Reflections
As Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses in her Ted talk, I believe it is crucial to understand multiple perspectives enabling a holistic and comprehensive understanding of place. North America has made it a habit to wash over a place or culture with a singular brush. This negating the ability to understand the complexities of culture, place, and the individual. The inability to perceive the colour and complexities of those who occupy and activate the city, leading to inequality and a lack of equity. The singular story and perspective create the dangers of preconceived notions and biases that are then subjugated onto individuals and groups of people leading to the mistreatment and misunderstanding of how people live and inhabit space. Thus, the city imposes difficulties on these individuals constricting their daily lives. The lack of understanding leads to the inability to construct an urban landscape that is for the people, having the capacity to enrich their lives, thus, reducing or better yet abolishing the obstacles that inhibit them. As young architects, it is our responsibility to reconstruct the built environment that become attainable, accessible, and inhabitable by all walks of life. The rediscovery of city can be found, in part, through the lens of city mapping and achieving. A city archive should be composed of variety individuals that show the diversity within the city and convey a more holistic and colourful story that more accurately represents those who occupy the city.
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