Architecture for the people

Too often we find architecture that is "for the client", because the one with the money dictates how architecture should be, even though they are never the ones using it. What is the point of architecture if not designed for the people who use it? Contrary to the values of autonomous architecture, I believe that Architecture is not art nor is it a sculpture. We design lifestyles, we design spaces where people spend a majority of their time, it is therefore our social duty to enhance their experience.
It might have once been a profession that "excluded economic, social, cultural" context, however with the democratization of architecture we have a new responsibility. What was once an elitist profession, is now a profession that caters to the people.
CIAM's approach to the housing problem after WWI addressed the correct problem but offered the wrong solution. It was a solution that did not necessarily cater to the user.
The user is important because the user creates the life inside the architecture. If the user was not important, there would be no reason to design different buildings. There would be no reason why a building in Beijing could not be placed in Haiti. To ignore the contextual and cultural conditions of a building is to ignore the fact that architecture is made to be inhabited.