Olaf Grawert’s Instagram bio simply reads that “he plans, writes and talks about architecture” but this humble statement doesn’t describe the magnitude of the architect’s work. With a focus on the political and economic conditions of spatial production—whether it be through directing the 2018 film ARCHITECTING AFTER POLITICS or as the co-curator of 2038, the German Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale—Grawert’s thinking could play a large role in the way architecture’s future reacts to an ever-changing world. NEW Issue 06 sees Grawert ask himself, WHAT CAN ARCHITECTURE DO?