The club likes seriesHere’s the 2nd part of our selection of women and their works in the fields of political activism, film and literature. Leslie Kernwriter of the book 'Feminist City, Claiming Space in a Man-Made World' Verso Books, 2019Callie Khouri (b. 1957)wrote...
The Architect as Worker | Part 2
"Why did we architects give up on the worker?" tackles the question of responsibility of architects, be it towards construction workers, the environment or society as a whole.Part of clubexpress is working in the creative sector, and some of us are soon-to-be...
The Architect as Worker | Part 1
We're all aware how precarious the work situations in the creative field are. Are we?Architects, as part of this sector, are trained to work endless hours, unpaid overtime and to see their work more as calling than a job.The texts in the book "The Architect as...
Iannis Xenakis — Polytopes
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2011), was a Greek/French composer, architect and engineer and a pioneer in the use of mathematical models in music and applied stochastic processes. Xenakis has been an important influence on the development of electronic and computer music. He...
Iannis Xenakis – Philipps Pavillon
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2011), was a Greek/French composer, architect and engineer and a pioneer in the use of mathematical models in music and applied stochastic processes. Xenakis has been an important influence on the development of electronic and computer music. He...
Being Black in the EU – Racial discrimination in access to housing
Figure: Prevalence of perceived racial discrimination in access to housing in 5 years before the survey, by country (%) (2018)(EU-MIDIS II) by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency’s (FRA) Key findings:"One in five respondents of African descent (21 %) felt racially...
Being Black in the EU – Unequal access to housing
Unequal access to housing — Being Black in the EUPart 1: The percentage of black people living in deprived housing in the EU in comparison to the general population. Due to systematic discrimination in housing policy, communities of colour often live in poor housing...
Glossary: Housing Poor
The term house poor or housing poor (derived from the term working poor) describes a person who spends a disproportionally large amount of their monthly income on housing expenses. Accordingly, the expenses for housing should not exceed 30% of a person's income....
Extrastatecraft: The Power Of Infrastructure Space – Keller Easterling
What are the variables, the spatial matrix and forces shaping most of todays build space? How can infrastructure be understood today?Extrastatecraft: The Power Of Infrastructure Space by the architect, writer and Yale Professor Keller Easterling unfolds todays...