
No era has built as much or had to accommodate as large a population as ours. Furthermore, no other era has had so many architects. Today, everything seems to be massive: catastrophes, hunger, wealth, migration, production, trends, or cities.
This issue of arq not only analyzes this condition but also seeks to interrogate it through the lens of architecture. Anna Puigjaner presents collective kitchens from different parts of the world. Saskia Sassen analyzes the massive inequalities we see today. Keller Easterling proposes a mobile application to generate large-scale change.




