Translation of an idea, a raw concept, in an architectural language is an initial concern of design. This process is usually done by drawings, a tool which let the imagination come to reality. The bright side, a tiny crack on the black box, is the chance of realizing the idea but most of the time, the design is done before even it really starts. That’s why almost every architect believes architecture is for tough skins. Frankly speaking, we all know that such a cliché is a way for people to survive in different professions, to keep the sense of belongingness; doctors believe they have the most stressful job in the world, Civil engineers think they do all the serious work while architects just paint a rainbow-ish piece of shit and the list goes on. But there is a truth in differentiating how people think in different professions and it’s about the way they look at their surroundings. Focusing on architectural design, understanding three-dimensional space is an inevitable requirement. The way objects are perceived in the space, their coordinate, their order, sequence of narratives and the power of picturing all in the head before starting a move, are what make architects stick out.

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