– by Ar. Akshay Kumar Garg
When we think about creativity, our minds venders into different places, say some art work in a museum, a cool dress or outfit in an apparel’s showroom or a latest building erected in some corner of the city or an iconic building created by a well-known Architect, internationally.
Creativity is an ambiguous term and will be difficult to provide a precise definition for it. However, in general, one can say that creativity is a mental process that combines flexibility and inventiveness to create a valuable, useful, and novel product. Right?
Creativity covers many paths and disciplines, and it’s an art in and of itself. Architects depend on creativity in both straightforward and intricate ways.
A students may be tempted to pursue a career as an architect because of the practice’s inherently creative nature. But what’s the truth when it comes down to it? It’s no secret that creativity thrives in architecture. After all, it is a free-for-all where the mind is at its most creative form.
When we’re in the studio, we may feel that we can be at liberty, more inquisitive, and bolder in our designs. Our professors and mentors push us and challenge us to be more creative architects. But how creative architects actually are? And does anything ever stand in the way of their growth? Yes – limitation of thoughts some times.
Important aspect in the process of solving design problems is creativity. Using one’s creativity is very essential when solving problems related to design assignments be it in architecture, engineering, product design etc. Most design problems are ill-defined. They are typically not fully solvable by standard problem-solving skills or techniques.
One feature of design problems is their complexity, ambiguity, and uniqueness. Design problems are non-routine and ambiguous, making it impossible to predict what kind of information will result in what kind of solutions. Therefore, solving design problems requires coming up with a wide range of original, possibly inventive ideas as well as unexpected solutions.
What it means to be a creative architect depends on who you are, both as a designer and as a consumer. A simple design that focuses on a few elements, such as light and form, massing etc. can be as powerful as buildings that are curved and appear to floating or fluidic. How people interact with a building or use also determines whether the creativity of an architect fulfils the users/ occupant’s requirements.
Ingenious architects and designers are the brains behind every structure, urban area, and buildings who remain true to their goals and do things wholeheartedly. Since everyone displays creativity in some way, it is impossible to define what it means to be a creative architect. Unknowingly, we occasionally tend to be more creative than we are. Discovering how to push yourself and incorporate your viewpoint into your designs is an exciting journey.
Le Corbusier use to feel that creativity is something religious, whereas Frank Lloyd Wright use to feel that creative thought is “human light on mankind” and that creative people are attributed to God. Because of this, artistic creativity can be understood in the majority of artistic fields of study by simply examining the lives, emotions, and creations of artists.