In Chinese martial arts the different styles are categorized as hard to soft (external to internal). So something like Shaolin Kung Fu would be hard while Tai Chi would be soft. In the end any martial practice will encompass both ends, but the path getting there is different. This as come to the fore in my experience as I started taking Kung Fu classes after studying Tai Chi for the past year and a half.
I was wondering if there was an analog in architecture, the hard and soft arts meeting towards the same goal. Unfortunately I doubt it. Martial arts have the benefit of aiming towards one ultimate goal, physically beating your enemy into submission. Architecture doesn’t seem to have nearly this singleness in focus. Unlike what they try to drill into your mind in school, this stuff isn’t life nor death…well technically it is, but lets leave the IBC out of it.