Activisms:

Harquitectes, Barcelona

Activism refers to individual or institutional actions that advocate for specific goals. These goals include, for example, environmental, social, or political actions to tackle climate change or to address social inequalities. As architects, we could pursue the goal of designing places to stay, public spaces and buildings that are not only oriented towards economic interests and profit, but promote a building culture that is oriented towards the common good.

However, how this activism can be concretely implemented and practiced in architectural practice is not always easy.

For this reason, the topic of our upcoming lecture series is what activist work could mean in practice and also in studies, and how we as architects can act on our own initiative and take responsibility for our built environment.

Three established architectural collectives will present to us in what way they develop their own projects, organize themselves as a collective, and what activist work in architecture means to them.

Activism refers to individual or institutional actions that advocate for specific goals. These goals include, for example, environmental, social, or political actions to tackle climate change or to address social inequalities. As architects, we could pursue the goal of designing places to stay, public spaces and buildings that are not only oriented towards economic interests and profit, but promote a building culture that is oriented towards the common good.

However, how this activism can be concretely implemented and practiced in architectural practice is not always easy.

For this reason, the topic of our upcoming lecture series is what activist work could mean in practice and also in studies, and how we as architects can act on our own initiative and take responsibility for our built environment.

Three established architectural collectives will present to us in what way they develop their own projects, organize themselves as a collective, and what activist work in architecture means to them.