A conversation of many

This paper challenges several suppositions regarding Architecture, its role and agency (supported in some cases by past iterations of the Biennale). Architecture is considered as intrinsic to socio-political upheaval, as an actor rather than a barometer, as self-reflective (and therefore both autonomous from and dependent on other disciplines), and as a propositional force for the (urban) environment. Ultimately, the paper advocates the specificity of architecture, even (and especially) in its involvement with other disciplines and complex contexts of operation. Contents: Architecture is not late; Architecture trans-forms; Architecture thinks; Architecture changes; Architecture is silent; Architecture laughs.