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Posted On: October 12th 2026, 09:56 pm
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IT TAKES A VILLAGE is a case study put together by me during my summer semester '26 internship at A1. The project is a part of the international studio seminar, conceived as a chapter of Tallinn Architecture Biennale dedicated to students' visions and research.
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Just like most complex structures and hierarchies, infrastructure is much more than meets the eye. It is, first and foremost, an elaborate array of systems running behind all of our daily needs, but, no less importantly, it is also an immaterial manifestation of that good old “that’s how things are”.
And “how things are" [the status quo] is an ever-changing, relativistic notion, always clashing with “how things can/could be” [the potential].
I will spare you a whole tangent encompassing the historic shift from heavily industrialized production of the 19th century to trading with fictitious and virtualized goods by the end of the millennium, but I have to mention how exponentially more extractivist the economic development became in the last few decades.
In a time where the word “potential” is most often tied to monetary gain, and the basic human needs are largely commodified, is there still space for betterment for the sake of a life better lived?
•INDUSTRIAL
related to or characterized by industry;
in the rhetoric of this particular case study, this term specifically refers to connection to the facilities for mass production of ready-made goods, the emergence of which is tied to the industrial revolution of the 19th century.
•POST-INDUSTRIAL
relating to an economy which no longer relies on heavy industry;
in the rhetoric of this particular case study, this term is narrowed down to refer to the economic processes happening in the former historic industrial area.
•PRODUCTION
the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured;
in the rhetoric of this particular case study, this term is exclusively used in reference to ready-made goods produced by the facilities for mass production, the emergence of which is tied to the industrial revolution of the 19th century
@a1__umprum
@umprum_praha
@tallinnarchitecturebiennale
Project annotation:
Just like most complex structures and hierarchies, infrastructure is much more than meets the eye. It is, first and foremost, an elaborate array of systems running behind all of our daily needs, but, no less importantly, it is also an immaterial manifestation of that good old “that’s how things are”.
And “how things are" [the status quo] is an ever-changing, relativistic notion, always clashing with “how things can/could be” [the potential].
I will spare you a whole tangent encompassing the historic shift from heavily industrialized production of the 19th century to trading with fictitious and virtualized goods by the end of the millennium, but I have to mention how exponentially more extractivist the economic development became in the last few decades.
In a time where the word “potential” is most often tied to monetary gain, and the basic human needs are largely commodified, is there still space for betterment for the sake of a life better lived?
•INDUSTRIAL
related to or characterized by industry;
in the rhetoric of this particular case study, this term specifically refers to connection to the facilities for mass production of ready-made goods, the emergence of which is tied to the industrial revolution of the 19th century.
•POST-INDUSTRIAL
relating to an economy which no longer relies on heavy industry;
in the rhetoric of this particular case study, this term is narrowed down to refer to the economic processes happening in the former historic industrial area.
•PRODUCTION
the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials, or the process of being so manufactured;
in the rhetoric of this particular case study, this term is exclusively used in reference to ready-made goods produced by the facilities for mass production, the emergence of which is tied to the industrial revolution of the 19th century
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