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- The physical environment influences social behaviour. It stands to reason that architecture can help shape societies emerging from conflict.
- Historically, architecture has always served the victorious and the powerful. But it can be used to create a stable physical environment, which in turn would promote social stability.
- To achieve this goal, architects must stop regarding peace as only a favourable condition for architecture, and rather see peace as a condition that can be designed.
- Architects are in a position to reunite divided cities. By removing physical barriers they can also remove barriers in the minds of the inhabitants.