Must architecture save the world, or is its true task to expose that it cannot?
In the age of digital proliferation, architecture has entered a dangerous terrain—one where the building as a constructed object is increasingly overshadowed by its representation as information. Whether we respond to this condition with anxiety over the semantic pollution of a symbol-saturated environment or embrace the vitality of new media ecologies, the shift has already occurred. The accelerated circulation of architectural images, driven by mobile internet and social platforms, has changed not only what we see but also how we perceive.

Architecture’s greatest illusion is its promise of power.