Volume 65 explores what it means to live together
This August, Archis and Nieuwe Instituut proudly present Volume 65: Living Together. The issue explores ways in which we cohabitate, capturing a wide array of modes and models of living across the globe. Volume 65: Living Together presents a mosaic of stories stemming from more than 25 countries – addressing both housing crises in different regions in the world, while also offering new perspectives, cases and creative engagements with housing, domestic issues, and potential futures for communal living. It is now available in the magazine's webshop and at NAi Booksellers, among other places.
8 August 2024
Living together as a timestamp for our societies
Volume 65: Living Together demonstrates that dwelling patterns act as timestamps for our societies, reflecting crucial global realities. Stephan Petermann, Editor in Chief of Volume: “On the one hand, the concept of living has been increasingly under duress—consider the cost-of-living, land possession issues, and housing-related economic crises. On the other hand, living has never been more comfortable. We also see new development models and a renewed interest in social housing, where clients and architects use creativity to develop new collective living forms and address the challenges faced. In other words, there is space for new experiments on the horizon.”
Contributions showcasing worldwide initiatives and research
Volume 65: Living Together presents a collection of articles showcasing innovative forms of collaboration and social cooperatives. Some draw inspiration from nature, while others independently develop new architectural models. The issue also rethinks social norms embedded in our ways of living through IKEA hacks, revisits well-known social experiments in real-life entertainment, and explores the promises and realities of smart cities of Toronto. In-depth stories report on the scandalous ripple effect of the Syrian civil war, the transitory routes used by migrants in the Balkans, compound life in Afghanistan, and the precarious position of mental health infrastructure in China. More hopeful stories come from Ivory Coast, looking at new projects in Abidjan, but also learning from cooperative practices popping up in many places around the globe from Zimbabwe,
Contributing authors to Volume 65
The contributing authors to Volume 65: Living Together are Aladin Borioli, Andrés Jaque, Bahar Bayhan, Francesco Degl'Innocenti, Han Yang, Hannah Dawn Henderson, House Europe, Jarmo Berkhout, Juan Chacón, Juana Salcedo, Lisa Van den Bossche, Lilet Breddels, Lucia Fabbri, Maria Kruglyak, Martino Zibetti, Mazen Ezzi, Michèle Champagne, Monique Mulder, Patricia Ventura, Paul van Ravestijn, Rainer Hehl, Santiago Pradilla, Sascha Delz, Something Fantastic, Stephan Petermann, Vittorio Netti, and Zhiyi Cao. Stephan Petermann is the Editor in Chief of Volume, and María Mazzanti, who has recently joined Volume, is the Managing Editor. The magazine contains illustrations by Lucia Fabbri and is designed by Irma Boom Office.
Read the magazine digitally or on paper
The magazine is available in the Volume webshop (both digital and hard copy) and at NAi Booksellers. Subscribers to Volume receive all issues at home. Volume is also available at a range of bookstores worldwide, coordinated by distributor IDEA Books. Booksellers interested in including Volume in their offerings can contact the Archis team at info@archis.org.
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