Architects have seen the status and autonomy of the profession diminish from the 20th century to the 21st. While they used to hold key positions at the table of urban policy-making and design, their voices seem to be less significant in the chain of decision making today. How can we explore new modes of practicing by transforming our relationships with our clients, expanding our collaborative models and challenging our assumptions around risk-taking, while raising awareness around vital social and environmental urgencies?
The series is a call to reimagine the relationships between the profession and the network of actors and conditions that surround it. Together with architects, planners and economists we would like to have an open conversation about common questions and exemplar initiatives. We unfold three themes that we think have the potential to redefine the future role of the architect: rethinking clients, forms of alliance and affording risk.