Utopia in architecture is haunted by the persistent associations with totalising architectural visions and the hubristic failure of grand social intentions, which casts its proponents as simultaneously egotistical and naive. But, while it is inherent to architectural design, the discussion of utopia within architectural education is continually resisted, as decried by Nathaniel Coleman (2017). However, this desire to improve, to undertake works which envisage something better and to spatially manifest this desire, remains fundamental to all architectural projects. and the notion of linear social progress towards such a goal may appear as idealistic and inherently impossible as utopia itself. In our current political situation, the horizon of utopia appears to have slipped still further from our grasp. It was presented as part of the Utopia, Now! symposium at Chelsea College of Arts, 29-31st August 2017 This publication was produced as part of the Imaginaries of the Future A Leverhulme International Network.
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