The design studio centers soil as its subject, matter and site for the critical analysis of histories and presents of capitalist extraction. The goal is to set up shared futures of co-existence with the soil of the Minett region. In the context of the design studio a public lecture series will be organized in collaboration with luca – Luxembourg Center for Architecture in November and December 2023, with Mio Tsuneyama, Paulo Tavares, Maria Puig de la Bellacasa, and Marina Otero Verzier as guest lecturers.

The studio results will be displayed at luca in a public exhibition from 19 December 2023 to 13 January 2024.

14.11.23 at 17h30

Worlding Soils #1
Lecture by Mio Tsuneyama (speaker online)

URBAN FUNGUS – ARCHITECTURE IS A COMPLEX MESH
Mio Tsuneyama (architect and founder of Studio mnm)

The lecture will be streamed online via the following link.
Priority for the Q&A session is given to participants attending in person at luca.

21.11.23 at 18h30

Worlding Soils #2
Lecture by Paulo Tavares (speaker online)

REPARATION ARCHITECTURE (ON THE EARTH POLITICS OF SOIL AND PLANET)
Paulo Tavares (architect, author, educator and co-curator of the Brazilian Pavilion, awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023)

The lecture will be streamed online via the following link.
Priority for the Q&A session is given to participants attending in person at luca.

05.12.23 at 18h30

Worlding Soils #3
Lecture by Maria Puig de la Bellacasa (speaker online)

GROUNDINGS – SOILS AS KEEPERS OF ENDURING MEMORY
Maria Puig de la Bellacasa (Prof. of History of Consciousness, Department of History of Consciousness, The University of California, Santa Cruz)

The lecture will be streamed online via the following link.
Priority for the Q&A session is given to participants attending in person at luca.

19.12.23 at 18h30

Worlding Soils #4
Lecture by Marina Otero Verzier

COMPULSIVE DESIRES : ON LITHIUM EXTRACTION AND REBELLIOUS MOUNTAINS
Marina Otero Verzier (architect and researcher, Columbia University GSAPP)