In my previous life, working & studying in architecture, I spent a good number of years on numerous design projects and briefs. These projects ranged from the theoretical and conceptual to the practical and tangible. Later, when I transitioned into UX design, I found myself working on design projects that were similar to that in architecture. The unifying similarity I found in both fields was that regardless of the end product, the same questions needed to be asked during the process.

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In architecture, for example, if I was designing a theatre, I would ask the following questions: What functionalities would the building need to perform? How many performers or audience members would the theatre have to accommodate? What type of events would be staged and where would they happen? How should the seating plans be laid out so that the audience would have the best view of the stage? What would be a pleasant experience for the audience?

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Architectural design is basically user experience design on a physical and spatial level, where space is just another medium and buildings and structures are the interfaces and frameworks that users can interact with. A building then is a tangible version of a mobile app.