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Airoots Archive

This project digitized articles by Rahul Srivastava and Matias Echanove for airoots / ɛəruːts /, a blog covering diverse topics like adventitious roots, urban forests, villages, natural cities, lost tribes, new nomads, and everything in between.

Speculative Urbanism and Concrete Fictions

Speculative Urbanism and Concrete Fictions

The article discusses global anxieties about population growth and the housing crisis, arguing that the fear of slums and the inability to provide affordable housing stem from faulty policies and a lack of imagination rather than the actual capacity to house people. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the factors contributing to the urban crisis, such as land arrangements and speculation, in order to address the issue effectively.

9th May 2015 - Airoots Archive