Archinect - News2024-11-23T19:53:31-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150077597/global-heatwave-is-symptom-of-early-stage-cycle-of-civilisational-collapse
Global heatwave is symptom of early stage cycle of civilisational collapse Orhan Ayyüce2018-08-13T18:59:00-04:00>2022-03-16T09:10:02-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cb/cb07ccba9570565c02e89cb10bca2045.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>This summer’s extreme weather has hit home some stark realities. Climate disaster is not slated to happen in some far-flung theoretical future. It’s here, and now.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Penned by Nafeez Ahmed, investigative journalist, recovering academic, tracking the Crisis of Civilization, the article points to a more urgent than urgent times in terms of civilisation and not merely the climate change. <br></p>
<p>Also an urgent quote from a friend internalizing the article for architecture, "I am surprised that with contemporary conditions that require a radical re-orientation and re-conceptualization of discipline and profession, architecture professors continue to talk about elements, tectonic, "Fundamentals", context, composition, scale, poche, sustainability... Bla,bla... Let's build a new ontology..."<br></p>
<p>-Alex Santander, Architect. Tijuana, Mexico</p>