Archrypt. The archive for the post-apocalyptic future to exorcise architecture’s end

​​Architecture has always interfaced with the constant threat of disasters, making its performative capabilities available. In contemporary times, the succession of different catastrophes has accelerated the perception of a global situation in a state of perpetual balance. Taking the threat of a more or less imminent end(s) of the world(s) to its extremes, this research explores the idea of collecting and archiving the architectural responses developed in contexts marked by specific criticalities, hypothesizing a time capsule to be entrusted to posterity in a future post-apocalyptic society. By embracing an intentionally speculative narrative, Archrypt aims to define a repertoire of theories and projects, delineating a cultural archive that simultaneously embodies both an operational and memory-preserving device for a distant and uncertain future. Archrypt is a critical work on the necessity of transmitting “the memory of architecture” and “the architecture of memory.” Archrypt is an active experimental device that interrogates the disciplinary role within a state of permacrisis.y role within a perennial crisis.

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Limaq
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2025-05-29
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https://doi.org/10.26439/limaq2025.n015.7671
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Architecture, Design, and Social History
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Archrypt. The archive for the post-apocalyptic future to exorcise architecture’s end

Gianluca Croce, Valentina Rodani, Mariacristina D'Oria
Limaq
Architecture, Design, and Social History
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Archrypt. The archive for the post-apocalyptic future to exorcise architecture’s end

Gianluca Croce, Valentina Rodani, Mariacristina D'Oria
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Abstract

​​Architecture has always interfaced with the constant threat of disasters, making its performative capabilities available. In contemporary times, the succession of different catastrophes has accelerated the perception of a global situation in a state of perpetual balance. Taking the threat of a more or less imminent end(s) of the world(s) to its extremes, this research explores the idea of collecting and archiving the architectural responses developed in contexts marked by specific criticalities, hypothesizing a time capsule to be entrusted to posterity in a future post-apocalyptic society. By embracing an intentionally speculative narrative, Archrypt aims to define a repertoire of theories and projects, delineating a cultural archive that simultaneously embodies both an operational and memory-preserving device for a distant and uncertain future. Archrypt is a critical work on the necessity of transmitting “the memory of architecture” and “the architecture of memory.” Archrypt is an active experimental device that interrogates the disciplinary role within a state of permacrisis.y role within a perennial crisis.

Limaq(015)
University of Trieste (IT), Federico II University Hospital (IT), Politecnico di Milano (IT)
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Architecture, Design, and Social History
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Archrypt. The archive for the post-apocalyptic future to exorcise architecture’s end — Gianluca Croce, Valentina Rodani, et al. · Limaq (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS