
In Focus:
Precarity
In an increasingly precarious world, what can architecture and design do to mitigate the effects of global catastrophes?
June 11, 2022
11AM - 5PM CET
In Focus:
Precarity
In an increasingly precarious world, what can architecture and design do to mitigate the effects of global catastrophes?
June 11, 2022
11AM - 5PM CET
About In Focus: Precarity
For In Focus: Precarity, The World Around partnered with the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam to ask what design and architecture’s role could be as crises mount, collide and burden communities, ecologies, economies and global supply chains. Participants from across Europe, Ukraine, Philippines, Kenya, Chile, Australia, Palestine and Taiwan will share inspiring work that provides actionable solutions and proven strategies for positive change in some contexts, and also work that creates resilience and mitigates against further damage in others.
The In Focus series allows The World Around to travel and partner with global institutions and delve into specific topics to gain a deeper understanding of how they shape—or can be shaped by—the work of architects and designers. Find out more.

Speakers
Elias Anastas
Bethlehem, Palestine | Paris, France
Yousef Anastas
Bethlehem, Palestine / Paris, France
Maria Lisogorskaya
London, UK
Anupama Kundoo
Berlin, Germany
Alfred Marasigan
Manila, Philippines
Afaina de Jong
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Boonserm Premthada
Bangkok, Thailand
Karrabing Film Collective
Northern Territory, Australia
Rosario Hevia
Santiago, Chile
Maarten Gielen
Brussels, Belgium
Etta Madete
Nairobi, Kenya
Philippe Rahm
Paris, France
Lina Ghotmeh
Paris, France
Alexander Shevchenko
Kyiv, Ukraine
Manuel Herz
Basel, Switzerland
Hsieh Ying-Chun
Taiwan
Megan Suau
St Petersburg, USA
Video Highlights

Bringing Stone to the 21st Century

Assemble Studio's Spaces for Creativity and Collaboration

Architecture and the Luxury of Time

Art of Misinformation

Bringing Feminist Theory into Architectural Design

Ecocitex

How to Recycle a Building

Buildings Make You See the World Differently

Leading Architecture to a Zero-Carbon Future

Using the Weather as an Architectural Tool

Archaeology of the Future

Planning to Rebuild in the Wake of War

Giving Light to the Buildings of Life and Death
Architecture for Care and Crisis in Rural Taiwan

Designing Buildings for a Better World
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