Retroactive
EVA, Tapis Rouge, in Carrefour-Feuilles, Haiti © Etienne Pernot du Breuil
Retroactive explores the suturing tools of communities in urgent need of architectural solutions that may reconcile their sense of belonging and spatial dignity. One-third of humanity still lives in vulnerable places due to overcrowding, lack of resources and basic service infrastructure. The exhibition is a call to look at the potential for intervention in these broken and marginalised territories, showing cases developed in several cities around the globe through seven public initiatives and ten practices that work on these issues.
Annotated tours to Retroactive exhibition
90 minutes, free, booking required: tours@trienaldelisboa.com
Wed. 05/10, 15h: Cristina Veríssimo and Diogo Burnay, chief curators of Terra (Portuguese)
Sat. 15/10, 15h: Teresa Alfaiate and Teresa Novais, Universities Award proponents (Portuguese)
Sat. 29/10, 11h: José Pablo Ambrosi and Loreta Castro Reguera, curator of the exhibition (English)
Sun. 04/12, 11h: Helena Jerónimo and João Queiroz e Lima – Casca, exhibition design (Portuguese)
Mon. 05/12, 15h: Ana Vaz Milheiro, architect and researcher (Portuguese) — NEW
The Book
This book is part of a collection of pocket-size books for the sixth edition of Lisbon Architecture Triennale, edited by the curators of this exhibition and published in partnership with Circo de Ideias.
Through eight essays focusing on pressing issues in the architectural and urban design fields, Retroactive book reflects on the challenges and opportunities in addressing broken cities, which fail to provide services and optimal liveable conditions to their inhabitants, and in which one third of humanity dwells. Migration, land tenure, water, sanitation, overcrowding, waste, violence, and mobility are the guiding topics explored by the authors, creating a heterogeneous corpus of knowledge nurturing past, present, and future discussions on the fragile and constantly evolving relationship between human life and its environment.
Colophon
Editorial Concept
Loreta Castro Reguera and José Pablo Ambrosi
Essays by
Alberto Bolaños
Anthony Acciavatti
Cary Siress
Jota Samper
Kate Ascher
Laila Iskandar
Pablo Goldin
Rahul Mehrotra
Román Meyer
Sol Camacho
Translation of Román Meyer Falcón’s essay
Carla Ferreira de Castro
Copy Editing and Proofreading
Will Jennings
Published by
Circo de Ideias: Magda Seifert, Pedro Baía – Editorial Coordination; Beatriz Takahashi, Catarina Matos, Patrícia Coelho – Editorial Assistants
Graphic Design
barbara says…: Cláudia Castelo, António Silveira Gomes – Project Lead; Luísa Tudela – Design Assistant
Curators
Loreta Castro Reguera, José Pablo Ambrosi
Assistant Curators
Alberto Bolaños, Pablo Goldin Marcovich
Participants
Base Urbana + Pessoa Arquitetos
CONNATURAL
Colectivo C733
Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman
Orient Occident Atelier
ROOT Studio
Rural Urban Framework
Special Participation
Azra Aksamija
Melina Philippou
Universities Represented
Instituto Superior de Agronomia da Universidade de Lisboa (ISA)
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC)
Dalhousie University School of Architecture
University of Virginia School of Architecture
Exhibition Design
CASCA Arquitectura e Design
Graphic Design
barbara says…
Project Coordinator
Ricardo Batista
Production Assistants
Adrià Garrido Verdu
Raquel Sá Pereira
Assembly
Bruno Cecilio, Daniela Esteves, Joana Pinto Oliveira, Gustavo Café, Rui Matuto, Samuel Silva, Rafael Sabino, Diogo Santos
Tijuana Pavilion Construction
Bonifácio Figueiredo, LDA
Translations and Proofreading
Kennis Translations
Audiovisual
João Timóteo
Audiovisual Editing
João Moura
Model Production
FabLab Lisboa
Acknowledgments
For all the support: Taller Capital, FA UNAM, Holcim Foundation, SEDATU
For the support and advice in the production of the models: Carlos Roque, Rafael Calado, André Martins, Marcelo Moletta – FabLab Lisboa