Kanal Quarterly
Nº 12 · Autumn 2026 — Concrete Futures
Cities · Public space · Housing
Concrete Futures
Nº 12 · Autumn 2026 · 168 pages
Concrete is the most used material on earth after water, and the one we are most embarrassed by.
- 01FeatureThe Second Life of SlabsMira Okonkwo-Visserp. 014
- 02Public spaceWho Gets the Shade?Joost van der Kolkp. 038
- 03PolicyA Carbon Bill for Every BuildingAna Lúcia Ferrazp. 052
- 04InterviewBrutal, BelovedHanna Brekkep. 070
- 05Photo essayCast in Place: A Field GuideSem de Ridderp. 088
- 06ColumnLetters from the MixerTariq El Amranip. 160
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From the editor
“This issue does not ask whether we should love it or hate it. It asks what we do with the hundreds of millions of cubic metres already standing: the slabs, the car parks, the plazas nobody sits on.”
— Lieke Jansen, editor-in-chief
Cover story · p. 014
The Second Life of Slabs
Across northern Europe, post-war housing blocks are coming down at a rate of thousands of homes a year. A small group of engineers wants to take them apart instead, one panel at a time, and build them again somewhere else.
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