The Important Question is WHY

Dhirgham Alobaydi Ahmed Alshammaa Ghada M.Ismael Kamoona

Greeting to you dear and every one here.

I think all of them are related with each other so they have a same importance in my opanain.

I don't think so. For one, there's a lot of overlap between many of these questions, and part of it comes down to perspective. For instance, is "when" really different from "where?"

I agree with Dr. Israa Witwit

Regards

I think " why" is the important one

I agree with Mohammed N. J. Alzaidy

In my opinion all the questions are important.

When is the important one

I think " When " .

The Important Question is WHY

I think we should start with what because it is a start point then why, where, when and who.

Thanks a lot for your participation.

Mohsin Abdullah Al-Shammari, why is that THE important question?

just an opinion, the question why its the most important

Why is the most important question which can lead to answer the What, when who

Why , It may be a substitute or a key to the remaining words

Why?

Thanks a lot for your participation.

Hello Ammar

In my opinion, Why, is the most important question because it specifies the purpose of the design ; then Where, What......

Thanks a lot Sepideh Bazari

I think -why- is the important one

and also it may be being varied from project to another depending on the project scale, the client, the function ...ect

I agree with most people here, "why" is the most important

Tanks a lot Hawraa Mahdi

Why is the most important Questions.

Best wishes

I think WHY is the most important question because it makes one think about the goal, the purpose of use it will have.

If you have a good reason for WHY, then for sure the great answer of others will come up automatically.

Why

I think Why is the most important

All of this gives the same results for integrated approach though why is most important.

The 'urge' is the basic quality and hence WHY is always imp to me!!

Tanks a lot Anjali Nilkanthappa Shete Anjay kumar Mishra Amina Khalil Oliver F. Ricardo Mohammadreza Habibi Sergio Salimbeni Artur Braun Dariusz Prokopowicz

Why we are going to build some building; why is most important.

Objectivity via why is valuable

Unlike some pure sciences, architecture is more of a hybrid integration of arts, science, mathematics, and common sense to response to 'How' to bring into existence something that is in the mind, paper, and computer. Being an integrated discipline, depending on the contexts, the answer may change. 'Why' could be important to answer various curiosities in the process of design, in the details and in making design decisions that requires basic common sense justification of a plethora of parameters. Why ostensibly answer most questions, in the process of design.

Let me articulate a little further, if I may. It can also depend on what does one mean by 'Why'? For instances, Why could respond to primal shelter needs, or the most urgent and necessary needs, etc. That sounds noble and all, but, in reality designers rarely decide why a client should need a house, office, school, library, chair, stool, or table, etc. In fact, the designer wishes these buildings to come into existence, and conceptualized ways of making it come into existence, and may have little or no say in the matter. In these cases, the best the designer does is satisfice the Where, Who, What, and When to the best of his capabilities. So, in these pragmatical sense, 'Why' is the least important.

1. What may address form, function, and aesthetics;

2. When could be most relevant for some who might believe architecture to be the will of the epoch and era;

3. Who may be appropriate to address socio-economically responsible agendas;

4. 'Where' could be most relevant to the environmental concerns.