Post-extractive Architecture: Repair and Territory

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Beskrivelse

Buildings, in the words of Mark Wigley, “are actually pieces of mining equipment, actively devouring the planet”. Currently, the architectural discipline has very few tools for considering what happens to the landscapes affected by our extractive practices. Post-industrial landscape repair has been a topic among landscape architects and ecologists for decades, but by the time these professions arrive, the crime has already been committed. Therefore, many today are asking: how can architecture reduce its impact on extractive landscapes through the design decisions we make? To explore this question, we introduce two contrasting cases of extractive landscapes in natural stone. The first is in Larvik, Norway, where one of the world’s most technologically advanced quarries extracts large quantities of larvikite, most of which is exported for further processing. The second case is on the island of Mallorca, Spain, where a largely artisanal quarrying process, in place for centuries, still produces the characteristic marès stone, famous among Danish architects for Jørn Utzon’s use of it at Can Lis and Can Feliz. Drawing connections between the landscapes of Norway, Mallorca, and the architecture behind them, we look closer at the agency of architecture to promote more ‘repair-able’ landscapes of extraction
Periode8 maj 2023
Sted for afholdelseEscuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de La Salle, Spanien
Grad af anerkendelseInternational

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