Purposes+of+Architecture

=Why do people create built enviroments of such elaborateness?= =What are the posible purposes of Architecture?=

== Since the beginning of times, man has been exposed to extreme and changing climatic conditions and threatened by other species which leaded him to design and build his own shelters to protect himself from that hostile environment. This was man’s strongest motivation to create structures that provide him security so he could survive back in that time, besides the religious and theological aspect that inspirited him to create monuments in honor to his gods. ==

== Nowadays, we have new needs. We have evolved from basic animals to rational and expressive human beings that, now, concern about the effects that these “shelters” might have on how we experience the world around us and how we interpret it through history. So actually, the main purpose of Architecture has not change at all since we’re still building constructions for our protection and defense. But we’ve added a new characteristic: the creative process. Man became an Architect at the moment he started taking into consideration every aspect of his existence such as the psychological, social, religious and even economic and combine them with this new creative phenomenon whereby the person develops an art-form, which is his final goal. The ultimate design could be a stadium, a cathedral or even a palace, or maybe a small 45 square meters apartment downtown. ==