Historically, architects were immediate advisors
to kings, pharaohs, popes, and other political decision-makers because their
advice had an influence on their patrons governing ability. This advice no
longer seems to be a political priority. It has been significantly weakened by
an emphasis on fine art that is an ambiguous symbol and not a solution.
Examine the structure and mission of
architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and city planning. Consider
the knowledge it can accumulate and the correlation it can provide among all
concerned with symbiotic survival on a planet that is no longer a world without
end. It can lead to reorganization with a new emphasis on a governing hierarchy
that benefits from its knowledge accumulation, evaluation of alternative
decisions, and potential public contribution to a goal that can no longer be
ignored. Talent scores points. Strategy wins games.
In other words, the language of Shelter Capacity
Evaluation is needed to formulate concepts, measure conditions, evaluate
options, express conclusions, build knowledge, and argue for physical, social, political, and economic leadership decisions in credible, convincing terms that can
provide shelter for the activities of growing populations within geographic
limits that will protect their quality and source of life.
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