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Convivial Ground, a book by Constructlab

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Stories from collaborative spatial practices A book by Constructlab

Looking at Togetherness through the lens of conviviality, exploring daily life within and around different projects, Convivial Ground follows up the narrative experience and explores modes of learning and working within ConstructlShow more

Funding period
16.12.22 - 22.03.23
Realisation
Spring 2023
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Minimum amount (Start level): 3,000 €
Your participation will help covering the printing and editorial costs, ensuring for the quality of the edition.
City
Berlin
Category
Art
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Primary sustainable development goal
11
Cities & communities

What is this project all about?

Piece by piece Convivial Ground invites the reader to discover the work of the transdisciplinary European design-build network Constructlab. Taking Ivan Illich’s understanding of conviviality as a departure point, the essays, conversations, stories, and images in the book reflect on the specificities of collaborative practices as situated experiments, and on their possible roles in the creation of convivial societies. Exploring contemporary conditions of tShow more

What is the project goal and who is the project for?

One book : many ways and voices to tell many stories at once

There are many possible narratives to approach Constructlab projects. The network always tries hard to generate inclusive projects that speak to all, from the youngest kids to the oldest ones, from any social, educational or cultural background. The book is no exception. Therefore, Constructlab thought of bringing their stories in different forms and formats. Within the pages of the book, you willShow more

Why would you support this project?

The network has put a lot of time and energy into gathering the content of this book – the effort it takes to create the projects beforehand not even counted. But unfortunately time and energy do not pay for print and paper. To guarantee the launch of the book in March 2023, we need your participation now.

You will receive your own copy!

How will we use the money if the project is successfully funded?

With your help, we will be able to cover the printing and editorial costs, ensuring a high quality of the edition.

You would like to support the project and the network ?

If you want to support our projects and the network, feel free to add a little something to the amount you want to pay for the book. You can also get in touch with the local entities of the network if you want to support us locally : so far, there is an association in Belgium, France, GermShow more

Who are the people behind the project?

About Constructlab
The transdisciplinary design-build network Constructlab takes a dynamic approach to uniting architectural concepts and construction with an emphasis on collaboration. Breaking with traditional divisions of labor, the organization engages a team of multi-talented designer-builders—as well as sociologists, urban planners, graphic designers, curators, educators, and web developers—who carry the creative process from the drafting table into tShow more

What are the sustainable development goals of this project?

Primary sustainable development goal

11
Cities & communities

Why does this project contribute to this goal?

The Constructlab network supports a more sustainable, inclusive and equal development of cities with our city-making-laboratories under self-construction. It is about producing a support structure for public space, in which urban topics can be addressed in different manners, experienced, debated and negotiated. Oriented versus the collective needs.

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