Project Development Post 2

The readings are serving as great thought provokers. The article on Indeterminacy, Systems and the Dissolution of Buildings gave me several definitions and quotes that inspired me to challenge my preconceived ideas.

Indeterminacy: Not a fixed extent or character, vague left doubtful
                         Of varying evaluation, not one answer, open ended

"...buildings with no capacity for change can only become slums or ancient monuments "

"...artistic, scientific,technical, social..."

"...architectural programs, another kind of idealism..."

These words made me realise that part of the way I have always designed is so heavily based in the proposed function and my vision of how the people and spaces will function that I am at risk of completely losing sight of how communities actually function and how they could change overtime.
Since it is a designers fear that their buildings, their works could become obsolete  we should endeavor to develop structures that are not tethered to firmly to the present day that they can have no future. Instead we need to allow our structures to develop in positive ways. How do we do this is the question that needs answers.How do we design to fit the past, the now and the future?

Since the events of the past is so often repeated time and time again perhaps it is to the past that we should look to our inspiration. Conflict, war, unequal distribution of resources and natural disasters are some of the elements repeated across history and the present.

Martial Law or Chaos
Equality or Domination
The majority or the minority

Aging Population is one thing that fascinates me as it is a new concept in the past the lifespans were much shorter but breakthroughs in medicine and higher quality of living means life can be prolonged. Are we meant to live so long? When the aged population exceeds the young and resources needed by the capable workers are taken by those to old and frail to work, will this produce a new source of conflict?  Resources are at the point where more is being used than being produced.   What happens when there is worldwide desperation for resources? When the able bodied cannot produce enough for all? What happens when the balance is out of wack in the natural world? It restored itself often violently.

So how can architecture contribute to satisfying the desire to live forever with a finite number of resources without violence and inhumanity?