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Shattering the Narrative
What if we could go back in time with the knowledge we have today? What if we distance ourselves and try to view our territory as if from childhood? Would we think the same way? More importantly still, would we behave the same way? The following narrative endeavors to serve as a manifesto for reflection and a call to action—individual action, yes, but mainly collective. It is a manifesto with more questions than answers, because as a method, we believe in the power of asking the right questions, as a kind of brainstorming to find solutions that will solve problems. In fact, it is a manifesto viewed through a conversation between Marvin, a boy who lives on the moon after the Earth’s collapse, hastened by nuclear disaster, and Heidi, a girl who lives in the rural Swiss mountains. It is important to shatter a prevailing narrative in which, in cities, there is always an air of superiority toward the countryside… and to be able to construct an urban–rural model for the future by blurring borders and improving the better part of our territorial planning model so that solutions are not divorced from the origin of the problem. For it is an erroneous premise that breeds our inability to question the true causes of the environmental degradation we face. The climate emergency obliges us, without excuse or delay, to refashion this city-country blueprint, to dismantle the borders between rural and urban, because we continue to propose solutions to the challenges of our time from and for cities, as if they were autonomous entities independent of other territories. Hence, there is a need to reflect on the right to territorial solidarity and dignified conditions for all people with an integrated vision for our future survival, reduced uncertainty, and people at the center of all decision-making. These issues might seem obvious, but we have forgotten them in the last decades. That’s why Heidi is here to remind Marvin.
Shattering the Narrative
What if we could go back in time with the knowledge we have today? What if we distance ourselves and try to view our territory as if from childhood? Would we think the same way? More importantly still, would we behave the same way? The following narrative endeavors to serve as a manifesto for reflection and a call to action—individual action, yes, but mainly collective. It is a manifesto with more questions than answers, because as a method, we believe in the power of asking the right questions, as a kind of brainstorming to find solutions that will solve problems. In fact, it is a manifesto viewed through a conversation between Marvin, a boy who lives on the moon after the Earth’s collapse, hastened by nuclear disaster, and Heidi, a girl who lives in the rural Swiss mountains. It is important to shatter a prevailing narrative in which, in cities, there is always an air of superiority toward the countryside… and to be able to construct an urban–rural model for the future by blurring borders and improving the better part of our territorial planning model so that solutions are not divorced from the origin of the problem. For it is an erroneous premise that breeds our inability to question the true causes of the environmental degradation we face. The climate emergency obliges us, without excuse or delay, to refashion this city-country blueprint, to dismantle the borders between rural and urban, because we continue to propose solutions to the challenges of our time from and for cities, as if they were autonomous entities independent of other territories. Hence, there is a need to reflect on the right to territorial solidarity and dignified conditions for all people with an integrated vision for our future survival, reduced uncertainty, and people at the center of all decision-making. These issues might seem obvious, but we have forgotten them in the last decades. That’s why Heidi is here to remind Marvin.
Shattering the Narrative
Sustainable Development Goals Series
Hilal, Sandi (editor) / Bedir, Merve (editor) / Ramsgaard Thomsen, Mette (editor) / Tamke, Martin (editor) / Atutxa, Matxalen Acasuso (author) / Angeles López Amado, Mª (author) / Maceiras, Natalia Brener (author) / Landázuri, Sonia Puente (author) / Vázquez, Aurea Soto (author) / Elvira Carregado Pazos, M. (author)
World Congress of Architects ; 2023 ; Copenhagen, Denmark
2023-09-28
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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