Financial crisis has an interesting effect on the perception of architecture. When the economy falters, buildings are among the first things to be put on hold, and architects among the first put out of work. The conclusion drawn by some is that buildings are simply not enough: to avoid extinction, architecture must claim renewed relevance by being more than a service for the production of walls, roofs and floors.
This is the generation of young architects who may ask if they should be designing the architecture of networks and systems, of societies or conversations, rather than buildings.
Beatrice Galilee
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2013/sep/17/lisbon-architecture-triennale-exhibition-review