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Say ‘hello’ to the Center for Planetary Pedagogies, a new, free educational platform cultivating awareness around environmental concerns through the integrated study of Critical Spatial Practice, Ecological Thought, & Social Design. Applications are now open for the inaugural Winter/Spring 2025 school! Nine courses developed by collaborators from re:arc’s Public Discourse Educator Fellowship offer distinct perspectives on how we organize, design, and build to address environmental challenges. The interdisciplinary cohort of architects, designers, movement builders, and scientists will engage students to expand and reframe the ways we all relate to the planet. Creative practitioners, educators, and curious minds from all disciplines are encouraged to apply! 🗓️Key Dates Applications close: Jan. 11, 2025 Winter term: Feb. 17—March 28 🔗Apply and learn more at the link in bio. Winter/Spring 2025 courses are presented in English and are free of charge. A Loudreading Lexicon WAI Architecture Think Tank (@waithinktank) The House we Must Build Thandi Loewenson (@thandiloewenson) Huda Tayob (@hudatayob) Fugitive Songs Marie-Louise Richards (@millisrichards) Seeds of the Pluriverse Mae-Ling Lokko (@maelokko) Tidal Diaries Catalina Moreno (@catalina_mejia_moreno) Felipe Arturo (@felipearturo) Feminist Spatial Practices Feminist Spatial Practices (@feminist_spatial_practices) Starting from the Endz RESOLVE Collective (@resolvecollective) Community Organising 101 AWETHU School of Organising (@awethu) Liberation Ecology Critical Ecology Lab (@critical_ecology) Center for Planetary Pedagogies is an initiative of re:arc’s Public Discourse program. Art Direction: @michelllekuan Visual Identity: @amelielorente Website: @studio.obv

Meet your instructors! We believe that educators play a vital role in preparing the next generation of environmental practitioners and shaping their worldviews. Re:arc’s direct-to-educator fellowship supports educators and narrative change advocacy networks from diverse disciplines to explore, design, and implement innovative curricula and experiences that introduce new perspectives on architecture, design, and environmental studies. The Center for Planetary Pedagogies launches with an inaugural Winter/Spring school bringing that work together, featuring nine academic modules facilitated by a creative cohort of educators and practitioners. Creatives, educators, and curious minds from all disciplines are encouraged to apply! 🗓️Key Dates Applications close: Jan. 11, 2025 Winter term: Feb. 17—March 28 🔗Apply and learn more at the link in bio. Courses are presented in English and are free of charge. Art Direction: @michelllekuan Visual Identity: @amelielorente Website: @studio.obv

Non-Extractive Architecture is a form of architectural practice that considers all collateral impacts, or externalities, at every stage of a project’s life cycle. “By recognising the reality of externalities, embracing local materials and techniques, engaging communities, and thinking in terms of long-term stewardship rather than short-term gain, we can begin to create an an architecture that is new, and truly responsible – not only in terms of energy efficiency, but in its relationship to people, ecosystems, and future generations. This is the ambition of non-extractive architecture(s): to create built environments that enrich rather than deplete, that restore rather than extract, and that consider the full complexity of our relationship with the world we inhabit.” The updated non-extractive architecture(s) platform from Space Caviar and the re:arc Practice Lab brings the evolving landscape of these strategies and practices into sharper focus. The Practice Lab serves as an experimental space for this hands-on learning, collaborating directly with practitioners to prototype and blueprint architectures of planetary well-being. ✍️ Space Caviar & re:arc Practice Lab 🔗Read the full essay and explore at the link in bio. 📷: 1. Work by @csm_architecture_march Unit 3, 2021, led by @materialcultures, Ceri Hedderwick Turner, Callum Campbell, Connie Beauchamp, Eloise Coleman, Flynn Williams and Will Hayter. 2. @region_austral 3. Atelier Luma 4-6. @arminlinkeofficial Español en el primer comentario.

Introducing non-extractive architecture(s) 2.0, the next evolution of a joint effort to facilitate greater collaboration and understanding of new ways of practicing amongst architects and designers. The updated platform, live now at the link in bio, offers: 🔎 Expanded directory & improved search functions ✍️ Introductory essay and case studies 🌍 Atlas view to navigate based on geography 📂 Index view for easier sorting and targeted discovery First launched just over a year ago, non-extractive architecture(s) invites a collective rethink of how design and construction interact with the natural environment, examining how technology, politics, and material resources can be approached more sustainably. A collaboration between re:arc institute’s Practice Lab and Space Caviar (@spacecaviar), the ongoing online directory explores alternative approaches to architecture that move beyond traditional models while challenging architects to take on a transformative role in shaping the future. Redefining architecture in this way requires architects to innovate in the face of risks, limited support, and industry expectations that prioritize short-term gains over long-term solutions. The Directory is at once a tool to share knowledge, inspire innovation, and cultivate a new understanding of what it means to shape the built environment. Explore now at the link in bio. Español en el primer comentario

