Key themes: Subtraction/ Community Identity/ Self Organisation/ Exchange (Material-Knowledge-Services)/ Autonomous Development/ Re-use Short Overview Development by Disassembly is a reaction … More
Tag: autonomy
Output \\ Cat – Week 9 Interim Review: District Shanghai \ A People Power Game
District Shanghai has emerged as a mechanism for reinforcing autonomy is the wooden district of Snipiskes.
District Shanghai is an ecology of interdependencies where the architect acts as a
chef experimenting with an assembly of very unusual ingredients.
Reflection \\ Fragile traces of infrastructure – is that a CODE?
Snipiskes is not only a place of cultural heritage and historical importance for Vilnius, but a custodian for indefinite traces of infrastructures.
Like a very thorough curator, the neighborhood presents a spectrum of nuances of autonomy as representations of ownership, power, political attitude and perseverance.
Reflection \\ Autonomous Snipiskes – Ownership and Spontaneous Development
It is easy to form a preconception of a place before visiting it. A little desktop research begins to prejudice … More
Reflection \\ Sanxai Banzai! Every city has its own Shanghai!
Mapping Snipiskes turned out to be one of the most interesting experiences of my life. This place it’s so unlike anything else I have ever seen: magical, unusual, rough sometimes but full of character and narratives ready to be uncovered.
Studio Diary \\ Week 03 – Mapping talk with the Laboratory of Critical Urbanism
This week we met Ben and Siarhei from the Laboratory of Critical Urbanism, in Vilnius.
Studio Diary \\ Week 02 – Investigating the meaning of infrastructure through collective process
At the very beginning of our journey of discovering what infrastructure means we have developed a collective map of its potential meanings.
Reflection \\ Considering Cowen’s IER
Cowen’s encompassing essay sheds light on many facets of the term infrastructure that are rarely considered. We can all discuss … More
Infrastructures of Autonomy 