Studio: Convivality
A laboratory for radical animism
Studio 25/26 Semester 2
Academie van bouwkunst Amsterdam
Site
Archtersluispolder, Zaandam, NL
Tutor:
Philippe Allignet
Focus
Post-humanism, Conviviality, Radical Animism, Anthropocene, Interdependency
Beyond the Anthropocene
Humanity has become a geological force, marking our entry into the Anthropocene and leaving the stable climate of the Holocene behind. Driven by a capitalist dream of growth and industrialization, this era is characterized by a "metabolic rift", a disturbance of natural cycles and a separation of human connection to nature. In Western societies, this nature-culture opposition has been heavily influenced by a naturalist ontology that creates a clear mental division and hierarchy between humans and non-humans.
This studio poses a critical question: Can the design practice reimagine the way we act, think and behave toward the non-human world?