Mark Lakeman is the founder of City Repair, a social permaculture group in Portland Oregon active since the 90’s, and the architecture firm Communitecture, which does accompanying work in ecological design and place-based community infrastructure. Being the instigator of several legendary regulatory coups in our city, Lakeman was a clear first choice for our interview series, which concerns autonomous, protocol-based strategies for building community infrastructure beyond institutions.While L...

Mark Lakeman is the founder of City Repair, a social permaculture group in Portland Oregon active since the 90’s, and the architecture firm Communitecture, which does accompanying work in ecological design and place-based community infrastructure. Being the instigator of several legendary regulatory coups in our city, Lakeman was a clear first choice for our interview series, which concerns autonomous, protocol-based strategies for building community infrastructure beyond institutions.While L...