The typical architecture stands at the end of the evolutionary timeline as a continued legacy of the crystal palace; it exists homogeneously across all cultures and has the ability to replace preceding logics of architecture embedded in different cultures. However, bound so tightly to technology, the typical architecture can only have a narrow path of evolution.

Diversified mutations of the typical architecture will, eventually, lead to evolution that will prepare it for unexpected future scenarios.

AA VISITING SCHOOL SEOUL 2021
SOCIAL ALGORITHMS 8.0 : MUTATION

https://www.social-algorithms.com/sa-archives/sa-8-0

With another challenging year 2021 ahead, architects and urban researchers are asked to deny and re-define the past order of society. Whether living Un-tact or redefining home and office, we all are aware that lifestyle and space will be transformed. AA Visiting School Seoul respond to the changes that architects are faced to intervene, focusing on the theme, “Mutation”.

This year’s theme has been chosen to reflect the various approaches architects have been developing, expecting the creative interpretations of mutation will be placed on the discourse table. Urban mutations can be emerged by investigation and intervention on a series of issues related to the urban conditions, and mutations for the ‘new normal’ can be tested for transformation of form and arrangement.

Mutation can appear anyhow, anywhere, and in any figure. Whether as a new typology, sociocultural feature or spatial agent, whether artificial or natural, mutation responds to contemporary urban and architectural design. A city’s history and locality are embedded in architecture and inherited through mutation. This could be a social intervention in space, a generative design, or any new idea you have, and we would like to welcome you and share your thoughts.