how do i start? with questions.

yeah.. so this is going to be a fairly casual blog that aims to be an in-depth and honest exploration into what it means to create a socio-political architecture.

what is politics?

what is architecture?

how does the american political structure shape our country and the image of our country to outside nations? what of our image of them?

and, as for the catalyzing questions to this problem: how do these "external factors" shape and condition our own psyche and affect our perceptions of ourselves, our bodies and the interactions we have with the built environment?

are these factors truly external? or is it more accurate to say that there is a fair exchange between how we influence our society and how it "returns the favor."

how can we compose architecture to create a social space that facilitates an exchange between our bodies and the built environment?

more importantly, why am i already viewing them as disparate entities and not as similar elements of a larger societal structure that enhance each others inherent qualities through their interaction?