joyasanactofresistence.

Trees, forests, building, teaching, joy. A lot of joy. SO much joy. Joy despite it all. Joy no matter what. Joy as an act of resistance.

I am examining joy, specifically as an action of resistance within the context of an architectural pedagogy. It’s preceded by the questions:

What is happiness? What makes us happy? Can it be manifested physically? How do these physical conjurings of happiness work when the underlying process resists convention? Can all these learnings be neatly wrapped up as a pedagogical approach to architecture, space, and our bodies? Can joy exist in buildings? Or the act of building? How can focusing on joy make us better people, make better cities, make us better to ourselves and the world? That’s a lot of questions and hopefully, with joyful answers to come.