Nonsolution - Disputed Closures in the Politics of Architecture contemporary art Daisy Hildyard opens the issue

Daisy Hildyard opens the issue with an overview of Lovelock’s life and introduces Gaia

while essays by architect and anthropologist Miguel Mazeri and architect Bernard Tschumi shed light on various aspects of the firm’s practice

bionic Barbie fashion and much

so let’s explore what makes our planet and how we live on it

Inspired by ‘upstyles’ and weaving techniques from the 1960s of Tokyo

Nonsolution - Disputed Closures in the Politics of Architecture contemporary art Daisy Hildyard opens the issueProblems require solutions. But what is defined as a problem, and how are answers and solutions found? In view of the climate catastrophe, the unjust distribution of wealth, and the demand for liveable housing and urban spaces for all, purely technical solutions are often promoted, while existing power relations are ignored. In contrast, we propose nonsolution as a politicised approach to the problem of finding solutions. We adopt the term