Architects VS Rest of the World is a participatory editorial project conceived by Itinerant Office, within the cultural agenda of the Association New Generations. It investigates an alternative way to produce on-line content and to mix analogical and technological tools, all with the aim of anticipating future trends. Since the beginning of the financial crisis our profession has changed significa
ntly. Collaboration, horizontal projects, multi-disciplinary teams, unconventional clients, and experimental economical models are just a few words to describe those changes. Architecture merges more and more with other disciplines and vice versa. To understand and anticipate these changes, multi-disciplinary confrontation is a necessity.
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"What is the role of the architect in contemporary society?"
Architects VS Rest of the World is a pilot research divided in 3 episodes. The first episode - namely "00_The role of the architect" - invites 100 special guests to answer the same question. Some of them are architects ( ), some others are experts from other fields and professions ( ) such as sociologists, artists, musicians, politicians, housewives, cooks ...
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From June 2015 to June 2016 each one on them will receive a special postcard with the same question: "What is the role of the architect in contemporary society?". Their answers will be collected in this website (and maybe later in a book, or exhibition). Different answers to the same question will be the first step to create a new constellation of meanings, and build a new map to anticipate possible scenarios for the future of architecture.
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