Established by architects Ann-Sofi Rönnskog and John Palmesino, Territorial Agency combines contemporary architecture, science, art, advocacy and action to promote comprehensive territorial transformations in the Anthropocene. Their work focuses on the integration of science, architecture and art in the challenges posed by climate change. The work of Territorial Agency is grounded in extensive spatial and territorial analysis through remote sensing technologies. Its focus is on complex representations of the transformations of the physical structures of contemporary inhabited territories.
Territorial Agency is a leader in the development of architecture’s relation to the Anthropocene, with projects including How heavy is a city?, Oceans in Transformation, Sensible Zone, Plan the Planet, Museum of Oil and Anthropocene Observatory. Ann-Sofi Rönnskog and John Palmesino and are Unit Masters at the AA Architectural Association School of Architecture, London.
Territorial Agency is the recipient of the STARTS PRIZE 2021 – Grand prize of the European Commission honouring innovation in technology, industry and society stimulated by the arts for Oceans in Transformation.They are the chief curators of the Lisbon Triennale 2025, and members of the high-profile interdisciplinary Anthropocene Working Group.