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19.11.2019
10 ideas for degrowth architecture from Oslo Triennale
by Amy Frearson
19.11.2019
This year's Oslo Architecture Triennale looks at degrowth, an economic strategy that calls for a reduction of both production and consumption, and asks what architecture could do to support it. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out 10 of the most interesting ideas.
Enough: The Architecture of Degrowth is on show in venues across the Norwegian capital until 24 November. It explores different ways that architecture could respond to "a time of climate emergency and social division".
Central to the concept is the idea that continuous economic growth is part of the problem. It proposes that a degrowth economy, rather than a capitalist economy, offers the answers.
Degrowth promotes sharing and co-operation
"Degrowth is a designed reduction of total energy and material use to realign society with planetary limits, while improving people's lives and distributing resources fairly," explained Phineas Harper, one of the triennale's curators, in a recent column on Dezeen.
"It is an economic model that recognises that the route to greater welfare for all is not one of more extraction and expansion, but of more sharing and co-operation."
The Library, one of the main venues for the exhibition, showcases a series of architecture and design proposals that align with this attitude.
Here are 10 of the most interesting ideas:
1. Source materials first, design second
2. Use recycled materials for bespoke solutions
3. Use alternative forms of fuel
4. Find ways to use less concrete
5. Develop zero-carbon infrastructure
6.Design buildings that leave no trace
7. Share resources without compromise 8. Generate social activity around sharing economies 9. Use natural, biodegradable materials 10. Find sustainable forms of tourism
︎read more on dezeen.com
Enough: The Architecture of Degrowth is on show in venues across the Norwegian capital until 24 November. It explores different ways that architecture could respond to "a time of climate emergency and social division".
Central to the concept is the idea that continuous economic growth is part of the problem. It proposes that a degrowth economy, rather than a capitalist economy, offers the answers.
Degrowth promotes sharing and co-operation
"Degrowth is a designed reduction of total energy and material use to realign society with planetary limits, while improving people's lives and distributing resources fairly," explained Phineas Harper, one of the triennale's curators, in a recent column on Dezeen.
"It is an economic model that recognises that the route to greater welfare for all is not one of more extraction and expansion, but of more sharing and co-operation."
The Library, one of the main venues for the exhibition, showcases a series of architecture and design proposals that align with this attitude.
Here are 10 of the most interesting ideas:
1. Source materials first, design second
2. Use recycled materials for bespoke solutions
3. Use alternative forms of fuel
4. Find ways to use less concrete
5. Develop zero-carbon infrastructure
6.Design buildings that leave no trace
7. Share resources without compromise 8. Generate social activity around sharing economies 9. Use natural, biodegradable materials 10. Find sustainable forms of tourism
︎read more on dezeen.com
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