ABSTRACT
There are multiple reasons for creating such a visual fictional metaphor. The particular setting of Practiceopolis reinforces certain political and sociocultural struggles, where architecture is used literally as a mode for conveying ideologies, the structure of power, and political order. Practiceopolis hence looks globalised and Westernised, and therefore the ideas informing its morphology clearly have a history entwined with the global power relations of the last few centuries. While the discourse of the contemporary architectural profession has recently seen a major push toward inclusion of those who have been historically underrepresented in the field, this is still the exception rather than the norm and Practiceopolis naturally represents that. Therefore, Practiceopolis must not be misread as a call for a perfect architectural world, an impossible totality that would inevitably fade into totalitarianism. Practiceopolis is a scattered mix of social, economic, and political factors distilled in a form of buildings.
