This thesis claims architecture (and specific forms of architectural practice) as a tool of advocacy to engage relevant political and social issues of great urgency around the world. The project critiques international border walls and the dehumanizing conditions generated urbanistically, economically, and socially through their divisive nature. To address this complex political and social topic, three forms of design research and representation are used to explore, demonstrate and question political futures through architecture. This diverse set of formats —a research map, a medium-scale building and a small-scale object or piece of furniture — are independent trajectories that operate collectively, synthetically, and equally in this investigation.