The Most Noble Part of a Building

A question just popped into my head........ "What is the most noble part of a building"... Yes, noble's the word. While this may seem like a perfectly boring question to others, for my friends who are civil engineers, it might provoke some thoughts.

If you ask me, the most noble part is well..... not the facade, not the architecture, not the interior design, not the superstructure........... It's none other than the foundation.........

Now, why is it noble??

1) It bears the whole weight of the building, its decor and its occupants

2) It is underground, buried by or surrounded by tonnes of earth, mud and shit

3) Because it is underground, it is not glamourous and it cannot be seen (some might argue that the glam part and the cannot be seen part is a chicken and egg question... but, you get my point..)

4) Because it is underground, not glam and cannot be seen, it is very very easily forgotten

5) It is the most fundamental building block

Now, ask yourself, if you were the foundation, are carrying a darn heavy weight, but have to be surrounded by lots of shit, earth and mud for your whole life, the weight is not doing anything except pushing you deeper into the shit, earth and mud, no one remembers or appreciates what you are doing........

If you'll ask me, I think the foundation deserves a couple of nobel prizes.....