Yasmeen Lari | Kerstin Dicken Castro | Andrés Jaque | Sarah Wigglesworth Architects | Thannal | Rizvi Hassan | Brendeland & Kristoffersen | SOS | Vogt | Feilden Fowles
AR June 2023
Materials such as wood and straw have been incorporated into homes and shelters for centuries; it is only since industrialisation that the global construction industry has turned to concrete, metal and plastic, and powerful lobbies have formed around the promotion of such materials. With plants pushed to the periphery, the intricate web of connections between human and plant life has been obscured and begun to unravel. From cultivation to construction, this month's AR looks at spaces for plants, such as gardens, greenhouses and parks, and argues bio-based materials are integral to the future of building, whether it is with fibres woven into roofs and facades or unruly stems coerced into processed panels and standardised parts.
Plants
Keynote: Planting a seed, Summer Islam
Building: Lari Octa Green emergency shelters, Sindh province, Pakistan, Yasmeen Lari, Noman Ahmed
Reputations: Dicken Castro, Catalina Mejía Moreno
Building: Colegio Reggio in Madrid, Spain by Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation, Miguel Fernández-Galiano
Revisit: Straw Bale House in London, UK by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, Martha Dillon
Essay: Thatch is back, Oliver Lowenstein
Case studies: Woonhuis Lichtenberg in Amersfoort, the Netherlands by 9graden Architectuur, Sundby School in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark by Henning Larsen and Centre Beautour extension in La Roche-sur-Yon, France by Guinée*Potin Architectes
In practice: Thannal, Biju Bhaskar and Sindhu Bhaskar
Building: Rohingya Cultural Memory Centre in Ukhiya, Bangladesh by Rizvi Hassan, Manon Mollard
Outrage: Fire regulations are no excuse, Michael Burchert
Building: Hage in Lund, Sweden by Brendeland & Kristoffersen, Philip Christou
Essay: Chicory roots, Anjulie Rao
Building: Meles Zenawi Memorial Park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Studio Other Spaces, Fasil Giorghis and Vogt Landscape Architects, Aziza Abdulfetah and Yusuf Nazerali
Building: Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses in London, UK by Feilden Fowles, Harriet Thorpe
Essay: Queer nature, Céline Baumann
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