The Edit is an active retelling of the built environment—the Site Magazine’s most ambitious publication to date in its content, graphics, and editorial direction. Their open call sought to address cities as artifacts of colonial and corporate expansion, to dismantle the tectonics of inequality. Who are public spaces for? What underlying assumptions are enmeshed in the fabric of our everyday surroundings?
They asked: Which design tools might destabilize structural inequality? In examining how the built environment continues to be shaped by power and resistance, they were faced with the inadequacy of addressing these issues from within the same frameworks that have perpetuated them. The process of editing the issue prompted a re-evaluation of the modes of representation we employ.
Each page in this publication is the result of considered curatorial decisions around what gets to be included, how it is shown, what is left out, and how to question our own ways of seeing. A workbook frames the issue, prompting readers to identify gaps in our collective records and reframe the systems we operate in. The built environment is never apolitical, and design can ensure that public space is not a monolith.
The Site Magazine, The Edit
The Site Magazine, The Edit
The Site Magazine, The Edit
The Site Magazine, The Edit
The Edit examines the power dynamics within the built environment and provides critiques of the inequalities embedded in our world. It presents an encompassing perspective of today's political, cultural, and social views and challenges, intertwined with carefully curated architectural topics.
It calls for change and promotes architecture through a critical lens, offering a well-executed take on issues impacting design.
The essays present emerging ideas with significant impact on the built environment and provide much-needed critical dialogue. They highlight the roots of colonialism, racism, and capitalism and encourage us to imagine and create alternative practices that rebuild our world in better ways.
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