We can say that it is science and art that designs the building with quality, beauty, geometry and suitable for its function, which is suitable for man and his daily activities, then psychologically (mood and emotions, etc.) The needs of the user.
Architecture uses color, lighting, and materials (materials) to express these things. Such as the durability and longevity of pleasant materials and materials, pleasant and pleasant coloring, decorations, decoration, dynamism, good proportions and scale, etc.
Actually, the definition of architecture became important when the boundaries of knowledge, insight and architectural education were considered academically and specialization was raised in human societies, in the sense that the structure is separated from architecture, facility specialists and the like They started their activity in a specialized way.
Here are some examples of the definitions of the language of the elders and those who were influential.
According to the famous Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, architecture has three characteristics: strength, utility, and beauty, and he considers these three characteristics to be the three sides of the architectural triangle and has defined it as follows: Proportions, pleasantness, harmony, harmony, dependence and economy are the result. And it has a lot of respect, it is architecture.
Definition from the words of Victor Hugo: Architecture embraces the great ideas of humanity, not only the symbol of every religion, but the thinking of every human being is a leaf of this. It includes a vast book.
Le Corbusier: It is a clever game of volumes, under light and shadows, and in another place he says that architecture is what makes my heart tremble; In the first definition, he refers to the external and physical aspects, and in the second, he emphasizes the passion and excitement that is created by being in the architectural space due to the aesthetic aspects. Mies Vander Rohe: Architecture is nothing but the desire of time for a living, changing and new space; It is true that architecture is based on certain facts, but its basic work is mastery of meanings. Architecture is the will of time that has been transformed into space.
Alvar Alto: Architecture is not science; It is a huge composite process that combines thousands of specific human functions and remains the same as architecture. Its ratio is creating harmony between the material world and human life.
Jacques Derrida: Architecture is associated with philosophy and it is an effort to strengthen the link between oneself and philosophy and make it conceivable.
Klotz: He calls this art ecology and says that we should build all new buildings to a large extent related to their environment.
Eisenman: Today's architecture should reflect the conditions. It is our mental and biological life and what is neglected today is a part of our life.
Iranian researcher and urban planner, Mr. Manouchehr Mozini in the book Private Life Areas and Collective Life along with a Human Architecture , has examined and paid attention to the factors that cause the creation of infrastructure and the foundation of architecture, and these factors that affect architecture are categorized into six different factors.