Creating the world we live in begins with imaging it. Before we pose the question of who gets to design the places we live in and who gets to decide what is being built, the question is: who dares to think up spaces, places, realms?
Architecture is arguably the one design discipline that no human can truly escape. Nomads carry their shelters with them and borders have consequences on their ability to transverse space, city dwellers are at the mercy of urban planners and big commissioning bodies that ask a select group of individuals to design the public structures we live in, and those with few means construct their walls with whatever is available.
We all move across space, live and act within architecture and make design choices, even if unaware of doing so. Thus actively engaging in imagining structures and places for ourselves is a thought experiment that should be undertaken frequently and much beyond the small and navel-gazing group of architectural practitioners.
