The Grammar of the Unbuilt

Publisher: Arts of The Working Class

Institute: In collaboration with Architects 4 Tempelhofer Feld

Location: Berlin, Germany

Date: 2025-09-10

Theme: Ecologies of Pause at Tempelhofer Feld

What happens when homes stop reflecting who we are, and start erasing us instead? Once handmade and memory-filled, living spaces have become sterile, optimized, and commodified. We no longer build homes; we consume them. Through the lens of Marx’s estrangement, this reflective piece explores how domestic life has been shaped and stripped by convenience, capitalism, and crisis. But in the cracks of disaster and displacement, could there be room to reclaim imagination? To re-craft spaces that remember, reflect, and resist? This monologue, invites us to rethink what it truly means to live and belong.