ABSTRACT
Architecture still articulates its concepts, design decisions and processes almost exclusively by means of a posteriori rationalisations. The compulsive force of legitimising arguments still dominates contemporary debate, even though it only represents a limited interpretation of the complex web of considerations that surrounds each project. Yet for the most part we cannot bear to analyse our own internal discourse for fear of disrupting the notion of the eminent utility of our projects and thus precipitating their disappearance.
