The Acoustics of Belonging: Who Is Allowed to Begin?

What if democratic architecture is not primarily about participation, but about leaving enough of the city unfinished for somebody else to begin?
From Heritage to Agency: Why Architectural Democracy Matters Now

Heritage is not democratic simply because it is preserved. Drawing on a conversation with Mona Schalin, Pedro Aibéo asks how conservation, reuse and participation can give people real agency over the places they inherit.