1st Edition

Protest Architecture Structures of civil resistance

By Nick Newman Copyright 2024
208 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

208 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

A complex bamboo pyramid to block a busy crossing in London. A maze of 'mini Stonehenge' brick structures to hinder government crackdowns in Hong Kong. The takeover of a Dallas highway to create a temporary public square. Architects have often used their skills in struggles for civil rights, gender equality and climate justice. Illuminating the role that design has played in protest movements,... Read more

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1: Defining Protest Architecture

1.1 What is protest architecture?

1.2 A story of architecture and protest

1.3 Protest movements

1.4 The boundaries of protest architecture

1.5 Architectural precedents

Part 2: Forms of Protest Architecture

2.1 Reappropriation

2.2 Occupation

2.3 Alteration

2.4 Barricades

2.5 Tunnels

2.6 Treehouses

2.7 Tripods

2.8 Towers

2.9 Beacons

2.10 Pavilions and Exhibitions

2.11 Festivals

2.12 Student Proposals

2.13 New Forms of Practice

Part 3: Protest Design

3.1 Design Principles

3.2 Protest v Planning

3.3 Health and Safety and its Role in Protest

3.4 The Economics of Protest Architecture

3.5 Concepts and Messaging

3.6 Logistics

3.7 Professional and Legal Considerations

Afterword

Author Note

Recommended Reading

References

Image Credits

Biography

Nick Newman is a Director of Studio Bark and U-Build. He is a Passivhaus Designer and has contributed to a number of journals and publications, including Everything Needs to Change (RIBA Publishing, 2021), Environmental Design Pocketbook (RIBA Publishing, 2015) and the Passivhaus Designer’s Manual (Routledge, 2015). He speaks regularly at events on behalf of the studio and was named a ‘Rising Sustainability Star’ by Building magazine in 2014.