NEEDS

When an architect is designing a building, there are 3 main factors that he has to take into account: __People:__ - Physiologically, humans need air, water, comfort, addecuate temperature, etc. besides, the building has to answer to the human scale. - Psychologically, people need a home that makes them feel safe, and in privacy. Also, home is one of the things we show to our relatives, so is very important that it actually reflects our personality, which helps to our self-stime. - Sociologically, buildings represent the spaces were humans relate with each others, so it is important to keep public and private spaces separated. __Structure:__ - Protection: The building has to resist fires earthquakes, bad weather, etc - Weight - Comfort: people need an apropiate working or living environment - Flow: convinient entrance and exit - Distribution __Context:__ - Culture: The building has to respond to the dominant culture in the area - Environment - Connections: it has to connect to the outside channels - Economic: the architect has to design the building even if there are economic limitations - Flexible: all the needs can change (context, connections, function can change with time).

Concluding, the process of designing a building is very complex because it has to include a lot of factors that are destined to change with time. Only master architects accomplish to make a building eternal...