Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet
Weaving together tenets of ecology, economics, social justice, feminism, and politics, Fitz and Krasny lay out a new vision and approach for how architecture and urban planning can help heal, repair, and revive the planet. -Architectural Digest 'Critical Care' suggests crucial questions: What would an ethical architectural practice look like today? What should architects care about? The built environment invariably involves a huge range of ethical issues: funding sources, labor practices, good governance, and social justice, to name a few. -Architectural Record Weaving together tenets of ecology, economics, social justice, feminism, and politics, Fitz and Krasny lay out a new vision and approach for how architecture and urban planning can help heal, repair, and revive the planet. -Architectural Digest
Angelika Fitz is Director of Architekturzentrum Wien. Her curatorial projects include We-Traders: Swapping Crisis for City and Actopolis: The Art of Action (both for the Goethe Institute). She is the coeditor of Assemble: How to Build. Fitz and Elke Krasny are curators of the exhibition at Architekturzentrum Wien, Critical Care: Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet. Elke Krasny is Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Her curatorial and editorial projects include The Force is in the Mind: The Making of Architecture and Hands-on Urbanism 1850-2012: The Right to Green (both for the Architekturzentrum Wien, with the latter shown at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale). Krasny and Angelika Fitz are curators of the exhibition at Architekturzentrum Wien, Critical Care: Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet.