Rethinking Materiality critically examines how the time-value of money has nudged architects towards the code-based design, over-standardisation, and industrialised production of building components. It looks at consumption of finite natural resources alongside their impact on human wellbeing and human resourcefulness. The act of building produces knowledge, just as the resulting knowledge produces buildings.
Participants
ANUPAMA KUNDOO, Pune, India, 1968. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany, and Pondicherry, India.
Technical Collaborators
Urban Eco-Community: Ambalavanan (Structural Engineer); Volontariat Homes for Homeless Children: Ray Meeker (Firing Technology Guidance and Supervisor); Vinayagam (Construction); Wall House: Swaminathan (Headmason)
Team
Urban Eco-Community: Sonali Phadnis (Assistant Architect); Javier Callejas (Photographer); Volontariat Homes for Homeless Children: Javier Callejas (Photographer); Andres Herzog (Photographer); Alka Hingorani (Photographer); Wall House: Javier Callejas (Photographer)
