What If Every Building Had a Heat Refuge?
A safe room for extreme heat sounds simple. Making it real means designing for solar gain, power failure, access and care—then testing the weakest link before the next heatwave.
What If a Neighbourhood Could Share Its Tools Reliably?
What if useful equipment were neighbourhood infrastructure? A library of things must solve peak demand, maintenance and fair access before borrowing can replace ownership.
A City Should Know What Its Buildings Are Made Of
What if buildings were a city’s future parts store? Material passports can expose reusable components—but only if timing, trust, labour and liability are designed too.
Ideas at the Limit: Following a Thought Until It Changes Shape
Alkemata’s new project dossiers take a modest idea, push it to its most consequential form, stress-test its effects, and work backwards towards a practical experiment.
A Social Network Designed to Leave You Alone
What if an online network protected attention instead of consuming it—and measured success by the understanding, trust and work that continued after people logged out?