Matter of Care: Planning norms for materials and bodies toward a new (built) ecology of maintenance

Nicolas Jaime Gemelli

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Lydia Genecand

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Raúl Ranjit Singh Hansra Sartorius

Architecture is, fundamentally, a form of care. Yet tradition celebrates the autonomous architect and heroic design, sidelining the continuous labor of maintenance. Buildings come to life only through ongoing repair, cleaning, and adjustment- work carried out by invisible and undervalued hands. The Rasude acts as a new ground, where building experiences inform norms, while care practices and materials are explored within this framework. The reciprocal process guarantees spatial rights for bodies of care, offering new systems of maintenance to conventional programs.

Team
Author(s):
Nicolas Jaime Gemelli, Lydia Genecand, Raúl Ranjit Singh Hansra Sartorius
Unit:
RIOT
Teacher(s):
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
Assistant(s):
Elif Erez Henderson, Antoine Iweins, Kathlyn R Kao
Infos
Year:
2025
Period:
Y3 (BA), Y1 (MA), Y2 (MA), Spring
Category:
Semester Project
Topic:  
Architecture, Construction, Environment, Experimentation, History, Housing, Society, Structure, Sustainability, Technology, Urban study
Document Type:
Axonometry, Book, Detail, Image, Model, Schema, Sketch
Copyright:
CC BY Licence
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