In this weeks lecture, we were introduced to the 'what if" scenario. One of the key elements in todays lecture, was the idea of architecture acting in 'evolution, not revolution'.. Essentially, evolution can be seen as life adapting to the surrounding context and climate we are exposed to. Whereas revolution presents the architecture of the past, and provides the foundations for our future scenario. In a sense, both can be seen as positive elements to our future. Revolution attempts to take the past and current issues to provide a better future in a more aggressive manner, whereas evolution insures we adapt and evolve to the changing surroundings. In other words, architectural revolution is more abrupt in its manner, whilst evolution is more organic and adaptive in nature. Perhaps both should be considered in the development of architectural entity, it should be 'evolution and revolution', good design must consider the past in order to revolutionise architecture, but it also must adapt for a changing climate, and its future.
Further, I enjoyed the fictional example displayed in the lecture, of Robots of Brixton by Kibwe Tavares --- a student project which won the Presidents Medal Student Award. This movie is a social comment on how technology may eventually destroy human beings. It is an interesting scenario to think how an architectural entity should respond to such issues, ie. architecture that disconnects the already disconnected?
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