After All, Who Do We Build Architecture and Urbanism for?
What would all the built environments be without its users? This question may make it easier to understand that not only do architecture and urbanism sustain themselves as physical spaces, but they also gain meaning mainly through the human and non-human movements and bonds, that - together with the architectural or spontaneous traces that make up the urban landscape - provoke the sensations that each individual feels in a unique way.
Collage made with photos of Matias Romero and Raquel Aviani/Secom UnB. (licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license and Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license) via Wikimedia Commons
What would all the built environments be without its users? This question may make it easier to understand that not only do architecture and urbanism sustain themselves as physical spaces, but they also gain meaning mainly through the human and non-human movements and bonds, that - together with the architectural or spontaneous traces that make up the urban landscape - provoke the sensations that each individual feels in a unique way.
