How to build an Animal

I’ve always been fascinated at how good the Design of animals are (probably because there are too many good photos on Tumblr), and so I decided to put down in a brief what it takes to create one:

1. The Habitat – The locality where the Design would be spending its life at. Basically, identify whether its a land, sea, of sky creature.

2. The Habits – its eating, sleeping, social habits, movements. Its the important part that plays the role in its daily routines, providing the convenience.

3. The Function – how many legs, feathers, scales or fur the Design should have and all its external features. The basic form should be out by now.

4. The Mechanics – then you’ll have to engineer it. The science of it, if it flies, it needs to be aerodynamic. If it runs really fast, it needs to have the correct type of muscles. If it swims, it needs to be buoyant.

5. The Program – for the Design to function, it needs some programming. It needs a system, or a big system which comprises of many systems. The Design needs to eat, breathe, burn fuel, excrete, sense, rational, reproduce.

6. The Character – every Design needs a definite character, that’s what makes Design, a Design which is unique and one of a kind.

7. The Raw Materials – to build this Design, we need the molding clay. In this case, its made up of different types of chemical combination. The simplest form would be amino acids, glucose, fatty acids etc. Then the compounds would be like Haemoglobin, derived from the simpler form of protein, the amino acids.

8. The Sequence of Construction – got to build it from the basics, maybe the bones first, then the tissues and muscles.

9. The Skin – now, choose the prettiest combination of colours, the materials, and the texture.

10. The Details – don’t forget, every good Design deserves good detailing, which involves a lot of thought process and effort. The detailing definitely spices up the aesthetic by a large margin.

And there, brush off the dirt, Masterpiece is done.

Doesn’t it sound like steps to building a good piece of Architecture, every step of it?

The Site, The Client Profile, The Function, The Structure, The Design Program, The Character or Image, The Building Materials, The Sequence of Construction, The Building Skin and Facade, and then the Details.

Clean up the place, and its ready for use.

Design steps are all similar, yeah? (:

Cheers to awesome Designs!