In contemporary architectural discourse, the term “repair” is increasingly being reclaimed—
not as an act of mending, but as a profound and urgent design methodology. The global built environment
is facing unprecedented challenges: climate breakdown, mass displacement, extractive urban development,
and aging infrastructure. Towards this, architects are beginning to shift their focus away from the traditional pursuit of
novelty and instead towards the creative possibilities of what already exists. Repair offers a way of practicing architecture
that is grounded in care, continuity, and relational engagement.
In contemporary architectural discourse, the term “repair” is increasingly being reclaimed—not as a mere act of mending, but as a profound and urgent design methodology. The global built environment is facing unprecedented challenges: climate breakdown, mass displacement, extractive urban development, and aging infrastructure. In response, architects are beginning to shift their focus away from the traditional pursuit of novelty and instead towards the creative possibilities of what already exists. Repair offers a way of practicing architecture that is grounded in care, continuity, and relational engagement.
In contemporary architectural discourse, the term “repair” is increasingly being reclaimed— not as a mere act of mending, but as a profound and urgent design methodology. The global built environment is facing unprecedented challenges: climate breakdown, mass displacement, extractive urban development, and aging infrastructure. In response, architects are beginning to shift their focus away from the traditional pursuit of novelty and instead towards the creative possibilities of what already exists. Repair offers a way of practicing architecture that is grounded in care, continuity, and relational engagement.
In contemporary architectural discourse, the term “repair” is increasingly being reclaimed—
not as a mere act of mending, but as a profound and urgent design methodology. The global built environment is facing unprecedented challenges: climate breakdown, mass displacement, extractive urban development, and aging infrastructure. In response, architects are beginning to shift their focus away from the traditional pursuit of novelty and instead towards the creative possibilities of what already exists. Repair offers a way of practicing architecture that is grounded in care, continuity, and relational engagement.
Repair, Self-Build, + Maintenance: Foundational Concepts
From Fixing
to Caring
Self-Build as
Political Practice
Centrality of
Maintenance
Non-Architectural
Outcomes
Toward a
Reparative
Future
Repair and Non-Architecture:
Reframing the Boundaries of Design
Un-disciplining
Architecture
Repair, Self-Build, + Maintenance: Foundational Concepts
Repair, Self-Build, + Maintenance: Foundational Concepts
Repair, Self-Build, + Maintenance: Foundational Concepts
Centrality of
Maintenance
Centrality of
Maintenance
Centrality of
Maintenance
From Fixing
to Caring
From Fixing
to Caring
Self-Build as
Political Practice
Self-Build as
Political Practice
People, Systems, Materials: Moving Beyond Object-Centered Architecture
People, Systems, Materials: Moving Beyond Object-Centered Architecture
People, Systems, Materials: Moving Beyond Object-Centered Architecture
The Limits of
the Object
The Limits of
the Object
The Limits of
the Object
From Authorship
to Stewardship
From Authorship
to Stewardship
From Authorship
to Stewardship
From Authorship
to Stewardship
Systems Thinking +
Material Flows
Systems Thinking +
Material Flows
Systems Thinking +
Material Flows
Repair and Non-Architecture:
Reframing the Boundaries of Design
Un-disciplining
Architecture
Un-disciplining
Architecture
Non-Architectural
Outcomes
Non-Architectural
Outcomes
Toward a
Reparative
Future
Toward a
Reparative
Future
The Limits of
the Object
From Authorship
to Stewardship
Systems Thinking +
Material Flows
People, Systems, Materials: Moving Beyond Object-Centered Architecture
