FAST is an architectural think tank based in Amsterdam and New York City, working at the intersection of architecture, urban planning, and human rights. Through design activism, exhibitions, publications, public events, and participatory design, FAST exposes systemic violence and develops alternatives, collaborative processes and designs that improve the built environment and the lives of those who inhabit it.
Our work spans a range of disciplines and scales. It includes the award-winning Atlas of the Conflict: Israel–Palestine; Village: One Land Two Systems and Platform Paradise; and BLUE: Architecture of UN Peacekeeping Missions, a long-term collaborative research initiative examining the impact of UN peace operations on cities, rural communities, and the environment. This work contributed, among other outcomes, to UN General Assembly resolution on peacekeeping.
In 2021, FAST was awarded the Silver Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale for Border Ecologies and the Gaza Strip: Watermelon, Sardines, Crabs, Sand, and Sediment, the subject of our forthcoming book with MACK.
FAST is an architectural think tank based in Amsterdam and New York City, working at the intersection of architecture, urban planning, and human rights. Through design activism, exhibitions, publications, public events, and participatory design, FAST exposes systemic violence and develops alternatives, collaborative processes and designs that improve the built environment and the lives of those who inhabit it.
Our work spans a range of disciplines and scales. It includes the award-winning Atlas of the Conflict: Israel–Palestine; Village: One Land Two Systems and Platform Paradise; and BLUE: Architecture of UN Peacekeeping Missions, a long-term collaborative research initiative examining the impact of UN peace operations on cities, rural communities, and the environment. This work contributed, among other outcomes, to UN General Assembly resolution on peacekeeping.
In 2021, FAST was awarded the Silver Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale for Border Ecologies and the Gaza Strip: Watermelon, Sardines, Crabs, Sand, and Sediment, the subject of our forthcoming book with MACK.
