“OUR HEADS ARE ROUND SO OUR THOUGHTS CAN CHANGE DIRECTION” - PICABIA FOR ME, ARCHITECTURE IS NOT DEFINED BY A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, BUT RATHER HOW ITS INHABITANTS REACT TO THEIR ENVIRONMENTS. ARCHITECTURE SOMEWHAT SIMULTANEOUSLY ACTS AS A SCREEN THAT DISPLAYS THE SPECTACLES INHABITED IN THE PALIMPSEST OF TIME IN SOCIETY.
ARCHITECTURE ENCAPSULATES ALL THAT IS SOCIAL, YET THE ESSENCE IS BEING NEGLECTED AND ITS’ POWER.. IGNORED. ARCHITECTURE HOLDS THE ABILITY TO ALTER THE PERCEPTIONS OF A NATION, AND THE COGNITIVE CONSEQUENCES WHERE OUR THOUGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING WITH OUR SURROUNDINGS AND HOW WE INHABIT SPACE - AND CREATE PLACE. JUST LIKE ACTORS, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WE STUDY THE USER AND BECOME THE USER, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE ETHOS OF THE SPACE WILL WORK FOR THOSE WHO WILL INHABIT IT – “WISDOM IS ACQUIRED, NOT BY READING OF BOOKS, BUT OF MEN” (HOBBES, 1651). OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS ARCHITECTS ARE BEING REDUCED, WHERE IT NEEDS TO BECOME OUR DUTY TO EMPATHIZE, FEEL AND CREATE.