Cover (above) Chenyuhan Zuo
Over three years as a student the photographer repaired cracks in the urban surfaces of Beijing, Melbourne and London using a staple gun. The work questions the futility of an individual’s acts of repair against the forces of rapid urban change and ecological breakdown
Folio (lead image) Bridget Harvey
The artist's MEND MORE offers a positive view on the role of repair in climate action. Made as a placard for a climate march in 2015, the words ‘mend more buy less’ are appliquéd onto an acrylic jumper, calling for a ‘reskilling’ of domestic labour oriented around maintenance rather than convenience
Keynote
Repair plan
Lucy Benjamin
Building
Kafr ‘Aqab cultural hub by Riwaq in West Bank, Palestine
Luzan Munayer
Essay
Rebuilding Gaza
Nadi Abusaada
Retrospective
Theaster Gates
Anjulie Rao
Outrage
Prague station dismantled
Adam Štěch and Jan Bureš
Revisit
New Culture Studios by Demas Nwoko in Ibadan, Nigeria
Immaculata Abba
Reputations
Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng
Tao Zhu
Building
Chapex convention centre by AgwA and AJDVIV in Charleroi, Belgium
Eleanor Beaumont
Building
Ellebo social housing by Adam Khan Architects in Ballerup, Denmark
Morten Birk Jørgensen
Building
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape by Cooper Scaife Architects in Victoria, Australia
Michael McMahon
Building
Parque Prado by Edgar Mazo in Medellín Colombia
Felipe Walter
Interview
Kader Attia
Kristina Rapacki
Film
Repairing Allensworth
Abiba Coulibaly
Books
Reparations as reconstruction
Huda Tayob
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