The Architecture of Sharing: From Crisis to Resilience
The availability of housing in the Czech Republic – and even in a European context – is a major problem. It is influenced by a number of factors and it reflects in the quality and style of life of the residents. The current situation is being addressed by the latest project of the Applied Arts School in Prague (UMPRUM), “The Architecture of Sharing: From Crisis to Resilience,” dedicated to participatory housing as an alternative to traditional ownership or rental housing.
The authors are experts and graduates of UMPRUM, Klára Peloušková and Veronika Miškovičová, who work at SHIFT – the Laboratory for the Transition to Sustainability at UMPRUM, along with doctoral student from the Architecture Studio II, Kateřina Krebsová. They are dealing not only with the issue of housing availability but primarily with the possibilities of solving the housing crisis. One of the outlets they propose is participatory and community housing represented by the Czech initiative Shared Houses, whose partial projects in Prague and Děčín are based on collective management, adaptive reuse of properties, and a non-profit housing structure.
In an effort to better present the issue to the wider public, the authors chose an accessible and visually attractive form of an animated film. Students from the Animation and Film Studio, Julie Černá and Hanna Palamarchuk, participated in its creation under the direction of Michaela Režová. The film introduces viewers to both the experiences of collectives regarding the organization of community housing and the legal and financial framework of cooperatives and possibilities for its scaling. It combines documentary footage, interviews, and animation. Architecture in the film is conceived as a spatial and institutional infrastructure enabling long-term housing availability and system resilience. At the exhibition, in addition to the film, a website will also be available with accompanying texts and video interviews with members of Shared Houses and other experts.
“When sustainability is discussed in the context of architecture, concepts related to energy efficiency, cost increases, or the production of energy from renewable sources are usually emphasized. However, the most gentle toward the environment are renovations and conversions of existing buildings – and this is precisely the path that Shared Houses are taking. At the same time, a key social aspect of sustainability is crucial for them: they perceive housing primarily as a long-term place to live, not as an investment,” says project co-author Klára Peloušková.
The prestigious European show Dutch Design Week focuses on experimental and innovative design and addresses issues of sustainability and social problems. These very themes are included in the project “The Architecture of Sharing: From Crisis to Resilience,” which presents one of the economic and organizational models allowing for a collective response to the housing crisis and shared decision-making about how housing will be organized and what it will look like.
Exhibiting: Veronika Miškovičová & Klára Peloušková (SHIFT UMPRUM)
Creative Direction: Michaela Režová
Script: Kateřina Krebsová & Klára Peloušková
Animation and Visual Direction: Julie Černá & Hanna Palamarchuk
Graphics: Pavlína Smékalová & Sara Szyndler
Installation: Kateřina Krebsová & Veronika Miškovičová
Production: UMPRUM & Michaela Kaplánková
Thanks to: collectives První Vlaštovka and Vzletný Racek
The project was supported by the European Union through the National Recovery Plan as part of the Green Transformation of UMPRUM project, NPO_UMPRUM_MSMT-2132/2024-4.
More information can be found at: architectureofsharing.site, umprum.cz, shift.umprum.cz
The authors are experts and graduates of UMPRUM, Klára Peloušková and Veronika Miškovičová, who work at SHIFT – the Laboratory for the Transition to Sustainability at UMPRUM, along with doctoral student from the Architecture Studio II, Kateřina Krebsová. They are dealing not only with the issue of housing availability but primarily with the possibilities of solving the housing crisis. One of the outlets they propose is participatory and community housing represented by the Czech initiative Shared Houses, whose partial projects in Prague and Děčín are based on collective management, adaptive reuse of properties, and a non-profit housing structure.
In an effort to better present the issue to the wider public, the authors chose an accessible and visually attractive form of an animated film. Students from the Animation and Film Studio, Julie Černá and Hanna Palamarchuk, participated in its creation under the direction of Michaela Režová. The film introduces viewers to both the experiences of collectives regarding the organization of community housing and the legal and financial framework of cooperatives and possibilities for its scaling. It combines documentary footage, interviews, and animation. Architecture in the film is conceived as a spatial and institutional infrastructure enabling long-term housing availability and system resilience. At the exhibition, in addition to the film, a website will also be available with accompanying texts and video interviews with members of Shared Houses and other experts.
“When sustainability is discussed in the context of architecture, concepts related to energy efficiency, cost increases, or the production of energy from renewable sources are usually emphasized. However, the most gentle toward the environment are renovations and conversions of existing buildings – and this is precisely the path that Shared Houses are taking. At the same time, a key social aspect of sustainability is crucial for them: they perceive housing primarily as a long-term place to live, not as an investment,” says project co-author Klára Peloušková.
The prestigious European show Dutch Design Week focuses on experimental and innovative design and addresses issues of sustainability and social problems. These very themes are included in the project “The Architecture of Sharing: From Crisis to Resilience,” which presents one of the economic and organizational models allowing for a collective response to the housing crisis and shared decision-making about how housing will be organized and what it will look like.
Exhibiting: Veronika Miškovičová & Klára Peloušková (SHIFT UMPRUM)
Creative Direction: Michaela Režová
Script: Kateřina Krebsová & Klára Peloušková
Animation and Visual Direction: Julie Černá & Hanna Palamarchuk
Graphics: Pavlína Smékalová & Sara Szyndler
Installation: Kateřina Krebsová & Veronika Miškovičová
Production: UMPRUM & Michaela Kaplánková
Thanks to: collectives První Vlaštovka and Vzletný Racek
The project was supported by the European Union through the National Recovery Plan as part of the Green Transformation of UMPRUM project, NPO_UMPRUM_MSMT-2132/2024-4.
More information can be found at: architectureofsharing.site, umprum.cz, shift.umprum.cz
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