Architecture as non-activism?

Malcolm MilesUniversity of Plymouth

www.malcolmmiles.org.uk

Radical Nature: Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009, Barbican Art Gallery, London

Art/architecture for a sustainable planet:from Richard Buckminster Fuller to the Eden Project

I’m so sorry, Goodbye, Heather and Ivan Morison

Wheatfield: a confrontation, Agnes Denesrecreated, London, 2009

High Line, New York, James Corner

The Lion and the Unicorn, Cornford + Cross

Rosalind Krauss: the expanded field of scupture

WochenKlausur (Vienna)

Rikrit Tiravanija / relational aesthetics

The architectural everyday:Henri Lefebvre: Critique of Everyday Life;

The Production of Space;Alternative architectures: learning from the

majority world; self-build; green building; eco-villages …

Social engagement; participation …Empowerment? Architecture as not-politics?

As not-social (re)formation? As the re-imagination of society?

But ….

The Dongas at Twyford Down

Whaur Extremes Meet, Wendy Gunn and Gavin Renwick

Coin Street Community Builders, London

The Shard (£30-50,000,000): Buy Now!

Leeds: Lilac Housing Project