Anatomy of Influences: Why Architectural Leadership Matters
In the Introduction of Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman’s book, Architecture: From Prehistory to Post Modernity, a powerful statement is made regarding the responsibility of architecture to be transformative.
“Architecture takes us in, surrounds us, shapes our lives, protects, and sometimes threatens us. It represents who we are and the way we should be seen…Because of its material basis, its cost, its importance in our lives, its high visibility, it captures as no other form the spirit of its times.”
This statement captures not only the relevance, but the intended resilience of the buildings that are asked to transform human behavior. Perhaps this responsibility is a reach too far when required of prisons. If this is the case, the architects attending the recent Academy of Architecture for Justice in Jersey City missed the memo…
Continue Reading: Trendspotting: Anatomy of Influences -Why Architectural Leadership Matters – Correctional News, January-February 2019 Issue.
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