In a lot of ways, the study of architecture is the study of the most ancient manifestations of human culture. Architecture?s knack for encapsulating fashion, design, and other creative trends stems largely from its need to stay relevant. When formal education systems first began, the typology of the school had to be invented. Similarly, the desire for organized healthcare systems created a need for the typology of the hospital. As society progresses and its values change, architecture adapts to these changes. For the purpose of scalability, these adaptations become typologies. Over time, these types become outdated, fall into disuse, and risk becoming extinct ? all dependent on how society chooses to reframe its desires.

Volume64, an online design platform created by a group of grad students, is pushing the boundaries of different typologies while critiquing the desires of society that architecture normally acquiesces to. Who better to spearhead this initiative than future architects, who will soon be asked (if they have not been already) to reimagine architecture in lieu of this disruptive moment in history. A crowdsourced effort between several academic institutions, Volume64 is comprised of students from the Bartlett School of Architecture, Architectural Association (AA), Edinburgh School of Architecture, and even a few students from other countries. Together, they strive to better understand architecture through three dimensional drawings, each one a form of cubic crit...