The Great Repair is an oxymoron. The title captures the convergence of two seemingly
contradictory principles: the revolutionary ambition for systemic change and the evolutionary
act of repair. Despite the justified (postmodern) skepticism toward revolution as a concept of
rupture we must not abandon our aspiration to bring about profound transformation. The
philosopher Eva von Redecker formulates this thought along similar lines in this issue: Two
English language issues of ARCH+ Magazine for Architecture and Urbanism are published in
collaboration with Spector Books to accompany the exhibition. The first issue (ARCH+ The Great
Repair - Politics of the Repair Society May 2023) serves as a theoretical introduction to the
topic while the second (ARCH+ The Great Repair - A Catalog of Practices) introduces practices
of repair and will be published on the occasion of the exhibition's opening as a catalog.
