Italian research studio Space Caviar has released a manifesto for a new type of architecture that does not deplete the earth's resources.
Called Non-Extractive Architecture, the manifesto calls on architects to design buildings that avoid exploiting the planet or people.
"Non-extractive architecture questions the assumption that building must inevitably cause some kind of irreversible damage or depletion somewhere - preferably somewhere else - and the best we can do as architects is limit the damage done," said Space Caviar co-founder Joseph Grima.
"Our goal as architects is not to limit carbon emissions," he added. "It is to come up with an idea of architecture that is not intrinsically dependent on some form of exploitation." Top: the non-extractive architecture book. Above: Space Caviar co-founder Joseph Grima. Photo by Boudewijn Bollmann
The manifesto consists of a book and an exhibition, both titled Non-Extractive Architecture: On Designing Without Depletion.
The book was published by cultural foundation V?A?C and Steinberg Press last month while an exhibition on the same topic at V?A?C's Venetian headquarters was installed in March and will open when Covid regulations allow it to.
An exhibition was installed at V?A?C's Venetian headquarters in March. Photo by Marco Cappelletti
Running until January 2022, the exhibition will be a live research platform that will run alongside the Venice Architecture Biennale, which is due to open in May ...