Talk on architecture held
A talk on architecture, which explored how it can be used to manipulate people’s action was given by an industry expert.
AIA associate and Design Manager at SSH, Ali Lari, presented a talk on the design of defensible spaces in cities. The talk was organised by the American Institute of Architects Middle East chapter and took place in Words Bookstore Café.
Lari explained how architecture has been a tool used to control society. He talked about Foucault’s panopticon and connected it to Haussmann’s design of the city of Paris.
He discussed how architecture helped regulate the actions of people making them prisoners of their surroundings and their conditions.
Ali then reflects on the possibility that architecture can create "Decontrol."
"Can architecture act as a trojen horse that would hack the rules of urbanism and create transformation, expression, exchange and dreams?" he quizzed during the talk.
Photo Caption: Ali Lari giving the talk
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