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In the Age of Mass Unproductivity, people have been freed from the indoctrinating necessity of work. This radical paradigm shift has emancipated individuals from a context driven by the acquisition of capital, yet they are still traumatised by work. The structured control of late capitalism over the habits and routines performed in day-to-day life have left these people devoid of the skills necessary to engage with a post-work reality.
When work is no longer required for survival, and therefore no longer a focal point in life, dramatic change must be made to the habits and rituals practiced each day. The post-work becomes not only a social paradigm shift, but also a personal habitual shift.
At the University of New Habits, students are encouraged to address the trauma of work through a deconstruction of late capitalism and its pervasive control of everyday life. This requires students to actively engage in post-consumerist behaviours that reject social norms including 24/7 technological engagement with commercial ventures, the monetisation of leisure activities and participation in the free market as a money-making ‘product’.
Integral to post-consumerist behaviour is slowness. The consumerist psyche operates on dopamine produced by fast-paced positive reinforcement and instant gratification. The University of New Habit aims to subvert this mindset through a structured organisation of ‘islands’ that each operate at a different pace – some typologies engage in highly-saturated modes of activity, while others encourage an inert slowness.
The archipelago of architectural actors additionally hijack the integrity of the site to create space for the political renegotiation of routine. Current infrastructures will act as datums to challenge and de-legitimise capitalist norms, performing as a backdrop for the development of new habits. A spatial critique of the economy of buildings, views and capital at Barangaroo occurs alongside the teaching programs. This concurrence of both human and architectural gestures might allow students to address the trauma of work and develop habits that align with the reality of the post-work.