New habits need new spaces

Thinking about punk concerts, rock ‘n roll concerts, techno parties, soccer stadiums, evangelic churches…all of these places have been new in society at some point and a challenge to establishments of their time. Through creating spaces around the community, people were able to perform in a way they felt urged to. Rules and habits of these places were naturally evolving as they were developing, resulting in specific energies. At some point though the behaviors of a unknown space become static again. Therefor they are becoming another type of establishment them self, often reluctant to reform. Is it possible to create a place which will automatically renew and challenges hollow rituals!? I often get angry when I am at evangelic services where at least three quarter of it are filled with hollow rituals. Even singing an unknown/ none-religious song would cost so much energy although it could give so much more insights. Although it was an essential part of the creation of the lutheran church that hundreds and hundreds of new songs were written to be sung in the newly build protestant churches, both the buildings and the songs expressing the new values of the movement. So why not keep on adapting and sing Iggy Pop?

Another interesting question is how big of a role architecture plays next to mindset and zeitgeist in creating “space” and how it can influence them? How would it look if you gave the freedom to an architect to build a building to solely serve the emotional well being of people, skipping all ideas of classic building concepts?