Unbuilding Ageism - e-flux

Editors Nick Axel, Ethel Baraona Pohl, Nikolaus Hirsch, Anna Puigjaner

Contributors Simon(e) van Saarloos, Mark Hammond, Niamh Kavanagh, Deane Simpson, Irina Davidovici, Edna Bonhomme, Mariana Delgado

“Ageism” is typically understood as a social phenomenon that relates to people who are above retirement age. However, there is an ongoing debate around what constitutes an older person, and whether “old age” should be chronologically defined, or rather linked to bodily conditions that arise as a result of aging processes. Within this context, care for older individuals is continuously shaped by evolving cultural, ideological, and political perspectives.

Unbuilding Ageism is a collaboration between e-flux Architecture and the Chair of Architecture and Care in the Department of Architecture at ETH Zürich.

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7 essays

The True Life: Dancing in Mexico City

Mariana Delgado

The world is everything that happens, they say. Outside the metro station closest to my house, every Saturday and Sunday between five in the afternoon and ten at night, what happens is a micro-dance.

The Race Against Death

Edna Bonhomme

While market predictions can vary widely depending on how anti-aging is defined and what it includes, what remains inevitable is our imminent death.

Growing Old Together at Home

Irina Davidovici

A society’s attitudes towards its ageing citizens come across in the most unexpected ways; not least, the language used to describe them.

Forever Young-Old in The Villages

Deane Simpson

Conceptualized by its founders as a “Disneyworld for active retirees,” The Villages realizes a master-planned age-segregated urbanism at an unprecedented scale.

Towards an Architecture of Allyship

Mark Hammond and Niamh Kavanagh

While ageism is often viewed as relatively benign and socially acceptable, its damage can be significant.

Waiting Without Growth

Simon(e) van Saarloos

For transitioning to stay true to its evocative character, it cannot be a stalled object or end at a fixed point.

Editorial

e-flux Architecture and Care.

Unbuilding Ageism is a collaboration between e-flux Architecture and the Chair of Architecture and Care in the Department of Architecture at ETH Zürich.

Subject

Architecture, Community, Domesticity, Health & Disease, The Body

Unbuilding Ageism is a collaboration between e-flux Architecture and the Chair of Architecture and Care in the Department of Architecture at ETH Zürich.

Contributors

Mariana Delgado The True Life: Dancing in Mexico City
Edna Bonhomme The Race Against Death
Irina Davidovici Growing Old Together at Home
Deane Simpson Forever Young-Old in The Villages
Mark Hammond and Niamh Kavanagh Towards an Architecture of Allyship
Simon(e) van Saarloos Waiting Without Growth
e-flux Architecture and Care. Editorial