Ministry of Happiness
Ministry of Happiness
GDP and continuous growth as a measure of development is a capitalist construct which is no longer compatible with the challenges of climate change and social inequality we face. Progressive societies are starting to value measures of happiness and well-being as the alternative measure of success. This projects imagines a new Ministry of Happiness and Wellbeing for London, in one of the most prominent of locations, the Serpentine Lake, which signifies the importance of which a progressive new future society might hold such values.
GDP and continuous growth as a measure of development is a capitalist construct which is no longer compatible with the challenges of climate change and social inequality we face. Progressive societies are starting to value measures of happiness and well-being as the alternative measure of success. This projects imagines a new Ministry of Happiness and Wellbeing for London, in one of the most prominent of locations, the Serpentine Lake, which signifies the importance of which a progressive new future society might hold such values.
“Los Angeles is a schizophrenic city,” says Ernedina Delgadillo, “One that, since its American adoption, has always looked to the future and run from the past.
Los angeles the city of dream, has always been about looking into the future and ignoring the history. The scheme however, investigate a part of history which dwells on LA major housing problem - ‘blighted’ areas.
The site on which the LA Dodgers Baseball stadium is built, Chavez Ravine, was once home to a thriving Mexican-Amercan community. The displacement of this community prior to the construction of the stadium is controversial. The scheme is situated in an imagined future in which the displaced community win back a right of occupancy, leading to a complex cohabitation within the stadium.
