Anthropocene and Biomorphic Design

    Turan describes climate change as not "a problem waiting for a solution. It is environmental, and political phenomenon that is reshaping the way we think about ourselves, about our societies, and about humanities place on earth." This is no longer a problem that we can tackle head-on. At this point, this is a reality that we live in. It is our current reality that we must deal with. This isn't a puzzle with a missing piece. This has now become a completely different state, focusing on how we can thrive in this environment, and how we, as humans, can provide for someone other than human kind; how can we focus on the earth and animals for once?

    The sourcing of materials can bring us to another issue. Andraos states "This concept of dematerialization of buildings boundaries has also revealed a new understanding of the material qualities of buildings. (...) As buildings weave together complex systems, parts, and materials each element extends beyond its presently self-contained and bounded state to touch on the geographies and processes of its extraction, production, transport, and assembly, connecting various buildings to the vast territories and scales, spatial as well as temporal, of their making."Sourcing these materials, transporting them, and what effects they will have in the future is very important.  Architecture is not stand alone. A building, when built, does not become its own ecosystem. What must be considered is its surroundings, how if affects it, and it in relation to nature. Are we blocking paths of migration? Are we destroying habitats? What can we provide instead? Are we sourcing our materials ethically? Will this have a negative impact on future generations? 

    With the impact of the industrial revolution, production and transport had totally engrossed the city. Local shops had now began to sell inventory from out of reach, creating a huge ecological footprint of pollution. Here is where Turan speaks on "revealing our desire to some simpler, more innocent era." This immediately strikes to the idea of reconnecting with nature, and focusing design on the earth itself. But besides the physical attribute of faster production, this also has some sort of non-tangible effect that it had left on us. It had basically created a new norm, a new culture, a new way of being for us that we had to learn and adapt to.

    With architecture - not traditionally. Architecture has now become a "synthetic discipline" of understanding and creating connections with one another. It is the architect that creates the benefit to our culture, our society, and others. It is architecture that created the place of culture, and with culture and the concept of cities comes the concept of welfare and safety of citizens. There isnt exactly a physical embodiment of how a city takes care of its inhabitants - but we are able to perceive how it is doing based on some physical symptoms.