As I am writing this, I am fully aware of the extravagant ridiculousness of comparing refugee crises and cold war politics to being told by your mom not to wear her dresses in public, but still I persist because I am trying to be five years old again, and trying to imagine the architecture practice that a kid would have.
If we agree that Athens is an angry city that keeps protesting, could it be that’s why it seems to be becoming more popular by the minute? Could that be why documenta decided to visit, and why kids decide to stay? If there was one way to describe our time, it would be one of continuous protest, whether political, financial, or ecological; we always have to be against something, and perhaps Athens is the place to do exactly that.
Positions is an initiative by e-flux Architecture.