificial mountains. The preceding image includes...
