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[Augmentation] Augmented Humans [Implications] You may question if any or all of this is a good idea. Your can be close to certain that these will be issues in your lifetime and practice-time. How many deep rooted assumptions about human habitats, workplaces and architecture are effected by even a partial realization of this scenario? A young couple, scientists, come to you for an underwater house so they can study the biology in this beautiful shallow water sea - among their special problems is how to accommodate and interact with their visitors who do not have gills. How will you address these kinds of circumstances in your architectural practice? [Scale and Scope] 
Take the smartest human, and the strongest, and the fastest, and the most flexible, and so on... And then imagine everyone having all these attributes. Not a big stretch, but... Even this is a huge leap. What would the athletes from the first modern Olympics have felt in Sidney last month? Imagine Games in the future where genius level intellect is a base-level entry requirement. Now add: cloning, machine augmentation, implants, parts replacement, growth therapies, gene therapy (and manipulation) and so on... What about a human in a machine, animal, or plant body or some combination of all three? What if there was a community that wanted to experiment this way? What if, to some extent, all humans after 2020 had a fair measure of these choices?
Basic Architectural Practice - Scope, Economics
Scale and Scope