We live in challenging times. There is overwhelming evidence that massive change is required in order to survive impending environmental collapse. Yet this fifth volume in the Archifutures series takes the position that the “apocalypse” is not an imminent event, but an insidious process that is already happening. Communities everywhere are facing it on a day-to-day basis. Many are already resisting and adapting. Despite the implied drama of the word “apocalypse”, the reality is actually far more mundane: surviving it is not about building bunkers, it is about building resilience – everywhere and in all kinds of ways.
Contributors include: Bora Baboci, Maite Borjabad, Tomasz Broma, Trajna Collective, DOMA, Matthew Dalziel, Stefan Gruber, Tinatin Gurgenidze, Jason Hilgefort, Srecko Horvat, METASITU, Anh-Linh Ngo, Phi, Martin Pohl, RESOLVE, Skrei, Anastassia Smirnova, Space Transcribers, Maria Smith, TAB Collective, Tania Tovar Torres, Stephan Trüby and the Unfolding Pavilion.
Edited by George Kafka, Sophie Lovell, and Fiona Shipwright.
Design by Diana Portela.
Title: Archifutures. Volume 5: Apocalypse. A Field Guide to Surviving the Future of Architecture.
Editors: George Kafka, Sophie Lovell, Fiona Shipwright — &beyond
Language: English
Cover: Softcover with flaps
Size: 17 x 23 cms
Number of Pages: 216
Images: Color
Date: October 2018
ISBN: 978-84-949388-1-8
Publisher: dpr-barcelona
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No Future = No Architecture
Using architecture theory to think about our common future
By Srećko Horvat
Illustrations by Janar Siniloo
Architecture vs. Politics
A critique of political agendas with architectural elements
By TAB Collective
Children Know
Future architecture from future architects
By Architectural Thinking School for Children
The Architect as Mediator
Two ways of designing dialogues with European residential communities
A conversation between the Unfolding Pavilion and Space Transcribers
Growing Realisations
Architecture and post-capitalism
A conversation between Matthew Dalziel, Maria Smith, Tania Tovar Torres, Liva Dudareva and Eduardo Cassina
Power to the Peer
A conversation about the distribution of energy and housing via blockchain-based platforms
Interview with DOMA (Maksym Rokmaniko and Francesco Sebregondi) and Phi (Aliaksandra Smirnova)
By George Kafka and Fiona Shipwright