tags:: #life - **prev:** [[life]] - id:: 9d75e723-1d48-41e3-a435-e985676cc55b > A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column) - pillars are pieces of information that we try to keep in mind when walking throughout the [[life]] we all life. - **next:** [[the pillars]]