ADS6: The Deindustrial Revolution – Garden of Making

‘Garden of Making’ focuses on the notions of fabrication, not for the making of objects devoid of context, but questions how means of production interact with and respond to the environment itself. Our idea of context rejects primarily data-driven and object-orientated tendencies in design practices. By explicitly asking design questions around ideas of place, we are framing ‘Garden’ as a practical extension to the house, a vital appendix. The garden as a room next to another room, sets up theoretical positions with multiple perspectives. Outside looking in and inside looking out. This theoretical setting for architecture, shifting where, when and how spatial interventions register with the public, bring meaning from the inner core to the surface. Through hands-on investigative work, we want you to consider what craft means and how an emphasis on making and material can serve as a framework for experimentation in ecological design. Our projects are specific and personal. However, environmental sustainability is not a bolt-on or tick box exercise, but central to the theoretical structures. We are interested in projects which create links between place, academia, and industry, balancing a strong pragmatism between craft, collaboration, and exploring ideas from place to architecture.

Clara Kraft, Satoshi Isono and Guan Lee