Repair

i have no desire to “fix” our current infrastructure — i only want to repair the bonds that have been severed by it. i believe in repair as a way of remembering ancestral and communal relationships and intelligence. to remember is an act of rebellion. it requires accountability, practice, and intent, which are all counter in a society... See more

Not all houses age like this. For it to happen, the mathematician and architect Christopher Alexander writes, the design must allow you to “mess around with it and progressively change it to bring it into an adapted state with yourself, your family, the climate, whatever.” Often, modern houses make this harder. They force you to live inside a... See more

5. repair as above, or allow to decay