Convivial Ground : Stories from Collaborative Spatial Practices

Alex Römer

ISBN 10: 3986120041 / ISBN 13: 9783986120047

Published by Jovis Verlag Gmbh Mai 2023, 2023

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Neuware - Wir alle improvisieren. Wir alle treffen Entscheidungen. Und wir beobachten uns gegenseitig beim Improvisieren. Wir improvisieren gemeinsam. Entscheidungen werden gemeinsam getroffen. Diese Stadt werden wir gemeinsam gebaut haben.Convivial Ground lädt seine Leserschaft dazu ein, die Arbeit des transdisziplinären europäischen Entwurfs- und Baunetzwerks Constructlab schrittweise zu entdecken. Auf der Basis von Ivan Illichs Verständnis von Konvivialität reflektieren die Essays, Gespräche, Geschichten und Bilder in diesem Buch die Besonderheiten kollaborativer Praktiken als situationsbezogene Experimente ebenso wie ihre mögliche Rolle bei der Schaffung konvivialer Gesellschaften. Wenngleich die Publikation die zeitgenössischen Bedingungen von Gemeinschaft, des Lernens und Arbeitens erforscht, ist sie kein Handbuch, sondern eine Einladung, gemeinsam neue konviviale Narrative zu schreiben. - Die situative Arbeitsweise des transdisziplinren Kollektivs Constructlab in Buchform - Gemeinsame Gestaltung von Städten, Institutionen und Alltag im Kontext wachsender Knappheit - Richtet sich an Stadtmacher\*innen und alle Neugierigen - Ausgewählt für die Shortlist Schönste Deutsche Bücher 2024 (Stiftung Buchkunst).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Convivial Ground : Stories from Collaborative Spatial Practices
• Publisher: Jovis Verlag Gmbh Mai 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3986120041
• ISBN 13: 9783986120047
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 180W x 109H x 28D millimeters 180 millimeters width by 109 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 436 grams

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Synopsis

We are all improvising. We are all making decisions. And we are all watching each other improvise. Together, we are improvising. Decisions become shared ones. We will have built this city together.
Convivial Ground invites the reader to discover the work of the transdisciplinary European design-build network Constructlab piece by piece. Taking Ivan Illich’s understanding of conviviality as departure point, the essays, conversations, stories, and images in the book reflect on the specificities of collaborative practices as situated experiments, as well as on their possible roles in the creation of convivial societies. Exploring contemporary conditions of togetherness, learning, and working, the book is not a "how-to" guide, but an invitation to cooperatively write new convivial narratives.

About the Author

The transdisciplinary design-build network constructlab takes a dynamic approach to uniting architectural concepts and construction with an emphasis on collaboration. Breaking with traditional divisions of labor, the organization engages a team of multi-talented designer-builders―as well as sociologists, urban planners, graphic designers, curators, educators, and web developers―who carry the creative process from the drafting table into the field, making it possible for designs to respond to the possibilities and constraints posed by materials, site, environment, and utilization.

Joanne Pouzenc is an architect, educator, and independent curator working on collaborative processes and learning environments through architecture, cultural production, and editorial work.

Alex Römer is an architect-carpenter based in Berlin. He initiated the idea of constructlab as a platform and interest group for design-build projects with an emphasis on sustainable and situated approaches within specific social contexts.

Peter Zuiderwijk is a designer based in The Hague who specializes in research- and process-based design, exhibition design, and scenography.