(3/3) Territorial Empathy (@territorialempathy) is the only Latina-founded and led design nonprofit in New York. Through projects like H.earth, the collective leverages meaningful and participatory design to address urban issues that affect overlooked and marginalized communities and people. Territorial Empathy convenes architects, urbanists, and researchers from diverse backgrounds to work alongside those they serve and co-create thriving, just, and resilient spaces. “You really can’t dream about something that you don’t know. Hopefully this little triangle in the South Bronx inspires another community or another person to do something that someone tells them can’t be done. Maybe instead of giving up, they’ll ask, ‘Why can’t we do it?’” 📷 by @cerezita.aa and Cinthya Santos-Briones Español en el primer comentario.

(2/3) In her essay, “A Garden on Its Way,” landscape architect Melody Stein (@mmeladri) documents a conversation with Territorial Empathy (@territorialempathy) founder Zarith Pineda (@zarith.pineda) on H.earth, inclusivity in architecture, and the real and metaphorical gardens we all cultivate. “La Morada (@lamoradanyc) chef-owner Natalia Saavedra was telling me that a lot of kids come to the garden and they’ve never seen where a tomato comes from. The Bronx is a food desert, particularly this area. We have Hunts Point on the other side of the Bruckner, and it’s essentially the food basket of the whole city, but people either can’t afford it or don’t have access to it. Her dream was to have a community kitchen so she could not only show them where vegetables come from, but also teach them how to cook and prepare them. I started thinking about obesity, diabetes, all the different health issues our communities face. I thought, ‘I don’t know how to do it,’ but I told Natalia, ‘I’ll figure it out.’ ✍️ Melody Stein (@mmeladru). Read the full essay on revisions media, linked in bio. 📷: Stephanie Cherry Ayala (@cerezita.aa)

(1/3) Situated in the heart of the South Bronx, H.earth is a living framework for community resilience, mutual care, and cultural preservation. A large brick hearth anchors a community garden and reimagines what we should expect of urban design, addressing critical intersections of food sovereignty, climate migration, and collective well-being. Led by Territorial Empathy (@territorialempathy) and in partnership with local Oaxacan restaurant La Morada (@lamoradanyc), H.earth is an architectural expression of the Bronx’s, and more specifically Mott Haven’s, socio-ecological interconnectedness. The project reimagines the roughly 60-year old Bruckner Mott Haven Community Garden in the South Bronx as an accessible space for community and nourishment. Radiating from its focal point are gardens, greenhouses, hammocks, and spaces for communal cooking and education H.earth builds on the vision of La Morada and the Saavedra family, transforming the community garden they revived into a sanctuary for food production, learning, and rest, while addressing broader issues such as food insecurity and public health in the Bronx. Learn more at the link in bio. Architectural photography by @kateglicksbergphoto. Additional photography courtesy Territorial Empathy by Stephanie Ayala and Cinthya Santos-Briones. Español en el primer comentario.

(3/3) “I believe that the Caribbean’s dependence on tourism—particularly from the European and North American markets—has led to the production of images that center white-sand beaches, presenting them as idyllic and desirable. This imagery has further led to the development of a tourism product/model that does not work in harmony with environmental conservation. “The public will rarely question the movement of sand, mainly because it is something that is seemingly plentiful, and able to be taken from one place and moved to another without questioning the overall impact that might have on the place it is taken from or to. It is critical for us who live in vulnerable places like the Caribbean to understand how sand moves, and what accelerates it.” ✍️ and 📷 by Nadia Huggins (@nadiahuggins). Read the full essay on revisions media, linked in bio.

(2/3) “I’ve also been documenting various types of sea sponges, understanding that they play a vital ecological role in the oceans, especially amongst coral reefs. They help improve water clarity and support reef regeneration. I am particularly interested in the shapes that they evolve into to create these complex habitats for other organisms. When I think of ecological design, sea sponges fascinate me as stand-alone structures that emerge out of the coral reef ecosystem. The water clarity has been a growing concern as I swim recently; there is a noticeable proliferation of algae growth, in part due to the Caribbean-wide die-off of the Diadema sea urchin in 2022, which is critical in maintaining algae build-up on reefs. These imbalances have domino effects that have greater implications for the ocean’s health.” ✍️ and 📷 by Nadia Huggins (@nadiahuggins). Read the full essay on revisions media, linked in bio. Español en el primer comentario.

