housing, post bubble?
As Mario pointed out below (Jan 22 post) going back to the basics of the profession (the provision of shelter in a context of social responsibility) is highly desirable in a post-bubble condition, as long as this is concomitant with the production of visionary projects that will advance the adaptation of new construction (wherever possible) to the needs of a dynamic society. (Stay tuned also for our upcoming book on housing.)
In a short text-cum-fact sheet on housing in the Iberian Peninsula that I contributed last summer to the catalogue of the Collectif / Collective exhibition at arc en reve I wondered how a stagnated and oversupplied market would ever be receptive to new developments in (housing_iberia.pdf). As the peripheries of most Spanish cities today demonstrate, the bubble hasn’t offered much room for experimentation, and our lives and those of future generations will unfortunately be conditioned by this short-sighted investment.
(Hopeful news arrive again from Copenhagen, where BIG’s Big House project is going up. Hope will further be communicated in the Yes is More exhibition at the Danish Architecture Centre next month, and the book that will be published consecutively by Actar.)
