If I could take a moment, I’d like to discuss the architecture of the Commonwealth. This note will be image-heavy and sentimental, so brace yourself.
Architecture and urban design shapes behavior. Besides my enthusiasm for interesting architecture, most especially modernist architecture, this is why the Housing and Urban Development in the Rosen Commonwealth article exists. In the Commonwealth’s sphere of architecture, this shaping of behavior is of the utmost importance, especially when trying to maintain a state without historical precedent preceded by a history of poor precedent.
Foundations
Oh god, he’s beginning a note with “foundations.” This means it’ll never get done.
Jorge Almeida actually had a lot to say about urban design, mostly because he knew that urban design shapes behavior. If he wanted to keep the society he envisioned in Almeidaism