ARCH HAMDY EL SETOUHY 1من اصل2

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THE WORLD NEEDS
A NEW SPARKLE
“SOCIETY NEEDS A GOOD IMAGE OF ITSELF. THAT IS THE JOB
OF THE ARCHITECT”.. This is how “Walter Gropius” understood the
job of the architect, what lead me to think over and over again about
evaluating our stance as architects; how much have we fulfilled our mission
and job requirements, wondering; should we be praised or blamed? Should
we continue on the same trend or should we revise our stance? Many
questions have been looming lately in my mind, the answers to which will
define an approach through which I could seek to achieve the required
mission.
Architecture as institutions and architects has to carry today a heavy
responsibility that exceeds its direct role and mission. It has to face the
ongoing challenges we experience in all aspects of life. The architect as a
creative designer, plays a major role in helping the world surpassing its
crisis, manifested in how our conception of value is fading away, vices the
spread of more wars and terrorism, and the total disappearance of any
integration between individuals and institutions, and eventually the world
turned into a market-like-place managed with a trend far from providing the
real social benefits.