Most organizational transformation is doomed from the outset because the culture represented by the built environment reinforces an old way of work and thought, and inhibits the expression of collaborative group genius and individual excellence as well. Or, the breadth and depth of the design is severely attenuated through misunderstanding the fact that architecture mirrors and creates the human condition. So if we design and inhabit corporate ghettos, palaces or fortresses, we can expect to reinforce behaviors that coincide with these forms. He or she must add to that a strategic capacity to facilitate the recreation of the environment so that it aligns with and enables the vision. Further comments by the editor are indicated in maroon italics .
Architecture has three attributes.
Architecture distinguishes between existence and living . The attributes of shelter and arrangement are primarily utilitarian. The attribute of expression is primarily aesthetic. All three must be harmoniously integrated, one with the other. Architecture is created by transforming problems of shelter and arrangement into the expression of an explicit lifestyle, aesthetically practicing specific values.