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SUMMARY:Architecture of Extraction: Galaad Van Daele / RIOT
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Galaad Van Daele is an architect\, editor and researcher activ
 e in Paris and Zurich. His research interests gravitate towards ambiguous 
 spatial objects that challenge the nature-culture boundary\, which he appr
 oaches by means of writing – between history\, science\, fiction – and
  photography.   Starting from a focus on landscape studies\, his research
  endeavours now tackle the possibility of writing a history of architectur
 e that acknowledges the various layers of geological presence inside built
  spaces. Creating dialogues between architecture\, the sciences and the hu
 manities\, he seeks transversal modes of thinking about spatial production
 s and architectural historiographies\, beyond the dissociation between the
  human and the terrestrial.\nThe lecture series “Architecture of Extract
 ion” explores the past and present relationship between architectural fo
 rm and extractive processes—as seen by scholars and practitioners. What 
 is the connection between a material’s origin and extraction mechanism\,
  the forces that guide\, facilitate\, and conduct those activities\, and t
 he particular form the material takes in architecture? What is the politic
 al economy of this specific material\, as in\, how is value extracted from
  it\, and what role does architecture play in 1that process? What role doe
 s technology impart in extractive processes or in seeking solutions agains
 t these? Finally\, what alternatives to extraction have design practices u
 ncovered and applied\, and turn\, what are the physical effects of these d
 ifferent processes on various scales\, from construction sites and territo
 ries? The underlying goal is to candidly discuss the relationship between 
 extraction capitalism and the built environment via spatial outcomes\, fro
 m architectural outputs to logistical networks. \n\nGalaad Van Daele\nTue
 sday 25 March\; 18:00 - 19:30\n\nGalaad Van Daele is an architect\, editor
  and researcher active in Paris and Zurich. His research interests gravita
 te towards ambiguous spatial objects that challenge the nature-culture bou
 ndary\, which he approaches by means of writing – between history\, scie
 nce\, fiction – and photography.   Starting from a focus on landscape s
 tudies\, his research endeavours now tackle the possibility of writing a h
 istory of architecture that acknowledges the various layers of geological 
 presence inside built spaces. Creating dialogues between architecture\, th
 e sciences and the humanities\, he seeks transversal modes of thinking abo
 ut spatial productions and architectural historiographies\, beyond the dis
 sociation between the human and the terrestrial.\n\nRIOT (Research and Inn
 ovation On Territory) is a laboratory engaged in pedagogy and research w
 ithin the Institute of Architecture (ENAC) at the Swiss Federal Institute
  of Technology—EPFL\, led by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes with Elif Erez-
 Henderson\, Summer Islam\, Antoine Iweins\, Kathlyn Kao\, Nagy Makhlouf\,
  Nathalie Marj\, and Saira Mohammed. Believing that the construction se
 ctor and design disciplines must pivot and wholeheartedly engage in the cu
 rrent social and climatic urgencies by rewiring themselves to face and rep
 air the harm\, RIOT utilizes tactics and strategies to decarbonize\, decol
 onize\, and depatriarchalize space production—by design.
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