Three people ride elephants across the Elephant Center by Boonserm Premthada.

In Focus:

Precarity

In an increasingly precarious world, what can architecture and design do to mitigate the effects of global catastrophes?

Date
June 11, 2022
11AM - 5PM CET
Location
Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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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.


Anupama Kundoo on stage.

Video Highlights

All-Purpose Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Biennale. The roof of the pavilion is formed of white tessellating stone pieces and supported by slender cylindrical stone columns.
Precarity
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3 years ago

Bringing Stone to the 21st Century

Vast piles of waste clothing in the Atacama Desert, Chile.
Precarity
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3 years ago

Ecocitex

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