Nonsolution

German, Gabu Heindl, Drehli Robnik, 2024
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Problems require solutions. However, what is described as a problem and how answers and solutions are found is crucial. In light of the climate catastrophe, the unjust distribution of wealth, or the demand for livable housing and urban space for all, purely technical solutions are often promoted, which overlook political contexts and complex conditions. At the same time, there are approaches that only pose questions without positioning themselves regarding possible answers, or that, on the contrary, insist on immutable maximum solutions. Such purist approaches, as well as the technically and administratively simplified solutions, leave existing power relations untouched. In contrast, we propose a radically democratic politicized approach to the problem of solution with nonsolution. The term nonsolution, coined by sociologist, historian, and urban theorist Siegfried Kracauer, opens up a field for experimental ways of thinking: not solutions are avoided, but an active non-solution is pursued. The "non" affirms conflict and opposition, the rejection of wholly closed identities, and the opening of architectural solutions to their given contexts and desirable futures. In regard to housing and urban development against the pressures of capitalization and exclusion, we connect planning activities with political theory in this book to critique architectural practices.

Key specifications

Language
German
topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Architecture
Author
Drehli RobnikGabu Heindl
Number of pages
112
Book cover
Paperback
Year
2024
Item number
52299056

General information

Publisher
Adocs
Category
Non-fiction
Release date
18.10.2024

Book properties

topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Architecture
Language
German
Author
Drehli RobnikGabu Heindl
Year
2024
Number of pages
112
Edition
1
Book cover
Paperback

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Product dimensions

Height
8 mm
Width
181 mm
Weight
108 g

Package dimensions

Length
17.90 cm
Width
12.10 cm
Height
1 cm
Weight
104 g

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