How can we define what is a good architect? It's not something easy, because we don´t know certainly what is the architect's "mission". Probably we know that the architects make buildings, and maybe it's right but that definition is not complete, because the architect doesn't only make buildings, there is much more.
To start, a building (any kind of building) is the result from a previous process of a work, which involve materials, territory, and human be, and those three elements are the most important. We can have many things, but is necessary someone who be able to process the relation, and here its something relevant; the best relation between all of it.
A good architect must be imaginative and sensitive with the world that surrounds him/her (we'll use the noun "him" just as reference, not as a sexist term). He must know how to use the materials to create something new, and at the same time, it has to work in the place where will be established, and that give us another characteristic of a good architect: perseverance. Yes, because before materialize the new creation (a house, or any other type of building), the architect has to try so many possibilities for the right function, and that is possible with many draws, and maquets. To make that, there is another consideration for the good architect, and it's know how represent the ideas, materialize in something concrete (a draw or a representation material) elements or even feelings, which exist just in the mind.
So, a good architect needs to be a creator, first in the mind, and then a good material worker and emplace the final work, always watching around, and be able to create something beauty for the rest of people. The good architect transform the simple materials, in benefit of the community.
