fundamental inquiries

(A) How can a thicker understanding of “public works” (communal utilities, spaces, thoroughfares, etc) help architects orchestrate solutions to such contemporary dilemmas as rapid urbanization, suburban sprawl, urban flight, adaptation of industrial landscapes, and over-development of agricultural environments?

(B) What lessons can architects take from the (un)intentional ramifications of past infrastructural models, such as Rome’s Aquae Urbis; and those of the present, such as Dubai’s Palm Island?