Architecture
Has Always been something I enjoy. I know that I am studying for computer engineering, but
despite that, I have a strong desire to know architecture. I have been fascinated with
architecture for most of my life. When I first got introduced to the concept of designing
buildings, I was immediately fascinated. I once got a glimpse of an architecture plan that
my father had (was of a house we were going to build in Bangladesh), I immediately tried
to grasp the idea of support beams and balance of a building. I began sketching little
trivial plans of my dream houses and buildings. The realization that there is such a thing
as an architect, and that architects can (essentially) create something and solidify
something that existed only in their imaginations. I realized, I do not have to be stuck
walking into an architectural marvel or living in one, instead, I can actually create it
myself.
Why didn't I choose to pursue
Architecture? The reasons are too many and at the same time, not enough. It is becoming
more ambiguous lately. Perhaps I am afraid that I would be too wrapped up in my own design
rhetoric that I would practically drive myself down. And then one day someone will
appreciate my designs, but it will then be too late to call my architectural career
something meaningful. Also, the possibility of having to live half my life in debt is too
frightening for my...parents (sigh).
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