In this live talk produced by Dezeen to launch a new collaboration with V?A?C , Space Caviar co-founder Joseph Grima introduced Non-Extractive Architecture, a manifesto and exhibition advocating for a new type of architecture that does not exploit the planet.
Non-Extractive Architecture, which takes the form of a written manifesto by Space Caviar as well as an exhibition, calls on architects to design buildings that do not deplete the earth's natural resources.
The manifesto was recently published by cultural foundation V?A?C and Sternberg Press, while an exhibition on the same topic at V?A?C's Venetian headquarters was installed in March.
Non-Extractive Architecture is a manifesto by Space Caviar advocating for a new type of architecture that does not exploit the planet The talk is titled Non-Extractive Architecture: On Designing Without Depletion, and launched a collaboration between Dezeen and V?A?C that will track the progress of the programme.
Grima spoke to Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about what non-extractive architecture means, the aims of the initiative, and developments that have taken place in the research programme since the exhibition opened.
The initiative also features an exhibition called Non-Extractive Architecture: On Designing Without Depletion
"Non-extractive architecture questions the assumption that building must inevitably cause some kind of irreversible damage or depletion somewhere - preferably somewhere else - and the be...