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Rethink Society

Architecture · 50+2 series · Cities, Civilizations & Infrastructure

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c. 1900–1450 BCE

When a Building Became a Social Machine

The Minoan Palaces

Reconstructed columns and ruins of the Minoan palace at Knossos.
The Palace of Knossos, Crete.Theofanis Ampatzidis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source record

The Moment

Palace complexes integrated administration, storage, ritual, circulation and public space.

The Rethink

A building could operate as an entire social system.