At this stage my very abstract
Who should architecture be for? Should it be for the select few who are able from their positions of comfort in a world that knows only warmth and heat in the middle of winter? Should it be for those who by virtue of hard work, inheritance, good fortune even great diligence have more than they need to survive that day, that week, that month or that year?
Should architecture be warmth and fancy, industry and production or could it embody something greater? Could it relate to those who have nothing, give warmth to those who have none? Give shelter to those who had the last cents of their pension cheque for that month stolen last night?
Could those who have give a gift to those who have none. A place of healing and warmth to those abandoned on the street...
A place where people are drawn to, given to, taught, listened to and valued. Surely this would do more for health than any institution. Our people could become more than 'them' 'those' 'the marginalised' but rather 'they' become 'we'...
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'civic pride' sounds so small-town american flagpole in the front yardish. and yet it's vital and instilled, and hard to bring about if it's not there. in budapest people don't clean up their dog's shit, they probably won't for another few decades. in countries where houses are destroyed by every second rotation of government, nobody builds or decorates, or personalises them properly.
our site has signs that it is cherished, by at least the anonymous person / people who devote hours and cups to it. it's great that you're making it a home for the displaced, a sanctuary where at least for a while they have ownership of a place of beauty.
um. that made sense in my head when i was writing it.
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