Architecture as a Dissident Practice & Erasing Architecture into the System

Source 1: Architecture as a Dissident Practice: An Interview with Diller Scofidio + Renfro http://blackboard.qut.edu.au/@@/0D5D7DDEDB0B8088D403981B4DCAAB0A/courses/1/DAB810_12se2/content/_4400872_1/embedded/Architecture%20as%20a%20dissident%20practice.pdf

Source 2:  Erasing Architecture into the System http://blackboard.qut.edu.au/@@/0D5D7DDEDB0B8088D403981B4DCAAB0A/courses/1/DAB810_12se2/content/_4400872_1/embedded/Erasing%20architecture%20into%20the%20system.pdf

Reflection: Changing styles and approaches to design are elements of learning processes. We see what worked in the past and how architecture has adapted over time through particular circumstances to produce our present. Our approach might be different, but our goals are all the same; to create change.

We see the necessity to provide alternative options; always aware of social, cultural and environmental concerns. When we see a problem, we look at solutions to design that problem rather than covering it up.

Architecture is the system. We have more of an effect on society than most realise. We are controlling spaces, activities and change norms. People adapt to their environment and we are the creators of this environment; we are silent heroes, aiming to improve life qualities and societal constructs.