What is architecture? What is structure?

Architecture is the context inside which life synthesizes.

Synthesis and Analysis are two kinds of thinking we do when solving a problem. We analyse to sift apart the constituents of a problem. When we synthesize; we put the solution together.

Life is always in a bubbling state of synthesis: At each and every instance, things are put together for us to make some sense of and react to.

Good problem solving requires one to iterate repeatedly between synthesis and analysis — till a solution appears; ideally one that uplifts life. Something like kneading dough; till it achieves the right consistency for making the bread

When any solution is put into place for humans (and also other life forms) to use; it needs a context.

That context is called architecture.

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