In colonialism, architecture plays a role in transforming the colonized society. The built environment has a large impact on how we work, live, and play. At a micro-level, the modern detached house is closely tied to the idea of the 'nuclear family.' Many cultures are not compatible with this idea. In this case, architecture is transformative.

Society impacts architecture. Changing values, fears and demographics all impact the design and function of the built environment. If the demographics or economic level changes, so does the built environment, such as gentrification.

I am not sure if this is analogous, but it is a unique relationship between society and the built form. This is why I am trying to find the right term for something that transforms at the same time being transformed.

Based on your digression, the architecture is impacted by trends that could have negative impacts. I think it is inevitable that people will eventually treat the French Provincial as the norm and part of the fabric. One thing I learned is that most people can not tell the difference between good and cheap wine. Those who can are few.

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Bruno Latour posits that we have never been modern. Although there are hybrids of nature and culture –non-human and human, object and subject– and quasi-objects, modernity prefers to purify nature and society as distinct. Latour argues that there have always been hybridizations and quasi-objects in history.

Although Latour makes a case within the anthropological and ontological lens, a case can be made for being modern based on technological advancements and their effects on our epistemologies. One should look at the word modernity synchronically, not diachronically. With a shift in the late twentieth century, the computer has been steadily augmenting our brains. We are, to an extent, a cyborg with human and artificial intelligence intertwined in the form of mutualism. One can argue that we are in a post-modern era based on the digital age and its various disconnection to nature and society or altering society’s perception of reality. Jean Baudrillard introduces the concept of hyperreal postmodernism as a reflection of our time. He supports the idea of productive modernity as a successor of symbolic premodernity. I am not sure how that fits in with a Buddist in rural Thailand.