Patrik Schumacher
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German architect and theorist; principal of Zaha Hadid Architects from 2016, as of 2026, after joining the firm in 1988 and becoming a partner in 2002. Writes…
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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Site: patrikschumacher.com (opens patrikschumacher.com)
“Growth: The Existential Stakes and the Fatal Chokepoint”
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Site: patrikschumacher.com (opens patrikschumacher.com)
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18 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The degrowth premise that natural limits have been breached contradicts the historical record. (opens korrents.com)
“The degrowth premise-that we have breached fixed natural limits-inverts the actual historical record. It is precisely growth that has, again and again, dissolved the limits that were confidently declared final: the…”
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The built environment and planning regulations act as a major brake on British economic growth. (opens korrents.com)
“If we ask where the single greatest self-inflicted brake on British growth is to be found, the answer is unambiguous: the built environment. Here, uniquely, there is hardly a market at all. Since the Town and Country…”
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Mandated affordable housing requirements increase the overall cost of building. (opens korrents.com)
“Every subsidised unit must be cross-subsidised by dearer market-rate units beside it, so each turn of the interventionist ratchet tightens the affordability crisis for everyone who fails to qualify for rationed…”
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The degrowth premise that natural limits have been breached contradicts the historical record. (opens korrents.com)