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One might notice an accepted pigeonholing in the way we’ve been conditioned to perceive and engage with our world—we often tend to submit everything to the simplest possible factors, into biases and binaries of comprehension. Yet, historically, our existence and ensuing creations prove a delightful contrast. The current gamut is tethered in the way we are allowed to think, perpetuate, and create. What happens when we decide to step out of those clinically neat lines?

By scaling and exploring the pluralistic (read: inclusive) realms and approaches to creativity, we uncover an entire range of energies to harness, that may otherwise remain dormant. This exposure lets us demand that we think more intimately about the influence of growing creative cultures under contemporary systems, while questioning what this evolving creative gamut achieves.

This week’s issue scales a gamut of works within the creative landscape: MoMA's 'Emerging Ecologies' examines over 150 projects tracing the rise of the environmental movement in the US, and its influence on the architectural practice; Flavio Manzoni, the Chief Design Officer at Ferrari, attributes the ‘limitless horizons’ of his architectural education to his cross-functional approach to creating; through intricate embroideries, artists Varunika Saraf and Nour Shantout reclaim and participate in the trailblazing contributions of feminists before them.

There is wealth that awaits in the creative gamut, where fluid, diverse, and inclusive dialogues become mainstream. In this decisive moment, we must introspect and ascertain how to build this pluralistic future.

Amit Gupta

Ferrari’s Flavio Manzoni on finding the route between dream and reality
See

Kawamichiya Kosho-An Restaurant renews a 110-year-old Kyoto townhouse

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Think

Stefan Riekeles on ‘Anime Architecture’ & Neo-Tokyo’s urbanscape

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Inspire

Behind artists’ embroideries: Varunika Saraf and Nour Shantout on their process

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Platform for architecture and urbanism

Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023

This year's edition, curated by Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo, will explore links between scarcity, creativity, and design.

11 NOV 2023 - <br>10 MAR 2024
Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023

Date

11 NOV 2023 -
10 MAR 2024

LOCATION

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

CONTACT

[email protected]

Titled 'The Beauty of Impermanence: An Architecture of Adaptability,' the 2023 Triennial will address how issues of scarcity in the Global South have created a culture of re-use, re-appropriation, collaboration, innovation, and adaptation.

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NEWS

'ZEMLYA' by Serhii Makhno emotes archaism and futurism in clay

'ZEMLYA' by Serhii Makhno emotes archaism and futurism in clay

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Separator

Designer Mimi Shodeinde’s products embody the poetry of movement

Designer Mimi Shodeinde’s products embody the poetry of movement

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Emerging Ecologies

MoMA traces the rise of environmentalism via a multimedia exhibit.

14 MIN READ

Vladimir Belogolovsky

Emerging Ecologies

The exhibition 'Emerging Ecologies' treats environmental architecture as a counterculture that flourished and died out. Except it didn’t!

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