In the third year of this epochal war — which has destroyed some 210,000 buildings, according to a recent New York Times investigation — Russian forces continue to target civilian habitations in contravention of international law. When the city is a battleground, architecture becomes an act of defense and defiance. — The New York Times
Writing for the New York Times, critic Jason Farago deconstructs ‘Constructing Hope: Ukraine’ for its opening at the Center for Architecture. War always produces a kind of necessary architecture, but, he argues, the difference in this conflict is an all-hands (including busy techno djs) approach that has restored its reputation as well as a “common good” previously left behind in the country’s two-decade drive towards a “turbo capitalist” economy.
Curated by Ashley Bigham, Betty Roytburd, and Sasha Topolnytska, ‘Constructing Hope: Ukraine’ is open to the public now and will remain on view at the Center for Architecture’s 536 LaGuardia Place gallery in Manhattan until September 3rd.
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