The Great Repair

After touring Berlin (2023) and Paris (2024), the exhibition The Great Repair arrives in Nairobi in July 2026, in an expanded format curated by Munyu, a collective of Kenyan artists.

This architecture exhibition explores the ecological and ethical challenges of our time, addressing issues of care, repair, maintenance, and transformation of the built environment in the era of ecological collapse.

Through the work of various architects and studios from around the world, the exhibition highlights practices and narratives that serve as a counterpoint to extractivist and consumption-oriented models—addressing issues such as environmental degradation, resource depletion, and socio-spatial inequalities, many of which are rooted in colonial legacies.

In parallel with the exhibition, and in collaboration with the Munyu curatorial team, Eléonore Labattut (ETC) is developing a podcast series conceived as a contextual extension of these themes. The goal is to expand the exhibition’s exploration of ecological restoration, care practices, material reuse, and environmental justice, situating these issues within the specific spatial, social, and climatic conditions of Kenya. The series will consist of six episodes, featuring the voices of architects, activists, and researchers who, through the diversity of their practices and perspectives, will explore, expand upon, and contextualize the wide range of issues raised by the exhibition.