LB 18 - AFF Spore Initiative

The Long Books collection continues with a feature on the Spore project, the result of collective collaboration between clients, architects, engineers, project controllers, construction managers, and craft companies. A self-assured, if somewhat quirky presence, the Spore Initiative building interweaves several strands from almost 30 years of philanthropic work. Sited in Berlin-Neukölln, this place is a cross-pollination of understanding of environmental justice and corporate accountability, art and creativity, democratic practice and the preservation of biodiversity, and education understood as deeper learning. Maintaining the building and filling it with ideas remains the task of the users.