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SUMMARY:Journal Launch and Conversation: Civicness Materia Arquitectura no
 . 29
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Felipe De Ferrari (Plan Común)\, \nKersten Geers (OFFICE)\nD
 emetra Vogiatzaki (gta ETH Zürich)\n\nSarah M. Whiting (Harvard GSD)\n\n
 Anna Livia Friel (TU Wien)\nAgustina Labarca Gatica (EPFL)\nMateria Arquit
 ectura 29\, an architectural journal guest-edited by Anna Livia Friel (TU 
 Wien) and Agustina Labarca Gatica (EPFL)\, proposes a critical reassessmen
 t of the notion of civic architecture. Moving beyond the exceptional publi
 c building and traditional representations of the state\, the issue examin
 es the practices\, infrastructures\, institutions\, and spatial relationsh
 ips through which public life is produced and sustained.\n\nFor the launch
  event\, organized by HITAM at EPFL in Lausanne\, the guest editors will b
 e joined by Felipe de Ferrari (Plan Común)\, Kersten Geers (OFFICE)\, Dem
 etra Vogiatzaki (gta ETH Zürich)\, and Sarah M. Whiting (Harvard GSD) f
 or a conversation on civicness and the contemporary public realm. Taking t
 he journal as its point of departure\, the discussion will explore how arc
 hitecture can foster forms of publicness today\, and how civic character i
 s negotiated through design\, use\, representation\, and institutional fra
 meworks.\n\n\n“We search for civicness today not because civic life is s
 ecure\, but because this moment has pushed us just far enough outside it. 
 From this partial exterior\, we can perceive both its erosion and its nece
 ssity. Amid securitized public squares\, outsourced infrastructures\, and 
 platform-mediated publics\, civicness becomes visible not as a fixed categ
 ory or style\, but as a fragile architectural attitude that we are now com
 pelled to identify\, question\, and\, if possible\, reposition.”\n\n“C
 ivicness\,” Materia Arquitectura no 29 (2025): 9\n 
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