Designing scarcity
The
economy of neoliberalism is balancing on two types of scarcities: real and
artificially recreated. The second one I refer to Jeremy Till’s explanation of
austerity. It is a disciplined, market driven gesture that regulates itself;
Market is everything we have; now. Both political wings see the benefit in
promoting scarcities – legislature is giving a hand in distributing that fear. The
Real scarcity is the one we are talking so much about today: food, water, oil,
etc. The two of them are intertwined in the spatial scarcity.
Goods
distribution patterns will never be in equilibrium with the humans need if only
it is justified by the market; justification of an everyday urban
functioning activities are primary sources of inequality. Spatial Justice according
to Edward Soja
opens up a range of new possibilities for social and political
action. I see a direct reflection of Spatial Justice in architectural discipline.
One of the brightest examples is Amsterdam based Pop-Up office that tells
stories about self managed architectural interventions that reduced
understanding of rent scarcity, or public spaces ones. Brining public spaces
inside of the libraries, utilizing restaurants as working spaces according to
the different time use, etc.
Evento “Campus by night”, Piazza Verdi - Bologna, 2014
I worked on
the project that revealed potential of the waning governmental architectural organization
through brining academia and practice together. It was a mobile so-called « Doctor »
that activated the potential of one place through rethinking its program and
users, after was moved to a different one.
Technology, mapping, data analysis
is empowering Spatial justice by giving people choice by unrevealing real and
artificially created scarcities.
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