The Architecture of Elsewhere
A client sits across from you, unlocks their phone and begins scrolling. A villa in Bali. A hotel in Dubai. A house in Cape Town. The client then excitedly says, “I want this,” and suddenly, the site is no longer in Mombasa. The climate is no longer Nairobi. The materials, labour, technology and way of living are no longer Kisumu. We have become very good at bringing home buildings instead of ideas, but what happens when we copy the answer without understanding the question that produced it?


