Needs

//.....................................................................................“A building is a container for people and things people use"//

When designing a building the architect must take into account three areas of needs: the needs of the people, the structural needs of the building itself, and the context in which the building is placed. The architect has the task of balancing these three areas of need even though these needs change over time because the weather can change: the people who use the building, the use of the building and the context where is the building. Each area of need can be divided in other categories to facilitate the study and achieve more accurate results. For example: -The needs of people are divided into: Physiological, Psychological and Sociological -The needs of the building are divided into: Protection, Weight, Comfort, Flow and Distribution. -The needs of the context are divided into: Culture, Environment, Connections, Economic and Flexible.  Therefore the success of the architect to design the building will depend in part of the study of all these need s.