If I were to align my thoughts on architecture at present with any one current architectural ideology it would be...

Biomimicry/Sustainability believe it or not.

I speak not of types - caves, huts, or tents - but of an over arching principle that includes every building ever built: to protect something from the elements. I strongly believe nature does a much better job of this than man. Every structure animals erect exemplifies sustainable, reasonable design for their place whether its a bird's nest, a termite hill, or a fox hole. It pains me a little to say this, but FLW employed a modern version of this method well and often in his flower inpired designs. Why can't building materials come from the site and immediate surrounding areas? If you can't find it close by then don't use it! This doesn't mean you can't be creative. Billie Tsien and Tod Williams cast the facade of the American Folk Art Museum literally on the site*.

Let me paint a better picture for you. The largest mud building in the world spoken of by Steve Ehrlich would look ridiculous in Antarctica, yet architects deliberately do just that everyday.

Was it ego that started a trend away from the architecture I speak of? I believe it stems back to the Romans who shipped their spoils of war to Rome for use in their buildings - We are not the Romans! Nature is all the inpiration we need for our buildings to be designed in a sustainable way.

*While this particular aspect of the building is a good example, the whole museum would not fit the idea I speak of.

Aligning Our Thoughts

Rather than make a comment to your last post Mihir, i though i would jump back a step with regards to your beginning the discussion with attempting to define ourselves as a group and begin with defining ourselves individually so as to see clearly where our own philosophies lie and then attempt an intervention into the current needs of architecture as we see it. I am in the middle of writing the White vs. Grey debate paper and yeah I know it is due in 7 hours and I should stop procrastinating, but I couldn't help but notice that these revolutionaries which we are studying did not come about their theories on architecture all on their own, rather they saw what was going on around them, aligned themselves or put themselves in opposition to these theories and then began to theorize for themselves beyond the initial movements into realms of their own, which is why we are studying them today.So I would pose this one question to begin the process of defining ourselves first as individuals and second as a collaborative. so here it is:

If you were to align your thoughts on architecture at present with any one current architectural ideology, which would it be?