ASSEMBLE: Building Collective

ASSEMBLE: Building Collective is the long-awaited monograph on the Turner Prize-winning multidisciplinary architecture collective Assemble, gathering more than a decade of their groundbreaking collaborative work.

Assemble are not your usual architects. They work as a collective, where everything from which projects to take on to who clears away lunch is decided by the group. Formed in 2010 to conceive, build and run a temporary cinema on the site of a disused petrol station, they went on to design the celebrated Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art in London and the workshops at Atelier Luma in Arles, alongside numerous community projects such as playgrounds and public spaces. The fact that in 2015 they scooped the prestigious Turner Prize more often given to mid-career artists along the way gives some indication of the nature of their surprising, collaborative work and its cultural impact.This book is the result of extensive conversations between the group and architecture critic Aaron Betsky, bringing together all of their significant projects to date through photographs, drawings and their own words.

Assemble is a London-based organisation who design and make buildings, artworks, gardens, playgrounds, furniture, exhibitions and events. They develop business plans, project strategies and create organisations. They design, construct and manage workspaces. They curate, teach, write books, publish research and lecture publicly.

Founded in 2010 by a group of friends to undertake a single self-built project, Assemble’s organisational structure has changed shape over the years. They continue to work co-operatively, valuing debate and collaboration as a partnership. Assemble operate using a constellation model, collaborating between ourselves and with others to create award winning projects.

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