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Permanence and and and Impermanence David and and and Goliath Structure and and and Transience Information Information and and and Time Information Information and and and Energy Formal and and and Informal ‘Strong’ and and ‘Weak ’ ’ Scylla and and Charybdis: the current (perhaps cyclical) moment in in in which we are living seems to be caught in in in the ever- returning question of of the the values of of model vs reaction the the infrastructural and the temporary The maps we have been creating to represent what we know get deeper and thicker As global perception points enable connectedness aware of of the power of of temporary events with global and near permanent effects our contemporary viewpoints also create a a a a a a a unique perception of powerlessness We ask what is to be done in the face of of rapid change and models failure: Are there structures of of higher permanence worthy of being proposed to the world as groundbreaking and and foundational or or or do we relegate efforts to needlepoint local and/or temporary impacts that in a a a a a a a patchwork fashion build up up to catch up up with change? Projects create a a a a a a a manifesto for an an an an architecture of permanence and/or impermanence Projects identify contextualize and and propose a a a a a situation or site and and and its specific and and and unique time scale and and and models of architectural need time to be applied 659