Moral debates have consistently plagued architectural history, particularly in a narrow Eurocentric canonical reading. From the Palladian camouflage of the filthiest aspects of farm life in the Veneto to Loos’s hilarious critique of the habits of his Viennese clientele, morality in architecture has made a case for specific formal maneuvering. But even far away from Europe, the cultures of the Caribbean have also had their love affair with moral compasses in architecture, from the foundational urban grids that claimed to bring order to the otherwise chaotic jungle to the hagiographies of midcentury European architects who immigrated to the tropics with “enlightening” intentions. The modern movement was said
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