Audio-Introduction : Groundwork - To Build Law

To Build Law This is an audio-introduction to the exhibition To Build Law, on show at the Canadian Centre for Architecture from 10 December 2024 to 22 May 2025. According to a 2020 report by the UN Environment Programme, the construction industry accounts for at least 38 per cent of carbon emissions globally , operating with narrow methods geared toward profit. Buildings are held as assets, torn down, and redeveloped, with limited consideration of community and environmental impacts. Meanwhile, housing crises escalate. Evidently, a systemic shift in the way we build and value our built environment is urgently needed. To Build Law follows bplus.xyz (b+) and station.plus (s+) as they establish a policy lab, HouseEurope!, to propose industry reforms and shift cultural norms. The film closely observes the b+ team during various phases of conceptualization and development of a European Citizens' Initiative meant to incentivize renovation over demolition and new construction. Through this bottom-up legal tool, architecture becomes an open process of establishing partners, drafting legislation, filming stories, strategizing communications, coordinating campaigns, collecting votes, and building a movement. To Build Law is the second chapter of Groundwork , a three-part film and exhibition series exploring the conceptual development and field research of contemporary architects cultivating alternative modes of engagement with new project sites.

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Audio-Introduction : Groundwork - To Build Law is an episode from Canadian Centre for Architecture / Centre Canadien d’Architecture by CCA.

This episode is 13:05 long.

This episode was published on Jun 23, 2025.

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