Architecture is an art because it incorporates design, math skills, and drawing skills. Also no other type of art requires all three as badly as this one. Those skills must be at a balance. For example if you are strong at math but have weak drawing skills, your balance is off you need to improve and practice your art. It needs to be balanced, like yin and yang.

For my design of Paley Park, I basically wanted it to have all the comforts of home plus more. I wanted it to create more of an illusion of a getaway and a peaceful place than it already did. It needed to take away from the busyness of New York City and make you at easy and relaxed in the environment.

For this environment I needed both a seating and an outside area. I did that by making a building around the trees that would be used as a lounge, with chairs and tables to eat on and a TV to play hit shows and movies. Also there's a glass bridge that leads you to the waterfall and lets you see the pool beneath. Last is the sunroof at the top of the lounge that lets in the light that breaks through the treetops.

In designing this space, I was inspired by the things my friends and I do when we hang out. I thought about what my friends and I would like to do and put it into my design. First I thought of somewhere that plays music, but it needed more. Then I added a lounge room and some lights to shine against the waterfall. But still there was something missing. So I added a see through bridge, a huge widescreen TV, a dj request booth and a snack bar and that was my fire star idea.