A manifesto about participation
The Encounterculture
Overview
The participation of the individual in the decision-making process of how cities are designed, governed and developed is a core interest of architecture and urbanism. And there is a spectrum of participatory tools that architects can use to include people in the process of designing a project. This paradigm of participation is almost impossible to resist with all of the warm, fuzzy feelings and phrases these terms conjure up: “It's your opportunity to share your voice”. But participation also comes with its complications.
The Encounterculture is a video installation, made in collaboration with Nicole Rose, that portrays several vignettes about participation, or rules of engagement for architects with the broader community. These vignettes, based on architectural case studies, reveal seven strategies for the architect to employ – of authority, participation, institutionalisation, overparticipation, critique, and the right to participate. Each strategy is deployed in its context. These approaches reflect the inner workings of Sibling Architecture where participation is a daily operation. Participation can be exciting, overwhelming, productive and tiring. Are you ready to participate?
The Encounterculture was exhibited at Customs House, Sydney, as part of Open Agenda in 2012, and restaged as part of the Istanbul Design Biennial in 2014.
Director and producer: Nicole Rose; choreographer: Matthew Day; cinematographer: Josh Mckie; composer: Cornel Wilczek; title sequences: Nik Dimopoulos; narrator: Kinga Kielczynska; camera assistants: Romilly Spiers, Thom Neal; stills photographer: Johann Rashid; Colour: Daniel Stonehouse at Crayon; production: Rose Coloured World
The Encounterculture is a video installation, made in collaboration with Nicole Rose, that portrays several vignettes about participation, or rules of engagement for architects with the broader community.
The participation of the individual in the decision-making process of how cities are designed, governed and developed is a core interest of architecture and urbanism. But participation also comes with its complications.
These vignettes, based on architectural case studies, reveal seven strategies for the architect to employ – of authority, participation, institutionalisation, overparticipation, critique, and the right to participate.
Participation can be exciting, overwhelming, productive and tiring. Are you ready to participate?
The Encounterculture is a video installation, made in collaboration with Nicole Rose, that portrays several vignettes about participation, or rules of engagement for architects with the broader community.
The participation of the individual in the decision-making process of how cities are designed, governed and developed is a core interest of architecture and urbanism. But participation also comes with its complications.
These vignettes, based on architectural case studies, reveal seven strategies for the architect to employ – of authority, participation, institutionalisation, overparticipation, critique, and the right to participate.
Participation can be exciting, overwhelming, productive and tiring. Are you ready to participate?
