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Thursday 19 March
From wacko hippy-esk ideology, ‘sustainability’, or ‘eco-friendly’, or ‘green’ has now become globally accepted. But, as what? As an environmental urgency, as a political issue, as a technical problem, as a historical destiny, or as a new world order? And with which consequences?
The sustainability consensus is dangerous, since the concept has no political [...]
Author: Volume
The research on the ‘Post Capitalist City‘ goes on, with a series of lectures at the Dutch Art Institute. Friday 12th Mireille Roddier (University of Michigan) will address DAI students with a lecture on Three forms of contemporary practices: Puppets, Vanguardistas & Guerillas – on various modes of creative operations in the city, and [...]
Author: Volume
As announced, here are some notes on the Food and The City expert meeting held at the Amsterdam’s Academy of Architecture.
Our purpose was to collect ideas and data on the impact of food production on the environment and society, and to provide possible strategies to overcome the ongoing food crisis for VOLUME’s issue on [...]
Author: Volume
VOLUME’s research on sustainability for VOLUME 18, perspectives beyond issues of CO2 emission and carbon fossil fuel consumption, inspired collaboration with the Van Abbemuseum. On October 4 its ‘Heartland’ exhibition opened. Ideologically there are clear links between these projects. The institutes share an interdisciplinary research approach and both teams attempt to understand social, cultural [...]
Author: Volume
Expert meeting Nr. 2 – VOLUME i.c.w. VAN ABBEMUSEUM
Since a sustainable city is often understood as a society of zero emission or carbon neutrality, we decided to ask ourselves:
What happens AFTER ZERO, when this ideal stage is reached? What are the theoretical guidelines and interesting practices for designing a sustainable city?
We think that the [...]
Author: Volume
Did you know? Cities have always been shaped by food.
Different systems of food production, storage, distribution, and consumption patterns affected the form of cities in history, from the first cities of Mesopotamia, to the proto-hydroponic terraces of Machu Picchu, from the post-war Western cities to the Southern Megalopolis.
Our food system is the product of [...]
Author: Volume
If sustainability is a global theme to address, the Venice Biennale 2008 must be the place to substantiate the claim of architecture to address our future needs and possibilities. Since this Biennale focuses on avant-gardes from the past and the present, practices that ‘go beyond building’, it comes as no surprise that many projects [...]
The 11th International Architecture Exhibition Biennale di Venezia
Out There: Architecture Beyond Building
11 September 2008
18-19h
Dutch Pavilion
ArchiPhoenix Faculties for Architecture
Volume and Abitare present together THE READER #11 on ‘Ecology of Information’.
In line with the Sustainable Dystopias installations, supported by Abitare and designed by Boeri Studio for the 11th Architecture Biennale of Venice, The Reader presents a series [...]
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OUT NOW: Volume #18 – After Zero
Sustainability according to Volume:
After Zero is not about design inspired by the fear of tsunamis or Katrinas, but proposes an understanding of our society beyond zero.
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