HOCA2 – Cloisterf*ck

What holds a society together? What happens when the unwritten rules of belonging, power, and protest begin to unravel?
HOCA2 Cloisterf*ck explores the tension between civic space and civic duty, architecture and activism, graphic design and governmentality.

Featuring work from architects, artists, and researchers on the front lines of social and spatial struggle, this issue reimagines the built environment as a site of resistance and renewal.

With essays, visual investigations, and speculative pieces, Cloisterf*ck pushes back against the myth of neutral design—and asks: who gets to decide how we live together?

Perfect for designers, architects, activists, lecturers, and anyone trying to make public space less passive and more powerful.

Designed in East London with low-carbon production in mind
Printed in a limited run—no reprints
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Contents
‘Aesthetic Truth Work: Mixing Architecture with Journalism’ by Stijn Postema
‘Q&A on Architecture + Current Affairs’ interview with Paola Antonelli
‘Smokescreen’ by SITU / Bora Erden & Matt Cortright
‘Tears Topography’ by Timothy Chan
‘Data: the New Black Gold’ by Ibiye Camp
‘Land of Hope’ by Studio Hartzema & FRESH Research / Aikaterina Myserli & Henk Hartzema
‘Charting a Lean Middle Ground’ interview with James Dixon (Glenn Howells Architects)
‘Sustainable Architecture Avant la Lettre’ interview with Luc Deleu (T.O.P. Office)
‘Architecture is Always Late’ interview with Fernanda Canales
‘Lasting Glow’ by Yining Gao
‘The City Library for Common Collections’ by Mayssa Kanaan
‘The Future is Non-Binary’ interview with Christoph a. Kumpusch (Forward-slash)
‘Queering Crossrail’ by Francesca Rausa
‘Schrődinger’s City’ by Alexander Findley
Forum 3: ‘Bogged Down in Cementics’ with Anne Boddington, Enok Gåsland, John Zhang, Lenka Hámošová, moderated by Paula Minelgaitė

Details
Printed by Pressision Ltd, UK
Paperback, 103 x 195mm, 108 pp
ISSN 2632-4482 02
Edited by Paula Minelgaite
Published by House of Common Affairs, London, UK
Designed by Paula Minelgaite
200 copies printed in total