Non-Extractive Architecture

Non-Extractive Architecture is an exhibition, research residency and conference series at V–A–C Zattere, Venice (curated by Joseph Grima and Space Caviar). The project transforms the Palazzo delle Zattere into a live research platform focused on rethinking the balance between the built and natural environments, the role of technology and politics in future material economies, and the responsibility of the architect as an agent of transformation.

The project sets out to examine — and redefine — the public’s expectations of the architect and architects’ expectations of themselves. What if architecture were understood first and foremost as a form of husbandry of the built and natural environments? What if we redesigned our economies to favour integration, circularity durability and social resilience through the towns and cities we build? What if material supply chains were visible and participatory rather than invisible and often exploitative? 

https://neablog.v-a-c.org/