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Amy Frearson | 19 November 2019 | 3 comments

This year's Oslo ArchitectureTriennale looks at degrowth, aneconomic strategy that calls for areduction of both production andconsumption, and asks whatarchitecture could do to supportit. Dezeen editor-at-large AmyFrearson picks out 10 of the mostinteresting ideas.

Enough: The Architecture ofDegrowth is on show in venuesacross the Norwegian capital until24 November. It explores differentways that architecture couldrespond to "a time of climateemergency and social division".

Central to the concept is the ideathat continuous economic growthis part of the problem. Itproposes that a degrowtheconomy, rather than a capitalisteconomy, offers the answers.

Degrowth promotes sharingand co-operation"Degrowth is a designed reductionof total energy and material use torealign society with planetarylimits, while improving people'slives and distributing resourcesfairly," explained Phineas Harper,one of the triennale's curators, in arecent column on Dezeen.

"It is an economic model thatrecognises that the route togreater welfare for all is not one ofmore extraction and expansion,but of more sharing and co-operation."

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The Library, one of the mainvenues for the exhibition,showcases a series of architectureand design proposals that alignwith this attitude.

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Source materials first, designsecondItalian design and research studioGisto proposes a new approach tothe design process. Rather thancoming up with a concept first andthen finding the materials for it,the designers suggests startingwith the materials and shaping adesign around them.

This project, called Multiplo,shows some of the structures thatcan be made out of typicalelements found on demolitionsites, from old window frames toventilation fixtures.

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Use recycled materials forbespoke solutionsArtist Kalle Grude uses elementsthat building companies throwaway to create transientstructures, which can easily betaken apart after use and recycledagain. He doesn't see the point inusing new materials when thereare used materials everywhere.

For the triennale, he created atable with integrated seating to beused by visitors. After the show isover, it will be disassembled sothat the materials can be usedelsewhere. He calls thedesign Shelter for One Stone, OneTree Two People and Four Birds.

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Called Another Column, theproject is based around a large-scale empty bag that can be easilytransported to a site. Once filled, ittransforms into a structural objectof its own, in the spirit of thetraditional sand bag.

Develop zero-carboninfrastructureCanadian architecture studioLateral Office has developed aseries of eco-friendlyinfrastructure models, based onthe remote coastal outposts ofNewfoundland. Typically theseoutports function by harvestingresources and power from the landand sea, but Lateral Office wantedto show that another option could

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Design buildings that leave notraceIlford Demountable TimberStructure is a design for acommunity market andhydroponic farm that will sit on acar park for five years, then moveto a new location. Interrobang –a London-based architecture andengineering studio led by one ofthe triennale's curators, MariaSmith – developed the projectwith the ambition to leave the siteexactly as they found it.

The design includes gabion walls,filled with material found locally,and hardwood skis that help todistribute the building's loadevenly across the ground.

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Share resources withoutcompromiseCo-living models are becomingmore popular, but there are stillmany people that are unsureabout them, largely due toconcerns about having to sharethings that are important to them.For some people it could be a car,for others it might be a vacuumcleaner.

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Generate social activity aroundsharing economiesWashing, like many domesticchores, is a resource-heavyactivity that contributes to socialisolation. Henry Lefroy Brooksimagines that, in a sharingenvironment, washing couldbecome a social activity while alsohaving a reduced impact on theenvironment.

Brooks' proposal, The CivicLaundrette, imagines aamphitheatre made out ofwashing machines positioned inthe heart of a community, like apublic plaza. A model of the designis on show at the triennale inside areal washing machine.

Use natural, biodegradablematerialsArchitects and researchersMadeleine Kessler, MioTsuyenama and Hans-ChristofSchulz want to encouragedesigners to build structures outof microbial materials, which canbe just as strong as plastic-basedmaterials, but are far less

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Their project, Hidden Half World,features two stools out ofmycelium, with one on showinside and the other outside. Theone outside has been slowlydecomposing as the triennale goeson, so that it can be returned tosoil once the event is over.

Find sustainable forms oftourismNanotourism, a project by DeklevaGregorič Architects and studentsfrom the AA, explores alternativesto international travel, which canbe socially and environmentallydestructive. It looks at ways ofoffering experiences that peoplecan enjoy without having to takelong journeys.

Examples include a levitation suitwhich allows guests to sleep inmid-air like astronauts, and a"wearable glass of wine".

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This is great. This is what we need. Shrinkthis economy of overconsumption,promising people a green future throughbuying the right products. That's bs. Butre-use is the answer. I want morebuildings without program with 200 yearlifespans, that can be redefinedindefinitely.

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