Shaping discourse

A selection of recordings of lectures and texts by members of Spolka – in English. In addition to these, you will also find here an overview of our projects that aim to educate and disseminate knowledge about urban planning beyond the 'established track'.

Photo from the lecture Introduction to tree representation. The lecture was part of the Drawing Trees workshop. © Monika Kováčová, Kunsthalle Bratislava 2022

Lectures & talks

03/2021 | Talk for KRUH architektury: Durability. Does it work (and how)? where we discussed with Dutch government architect Liesbeth van der Pol about the sustainable direction of architecture is available as a recorded video on Artyčok.TV (87′).

10/2020 | Conference paper: Mapping with Care as an Outline for Post-neoliberal Architecture Methodologies – Tools of the “Never-Never school”. Watch our presentation in the archive of the (UN)PLANNED CITY online conference.

Texts by Spolka

In addition to the articles listed below, Spolka has also published several of its own publications, handbooks and zines. All of them can be found on our e-shop.

02/2024 | Spolka. “There is no universal design, you can't build something that works for everybody.” – INTERVIEW WITH JOS BOYS, MAG D A mag.

11/2022 | Lýdia Grešáková. City, (Climate) Refugees and Architecture: Acknowledging New Roles, New Professions and Old Professions That Matter, as part of the Slovak project Year of Climate Care 2022.

08/2022 | Zuzana Tabačková. Transforming Spatial Practices Through Knowledges on the Margins. Urban Planning, 7(3), 219-229.

07/2022 | Spolka. We the Educators. Tools for learners and teachers with climate-care, as part of the Slovak project Year of Climate Care 2022.

09/2021 | Zuzana Tabačková. Spaces of Collectivity, wissenderkuenste.de online publication.

10/2020 | Lýdia Grešáková, Zuzana Tabačková, Zuzana Révészová. Mapping with Care as an Outline for Post-neoliberal Architecture Methodologies – Tools of the “Never-Never school”, Architektúra & Urbanizmus (2020, Volume 54, No. 1 – 2).

Projects