The Urban Bricolage team has initiated a reading group on "Urban Metabolism" which meets monthly online. We discuss texts that focus on material flows in and from cities from an interdisciplinary perspective. In particular, we are interested in understanding the ecological, architectural, social, economic, and political environment in which the urban construction sector functions. So far, we discussed texts related to debris in Toronto (by Jennifer Foster/Heidy Schopf and Alison Creba/Jane Hutton), concrete in West Africa (by Armelle Choplin), wood (by William Cronon and Julie Marin/Bruno De Meulder) and wastescapes (by Matthew Gandy and Wendy Wuyts/Marjan Marjanović). Drop us a line if you are interested to join upcoming sessions!