Convivial Ground: Stories from Collaborative Spatial Practices

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Convivial Ground

Stories from Collaborative Spatial Practices

Edited by: Constructlab , Joanne Pouzenc , Alex Römer and Peter Zuiderwijk

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2023

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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.

The situational working methods of the transnational collaborative network Constructlab in book form
Offers reflections on the collective design of cities, institutions, and everyday life in the context of growing scarcity
Aimed at city planners and all those with an interest in the subject
Selected for the shortlist of The Best German Book Design 2024 (Stiftung Buchkunst)

Author / Editor information

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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Content Publicly Available Download PDF	3
Editorial: Tuning our Voices Joanne Pouzenc, Alexander Römer and Peter Zuiderwijk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	8
The Convivial Ground Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	19
GATHER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
To Gather
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	50
Let Me Introduce You To … Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
Once Upon Today Mascha Fehse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	58
Who Decides? Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
Pixelated Relationships Carla Rangel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
Beyond The Coffee, And The Machine Story Laëtitia Chamekh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	72
What’s Cooking? Johanna Dehio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	76
EAT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	80
Architects Also Need To Eat Rebecca Acosta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	97
Give A Man A Barbecue Story Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	102
Brad Pitt Is Cool Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	106
Red, Red Wine Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	111
Gotcha! Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	114
The Housekeeper Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	118
Nothing Planned Sofia Costa Pinto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
Talking To The Wall Peter Zuiderwijk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	126
The Unpredictable Drift Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	132
To Learn
Telling What We Really Want To Learn (And How) Merril Sinéus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	150
DISPLAY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	176
The Wall That Turns Decisions Into Skills Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
Means To Distribute Ideas Peter Zuiderwijk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	198
Lingo Flows Lucas Devolder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209
How I Heard The Cry Of The River Merril Sinéus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	212
Trial And Error And Trial Again Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	217
Doubt Is Good Linus Lutz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	220
LEARN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	224
What Nobody Really Wants, Until They Really Really Want It Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
The Hot— Very Hot—Hour Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	245
The Fortune Teller Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	250
Today I’ve Learned—Part I Sara Belrhaiti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	257
Today I’ve Learned—Part II Sara Belrhaiti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	259
Today I’ve Learned—Part III Sara Belrhaiti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	262
What Did I Learn? Merril Sinéus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	266
COOK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	272
Reflective Round Around An Italian Tea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	290
The Future School Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	296
The Learning Community Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	312
To Work
Tuning In David Moritz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	326
A Coffee For Erik Bert Villa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	334
The Community Factory, Unless It’s The Factory Of The Community? Linus Lutz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	340
Them, The Making, The Makers And The Ones Who Make The Making Possible Noel Madison Fettingsmith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	345
WORK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	352
A Motionless Theater Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	371
Watching Each Other Improvise Linus Lutz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	374
Useful Lost Information Board Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	378
The House With Too Many Doors Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	382
The Auction To Get Less Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	387
The Auction To Give Back Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	391
We Should Design Our Waste Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	396
REST Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	400
The Little Person Who Holds A Piece Of Wood Joanne Pouzenc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	417
600 Steps Angie Volk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	420
Conviviality, Work, Leisure, and Retirement Thierry Paquot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	428
ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTLAB NETWORK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	455
IMAGE CREDITS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	458
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	462
IMPRINT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	463
PLAY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	464

Publishing information

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

eBook published on:

May 8, 2023

eBook ISBN:

9783986120054

Paperback published on:

May 8, 2023

Paperback ISBN:

9783986120047

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Main content:

480

Coloured Illustrations:

350

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783986120054

eBook ISBN: 9783986120054

Paperback ISBN: 9783986120047

Keywords for this book

Konvivialität; design-build; Ivan Illich; Kollaboration; kollaborative Praxis; gemeinsames Lernen; Schönste Deutsche Bücher 2024; Stiftung Buchkunst

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