Schedule
Tue-Fri, 11:05 AM - 1:30 PM (1/24/2024 - 5/7/2024) Location: SLC HEIM 213
Fri, 11:05 AM - 1:30 PM (1/24/2024 - 5/7/2024) Location: SLC HEIM 209A
Description
In the 1970s, ideas of the commons focused on the separation of the public and private space through the notion of property, a capitalist tool leading to the continued commodification of land, site, and ground and furthering inequality and accessibility to resources. In the early 1980s, new positions began to envisage the city as “the commons.” This perspective conceived the city as a collection of shared resources within public spaces, where the public assembled for social interactions and decision-making, guided by aspirations for a more equitable society. The architectural discourse focused less on the relational and architectural co-produced transformations promoted by “commoning” practices as a reaction to crisis and necessity. Therefore, a notion of trans-property is central to understanding how sharing in a capitalist regime can occur critically through modes of living. While the prevailing production structures are in motion and inadequate, their transformation is essential for