Italy. Just hearing or reading this word, a sign of amazement comes onto our face. Elaborate buildings, food, paintings, sculptures, renaissance, and thousandths of years of history is reminded. Coming to Italy has been a dream and seeing this dream getting fulfilled every morning here in Milan is something that I would have never imagined occurring at such a young age. I still remember the first day when I came to Milan a week ago. Decorated balconies and windows with eye-catching color of the buildings really stunned me. Having seen only the pictures of Italy and now getting the opportunity to experience this country in real, was out of my imagination. During this first week, a lot of exploration was done. Amazement was discovered at every step. The continuous sighting of elegant buildings endlessly kept my attention. Intricate designs, colorful flowers by balcony, expressive paints used outside of apartments kept me immersed into its beauty. While a lot of this week was spent outside to discover Milan, a discussion was also led onto the topic of futuristic movement. Though loathing of old styles and traditions in arts and politics did not receive positive response, futurism did influence new era into discovering new ideas in the fields of technology, arts, and architecture. Architecture today that I have seen so far in Milan, still appears as sophisticated with a touch of ancient times design. Less contemporary designs are seen or at least to me have been discoverable. However, in urban side of Milan neo-futurism designs can be possibly seen. But the chances of seeing antique architecture is higher than contemporary designs. Buildings following traditional architecture form instead of following the futuristic movement, is more admirable for tourists. This particular use of decorative buildings draws every individuals’ sight, including me. If buildings in Milan or any other European city is like western society, there would be no difference left at different points of the world. While there will be admirers for futurism architectural designs, there is nothing like looking at hundreds of year old building to be fascinated by. In western culture, we typically see neo-futuristic buildings at metropolitan cities but getting a chance to see different patterns, colorful, unimaginable buildings here in Europe is something that needs to be kept rather than changed. Yesterday, when visiting Venice, I discovered the same thing. Buildings, streets, little restaurants gave immense fascination to the way they have been for many years. Changing this style and bringing an unsuitable movement in architecture could leave behind the amazement that one gets when discovering years old of architectural design. With my time being here in Italy, I wish to discover more in the fields of architecture and the beautiful city of Milan itself.
