‘The urban subterranean in seven acts’ is a talk by Stephen Graham, author of Vertical: The City from Satellites to Bunkers – to mark the opening of the Arcam exhibition Sub terra on October 1, 2021.
With this recorded lecture, Graham identifies and underlines some of the key cultural, political and historical aspects of the subterrenian of cities that the exhibition engages with.
Sub terra
With the exhibition ‘Sub terra – New roots for underground urbanism’, Arcam explores the opportunities of building and living underground in Amsterdam and beyond. Sub terra will deepen your knowledge of the use of the subsurface through the ages and of future visions on underground housing, biodiversity and climate.