(1/3) “Because the average person does not seem to be actively aware of what exists below the surface of the ocean, these images attempt to explore the idea that there is a relationship between the submarine and the terrestrial, and that we live in tandem with nature, whether it is visible to us or not.” Nadia Huggins (@nadiahuggins) is a visual artist from the Caribbean who works primarily with photography. Her photo essay, Ecological Memory: Archiving Offshore, documents the vulnerable marine environments of Saint Vincent, particularly coral reefs and black sand beaches. Her lens and words capture overlooked ecological knowledge held in these areas, and decolonize traditional Caribbean imagery by showcasing ecosystems that challenge the idealized, tourism-driven narratives of white sand beaches and exploring themes of memory and environmental relationalities. ✍️ and 📷 by Nadia Huggins. Read the full essay on revisions media, linked in bio. Español en el primer comentario.

“To what territory do I belong?” This is the question Ana María Gutiérrez poses to anyone curious about the work of Organizmo—a research-led organisation she founded outside of Bogotá and host to yesterday’s immersions, workshops and encounters as part of arquitecturas de buen-vivir planetario 2.0. Filmed against the magnificent landscape of Tenjo in Cundinamarca, “We Are All Woven” witnesses timeless Indigenous traditions of co-creating habitat, revealing that to “build” is an inherently collective process. Here, Guitérrez proposes the act of building as a physical manifestation of this interconnectedness, unearthing the true meanings of reciprocity, regeneration, and sustainability. Watch the full film now on revisions media, at the link in bio. _ “¿A qué territorio pertenezco?” Esta es la pregunta que Ana María Gutiérrez plantea para quienes quieren conocer el trabajo de Organizmo, una organización fundada cerca de Bogotá que ayer lideró inmersiones, talleres y encuentros, como parte de arquitecturas de buen-vivir planetario 2.0. Filmado en el paisaje de Tenjo, Cundinamarca, “We Are All Woven”, (Todos Estamos Entretejidos), celebra tradiciones indígenas de co-creación de hábitats, mostrando que el acto de construir es inherentemente colectivo. Gutiérrez propone la construcción como manifestación física de interconexión, explorando la reciprocidad, regeneración y sostenibilidad. Puedes ver ya el video completo en Revisions Media, en el enlace de la biografía. Directed by Jeff Mertz (@jeffmertz)and Alice Grandoit-Šutka Produced by @moonbowimaging Creative - Lee Harrison Production - @alfonsina.gm 🎵: Finnegan Shanahan 🔊: @DavidVBritton titles design: @michelllekuan & @emi.taka.hashi editorial: @isabelflower translation: @Catalina_Mejia_Moreno archival material: @nicolasprrr, @pipevelasco_, Felipe Cotero special thanks to : @Organizmo_ @natiguarni @williamfonque Milena Garcia Nohella Martinez @felipearturop Lucia and Ana Rosa Arturo Roldan @cbermudezc @Escuela_Experimental_de_Arte

¡Bogotá - arquitecturas de buen vivir planetario 2.0 ya está aquí! Te invitamos a que nos acompañes en Casa Lolita (@casalolita_colombia) para disfrutar de una exposición multisensorial con una serie de instalaciones inmersivas, diseñadas para generar conversaciones en torno a arquitecturas creadas para el bienestar planetario y nuestra continua investigación sobre los valores, prácticas y sistemas de creencias indígenas que expresan y protegen la interconexión de toda la vida. La entrada a la exposición es gratuita y abierta al público, no se requiere registro previo. 📍 Casa Lolita (@casalolita_colombia)   🗓️ Jueves 31.10—Sábado 02.11   ⏰ 10:00 - 21:00 “Second Nature” de Bianca Shonee Arroyo-Kreimes (@shhonee) es una instalación de video que examina el límite cada vez más ambiguo entre los fenómenos tecnológicos y naturales, situando el video de un solo canal entre vegetación viva y superficies reflectantes. Abarcando fotografía, video y textiles, “Pororoca” es un proyecto de Catalina Mejia Moreno (@Catalina_Mejia_Moreno), Gabriela Leandro Pereira (@gabrielagaiaa) y Felipe Arturo (@feliperarturop) que se inspira en las hidrogeografías que han influido significativamente en sus vidas en Colombia, Brasil y el Reino Unido. “Dominio Previo” de Paloma Pardo (@palomapardo25) nació del interés en explorar la relación entre la memoria y el olfato, evocando el ecosistema nativo de Bogotá desplazado desde la colonia. Filmada contra el magnífico paisaje de Tenjo en Cundinamarca, “Todos Estamos Entretejidos” documenta una conversación con Ana María Gutiérrez, fundadora de @organizmo_, y da testimonio de las tradiciones indígenas atemporales de co-creación de hábitat, revelando que “construir” es un proceso inherentemente colectivo. 📸: @alfonsina.gm