Theory
Maintenance and Care (the maintenance turn)
Explore in the Atlas →Mattern's reframing of maintenance, repair and care as central rather than residual to design and infrastructure; central statement of the 'maintenance turn' in design discourse, with care framed as ethics and repair as practice.
Care Labour Infrastructure
Details
- Introduced
- 2018
Referenced by
- Shannon Mattern proposed
- Maintenance and Care articulates
- Critical Care (architecture for a broken planet) extends
Sources
- Shannon Mattern. Maintenance and Care. 2018.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Maintenance and Care (the maintenance turn)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/maintenance-and-care/. Accessed July 17, 2026.