We are all improvising. We are all making decisions. And we are all watching each other
improvise. Together we are improvising. Decisions become shared ones. We will have built this
city together. Convivial Ground invites the reader to discover the work of the
transdisciplinary European design-build network Constructlab piece by piece. Taking Ivan
Illich's understanding of conviviality as departure point the essays conversations stories
and images in the book reflect on the specificities of collaborative practices as situated
experiments as well as on their possible roles in the creation of convivial societies.
Exploring contemporary conditions of togetherness learning and working the book is not a
how-to guide but an invitation to cooperatively write new convivial narratives.
