Author: filipvis
We belong to an incredible ecosystem. One species among millions of others, striving to live together in a delicate balance.
It’s a vital connection, and one we can’t afford to lose. It’s time to look at our world – the natural world – in different ways.
Join us on an immersive exploration of radical ideas for the way we live. Where technology brings us closer to nature, and indigenous insight reconnects us to our roots. Enter the story of our future, with perspectives spanning art, science, activism – and more.
Imagine sitting down to eat, next to diners from other species. Commuting through a rewilded city, over a bridge made of roots. Immersing yourself in the magnificent underground world of soil.
Created with guest curators Caroline Till and Kate Franklin, discover dynamic responses to the climate emergency. Engage with our shared habitat like never before.
It’s Our Time on Earth. What are we going to do with it?
In this subtle, compassionate, and clear-eyed book, Yara Sharif offers architecture as both a tactic of physical resistance and a contesting form of knowledge and possibility – a critical mnemonic for a culture under erasure. Her profound mappings of Palestine beautifully harmonize space and life and, with courageous modesty, advance creativity and improvisation in defense of a beleaguered, precious, normality
Yara Sharif is a practicing architect and an academic, she is a lecturer at the University of Westminster and at Oxford Brookes University and is a partner at Golzari-NG Architects London, an award winning practice that has developed a reputation of working on sustainable community projects with specific interest in issues of cultural identity and responsive design. Her work generally stretches internationally where she mainly looks at design as a means to facilitate and empower forgotten communities, while also interrogating the relationship between politics and architecture. Sharif has co-founded Palestine Regeneration Team (PART); a design-led research group that aims to search for creative and responsive spatial practices in Palestine. Her research by design was granted the 2013 commendation award – RIBA’s President Award for Research for Outstanding PhD Thesis. Her built projects have won a number of awards. She was granted the 2016 RIBA President Award for Research (commendation) in the cities and communities category.