‘Reciprocity provokes us to think about the world at large, to reflect upon our conduct towards the environment and the symbiotic relationships between human and non-human life.’
ArchiFringe 2025
Tom Morton and Becky Little are co-hosting a free online event discussing construction material culture in the context of Rights of Nature, the Pluriverse and Theory of Care. They will discuss their recent work and invite audience dialogue in a collaboration with Scottish Ecological Design Association, Earth Building UK & Ireland, Arc Architects, Rebearth and the Architecture Fringe.
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EARTHBOUND - Reimagining Construction | Architecture Fringe
Tuesday 17th June 2025, 18.30 – 20.00
Architecture is a relational practice - so what would the earth say about our relationship?
At the heart of the climate and Nature crisis are human ways of being apart from Nature, rather than a part of Nature. This is especially true in the built environment, with sand now declared an endangered natural resource by the United Nations and more of the world’s surface man-made than natural.
How can Construction live in Nature on a level playing field?
Are ‘land use’ and ‘natural resource’ valid design terms in a Pluriverse of beings?
Does the land belong to people or do people belong to the land?
What does a generative approach to construction minerals look like?
What can we learn from 400 generations of indigenous building in Scotland?
What does earth teach us about time, violence and the circular economy?
How can Theory of Care reveal human entanglement with soil?
If Scotland had a Constitution, where would soil sit in the Rights of Nature?
What practices can we use to hear the voice of earth in our work?
