373: Technological Architecture with Taha Jamshidi

Yeah.

So, um, I think initially, I mean, we have, I have, like, like, ideas of what it is, you know, but, like, once you come and really experience it and work with professionals, you know, it really changes the way I see how things come together and how the final product is gonna look.

And I also experience the amount of thought and, uh, collaboration that goes into this.

And so, I mean, in regards of what I'm gonna do after I graduate, um, I mean, m- I'm being trained to become an architect, and I think, uh, just technology, it's something that is really, like, rooted in our lives.

It's, it's part of our human experience.

Uh, there's no way around that.

You know, like, there's, there's no way we can, like, have a nomadic life and, you know, like, avoid technology.

It's just there.

And so be able to work, uh, be on the side that you can create things that really matter and that can really impact people's lives in terms of accessibility or in terms of, like, just creating a really nice experience for instructors and students, that's, that's amazing.

So whether I'll be designing hotels or classrooms, lecture halls, or if it's, like, a facility, you know, like, I understand what it, what, uh, and how a high-tech infrastructure looks like-

Mm-hmm

... and how important it is.

And it's something that really takes a lot of professionals to come together to create it.

I mean, we, we don't really notice it because there is, uh, like, a user interface That's in front, right? And all the infrastructure and all the coding and all the things that go in the background, so we don't really get to see the complications and do a lot of problem solvings and creativity that, like, solves a lot of issues take place.

Yeah.

Um, I love that.

Um, because one of the things that I, I think a lot of m- myself, or m- a lot of my peers say, you know, is, you know, I, I think that sometimes architects get a bad rap because there's, um, the image is, "Oh, they just want to make this pretty building or this pretty room, and I want glass and I want this here." And then we come in as technologists and go, "Oh yeah, that...

You know, you can't have four glass walls and then expect me to put a big TV somewhere," right? "You can't put a, you know...

You can't have, you know, a 90-foot ceiling and then think you're gonna get a s- a, a microphone in there well," right? And these types of things.

So how has even just the work you've done with us, how does that help inform you as an architect when you now go design spaces? Because like you said, there has to be a sense even for accessibility and stuff, pretty can't always work, but they can combine together, right? So how, how do you kinda take those two things?

Um, I think just the, um, just the field of architecture is very complex, you know? And, um, the architecture part is complex, but also you have all these different aspects that really m- make a great building, um, you know, like, come together, and that's, that's what makes it really difficult.

So having a, having a chance to work with different professionals, see how they work, how they think, that really helps me in the pre-planning phase.

So like-

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