Social Architecture features Citizen Experts functioning well in some kind of Spatial Agency. If we extend our concept to include Space as Information, then our Agents may be Transhuman and our Social Environment Panpsychic and non-dual.

We are in transition from the Industrial Age to the Age of Belonging. Jobs (our previous mode of Self-Identity) are changing: from Production to what Communities you belong to. The previous century was based upon an Extractive Economy while the new century will feature Regenerative Economies. The former century sought to extract resources for the concentration of wealth into the hands of a few while the new century will address how we can replenish resources and distribute wealth equitably.

In the Extractive Economy, we lived in suburban homes with private gardens and high fences for privacy; the emphasis was on Separation. In the Regenerative Community, the emphasis will be on Connection and we will live in co-housing communities, with shared amenities such as parks with benches, irregular shaped parks and community spaces and shared gardens.

A comparison chart of the various features might look something like this:

In the old age, cities were like conveyor belts, suitably designed to  move people, products, and services through them with optimal efficiency. In the new age of urbanity, the cities will be characterized by purposefully designing places to connect people together.

In today’s world, there’s a growing desire to be part of a community. A community is a group of people with a common purpose. ‘People’ here can be loosely construed to include other conceptualities; for instance: Institutions, or Systems. ‘Community breeds in places where people meet each other. Today, many are experiencing the converse of this: restlessness breeds from not belonging.

City maps of Social Capital Collectivities show combined and intensified relationships, which strengthens societal wellbeing.

You can build Community by building buildings (edifices) and by providing Sites. This is the essence of Social Architecture. The concept of Edifice (or Sites) can be extended to include cyber space and virtual communities.