Transition as Condition: Reconstruction in Times of War and Environmental Crisis

Harvard GSD

Urban design and architecture operate not only under conditions of transition and persistent instability, but increasingly also under the dynamics of crisis. Violent disruption and catastrophic events – acts of war and environmental disasters – are increasingly frequent and ubiquitous conditions of urbanization. They are also inextricably intertwined: the destruction of war spurs natural disasters; environmental crises create conflict.These events can no longer be considered as isolated or…