we might have found our­selves in an iron­ic sit­u­a­tion where in order to ful­fil architecture’s core ambi­tions it might have to become less archi­tec­tur­al. It might have to mod­el itself on more youth­ful and vig­or­ous forms of cre­ative practice

Opin­ion: Sam Jacob on archi­tec­ture regain­ing its social significance

The lat­est in what seems to be a end­less stream of dis­cus­sions on the fate of archi­tec­ture. The direc­tion described here seems so obvi­ous to me, but then I guess I work in one of the “more youth­ful and vig­or­ous” cre­ative prac­tices men­tioned here.

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Kars Alfrink

Kars is a designer, researcher and educator focused on emerging technologies, social progress and the built environment.