Growing between the cracks: an idiom hinting at a dynamic, reactionary and fertile subculture, emerging between fixed boundaries. 

This publication demands a productive use of space; the Urban Cliff Hypothesis, the ‘We Can Make’ scheme in Bristol, and the articles to follow, were cornerstones in developing an agenda. 

The Urban Cliff Hypothesis posits that nature grows between the cracks of the city due to the hostile environment humans have created. ‘We Can Make’ in Bristol looks at underutilised spaces between housing as potential sites for new homes; an architectural manifestation of the organic concepts outlined by the Urban Cliff Hypothesis. 

Cities are becoming increasingly difficult to live in, for both humans and non-humans. The following pages exhibit seemingly separate directions within contemporary architectural discourse, to frame a shared and similar discontent with the occupation of cities.