描述

Heatherwick Studio | Kéré Architecture | Sebastião Salgado | CAUKIN Studio | Mars Architectes | Abari | Studio Anna Heringer | Rizvi Hassan | Terunobu Fujimori

The tree is a heavy symbol. When we plant a tree, we think of the old tree that gave us the seed, we think of the cycles of life we are cultivating and of the good that will outlive us when we die. The tree can turn from object to ornament, resource to material; its meanings and stories stretch beyond the known natural lifecycle of the tree and into literature we read, the art we consume and the streets we walk. The AR October issue considers that full lifecycle, from planting to growing to cutting, and beyond. Since trees are seen as more valuable dead than alive, we also question the extent to which timber is co-opted to exacerbate, rather than counter, the climate catastrophe. This issue features projects by Terunobu Fujimori, Kéré Architecture, Studio Anna Heringer, Abari, CAUKIN Studio, Mars Architectes, Rizvi Hassan, Heatherwick Studio and contributions by Sebastião Salgado, Sophie Sapp Moore, Ali Karimi, and many, many more.

AR October 2021

Tree

Keynote: Plantationocene, Sophie Sapp Moore
Little Island in New York City, US by Heatherwick Studio, Elissaveta M Brandon
Cultivating the arts, Ali Karimi
Urban lumber, Erin Putalik
Burkina Institute of Technology in Koudougou, Burkina Faso by Kéré Architecture, Jennifer Tobolla and Philipp Meuser
Bunggabi, Brian Martin
Indigenous tree knowledges in Amazonia, Ana María Durán Calisto
Interview: Sebastião Salgado, Sabrina Syed
Violence of planting in Israel-Palestine, Liat Berdugo
The wood wide web, Anna Souter
Indonesia’s endangered architecture, Marcel Vellinga
In practice: CAUKIN Studio, Harrison Marshall
Apartment building in Paris, France by Mars Architectes, Justinien Tribillon
Outrage: Land dispossession and rubber plantations, Gregg Mitman
Uncorked, Oliver Wilton and Matthew Barnett Howland
Building with bamboo, Pranathi
Case study: Kopila Valley School in Surkhet, Nepal by Abari
Case study: Anandaloy community centre in Rudrapur, Bangladesh by Studio Anna Heringer
Case study: Safe space for Rohingya women and girls in Teknaf, Bangladesh by Rizvi Hassan
Reputations: Terunobu Fujimori, Dana Buntrock
Round the tree houses, Eleanor Beaumont

Editorial contributors
Edwina Attlee
Ali Karimi
Elise Limon
Sabrina Syed