Architecture Remembers what Power wants us to Forget
Two years into Gaza’s genocide, amid headlines of a ceasefire that defers sovereignty, this essay argues that space is never neutral. Architecture can be weapon or witness, and designers face a choice: freeze injustice into place or help build futures worth returning to. With humility as allies, we set a professional agenda: no build without rights, Palestinian-led planning and governance, life-support urbanism first, reparative ecologies, and memory as building material. This is collaborative design for collective liberation.
Imagine living in a world we didn’t have to heal from
What would it mean to live in a world we didn’t always have to heal from? Not because pain disappears but because it is no longer manufactured at scale through inequality, white supremacy, colonization, and systemic violence. This essay asks how we can design spaces that resist harm, nurture belonging, and move us closer to a world where healing is no longer endlessly required.