It's been weeks and yet I'm still confused of what my topic is about, as I'm a fickle minded person who tend to change her mind every now and then, and sometimes I even stray off what I was initially doing, but I've finally decided to focus my dissertation topic on the users rather than so many different aspects. Afterall at the end of the day design is more for the masses rather than the designer themselves.
Architecture, as we all know, are built for mankind to have a better quality of life, and designs have been improving due to the needs and wants of people to live in a more comfortable environment. As time goes by, design evolves to suit these ever changing needs. And who better to know what these needs are than the masses themselves? Designers can only design based on what they think people need, which sometimes ain't the case, which happened back during the modernist era. They tried giving the public a utopian city but what the public really want is just a typical classical style building. And so, in the end, resulted in their downfall. The same would go for an architects career if all he know how to do is design what he wants for his clients, and not what his clients want.
By being able to build virtual architecture, people are not burden by cost or any limitations, and thus, more people including non designers are able to attempt their own designs. Art and design has really evolved into a field for all, as opposed to only being available to a niche market centuries back. It makes people far more open minded and more acceptable towards others, having less discrimination around us, making the world a less cruel place.
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