Patricio Pouchulu Architect - 21st C Manifesto

Our Habitat has been affected by 10.000 years of constant deforestation and 200 years of intensive pollution. 19th century science developed into 20th century technique, producing a self-destroying scenario where architects (which for centuries created beautiful sustainable universes) are not leading in the environment anymore. We have been replaced by technocrats, who ignore the nature of things. They havalso electrified and digitalised our life. Most vertebrate and invertebrate species would approach mass extinction within decades. There are 8 million life forms on Earth: 150 to 200 species disappear every day, not only insects. A hundred years ago one million blue whales lived in the oceans: there are 1.500 left. I urge you to: 1- STAY AWAY from cars in cities: walking, bikes and trains can save what's left of the landscape. More than 30 million people were killed in accidents; cars pollute and disfigure the space. 2- AVOID plastic in Habitat, furniture and packaging, also in clothing, tools and toys; Get clothing made of organic fabrics, not fake imitations that impersonate wool, cotton or leather. 3- PROMOTE and use analogue products, real art objects, prints, books, drawings, films, records, blackboards, stimulating mind and thinking; they are long lasting and re-usable. 4- GET food from where you live. 30% of global pollution will be gone when the majority of food is produced around cities. Wind-powered ships will transport items around the globe. 5- KEEP AWAY from the so called "social" networks: like any net, their primary purpose is to catch a victim: you. They control your behaviour, suffocating your liberty by saturating your mind with useless images and data. 5- FOCUS in survival, educating children in the arts, geometry and Nature, carefully protecting the highlights of western civilization: freedom, rights, and the lorgotten individual responsibility.