WROTE IN MY LAST COLUMN about a letter I had received, which levelled criticism at some points I had drawn in an earlier column. I didn’t disagree with the points made but receiving the letter and reflecting on it encouraged me to think more on what conceptual tools we have for discussing difference, architecture and community. I thought about the traditional format for collective thinking around an architectural issue – the crit – and wondered whether or not much or any of it makes its way into how we collectively discuss challenges of the built realm. It made me think of my own circumstance and the ways in which I respond to criticism in an architectural environment: both defensive and with a compulsion to please. I mean, understandable but, maybe, … maybe, a bit like I need better boundaries?.
