We do not know how to move in our own houses when a lot of people gather in our space. We create awkward pockets- completely displacing and misplacing objects and people when population of both increases. This is what produces chaos. Some people celebrate this chaos and describe it as the character of our society. I am not a fond proponent of this theory.
The contradiction is that although there may have been arguments that our society has been excellent in space management, I wonder if we need to invent a new term to address a chaos like such. What is this shortcoming to handle more people to be called? This cumulative change in our living conditions have always been beyond our comprehension. Many amongst us like to romanticize about such condition of chaos. This chaos is physical because of the indecisiveness of a lot of individuals. It is mental unclarity that manifests physically.
Architects therefore have a definite role to play here. The essential job of the architect is to plan spaces for people in such a way that this mental chaos can be abated. In some ways, it is mismanagement or lack of planning that should be attributed to people of here. But long old arguments have always maintained that Indian ways of planning and management have been meticulous. But I wonder how to place my argument amidst this metanarrative...? Is the context I am talking about specific to a specific time in history? It is of global historical space of now? I shall have to investigate into historical records and ascertain my argument....
(investigation under construction)
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