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Sampson Kanishka

Sampson Kanishka

Architecture Student
Salt Lake City, Utah
https://www.sampsonisafi.com
Love and Imprisonment: Carceral Teleology
Prison Architecture

Love and Imprisonment: Carceral Teleology

"To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life." -Victor Hugo Introduction Note: In this essay, I use "crime" to refer to legal and moral violations. Before I write about
02 Jun 2025 5 min read
The Architect as Eternal Optimist
Character of the Architect

The Architect as Eternal Optimist

"The answer is within yourself. Within the nature of the thing that you yourself represent as yourself. That's where architecture lies, that's where humanity lies, that's where the future we are going to have lies." -Frank Lloyd Wright Introduction Note 1: In
19 May 2025 5 min read
How to Build With a Pen: A Justification
General Architecture

How to Build With a Pen: A Justification

Introduction As my first order of business, I will justify the necessity of writing and, by extension, this journal to architecture. Each subdiscipline of writing—academic, creative, and technical—has its crucial place in the theory and design of buildings. Note: I avoid the subject of technical writing in this
11 May 2025 4 min read
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