"Places Journal", Field Notes on Repair, n. 1-8

Over the last few decades, terms like reuse, recycling, recovery, and repair have invaded the architectural debate, wherein, too often, they have been interpreted mainly as superficial material practices – mostly to construct ambitious rhetorics or perpetuating aesthetic researches – rarely interrogating their deeper meanings and potentials. Field Notes on Repair marks a critical shift, moving away from this narrow understanding and instead, positioning repair as a philosophical, pedagogical, and cultural act pushing further the conviction that: “such practices are vitally important to our cultures and economies, our ecosystems and ecologies” (Field Notes on Repair, Introduction, Editorial Board).