1) Regarding reconstruction, Woods says that you must build upon the existing past in order to link the past to the future. Can or does this thinking apply to all buildings not just reconstruction? Are new buildings free of the past?
2) While architects speak of designing spaces to satisfy human needs, are the social norms associated with spaces shaping our human needs to abide to the designed spaces?
3) Is there a way as architects, to fight designing for “program”? Must a space need a functionary label in order for it to have meaning and the need to be inhabited?
4) Part of Wood’s reconstruction process for war torn countries heavily focuses on building upon the past. But even he says that this process takes place during a period of uncertainty for the city (Sarajevo).
“Something entirely new is struggling to emerge.” –Woods pg. 27
Does this make his reconstruction process just a transition phase, one in which will be subject to change as the city develops its new identity?
5) Should architects design with the intent to last forever? To be able to survive and transform through wars, social problems, and nature? Is it even possible?
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