Issue 03: Power

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We often talk about the power of architecture and places. But it is rarely the architecture we talk about. Because it is never the walls, the stones, the foundations, the openings and the axes, the geometry and the complex calculations that makes a building or a place powerful. Architecture is as powerful as the stories, memories, and emotions it evokes. And thus, the power of architecture lies in creating room for life, be it in the form of reclaiming land to make parks like the Guerilla Gardeners in Lebanon, or a skate park in Ghana, as the architect Dominique Petit-Frère would tell us.