Booklets on media art, politically-engaged graphic design and comics zine, essays about cities built from zero, slums and the worst way to deal with them, etc. What a lovely Summer i just had
Category Archive: architecture
The exhibition demonstrates how the development of construction and manufacturing processes have enabled the rise of a new culture of ornament. One which is not only innovative and aesthetically stunning but also economically viable
A robot engraves a habitat for fungi while a team of architectural conservators trap dust and dirt in latex in order to preserve and display it like a precious shroud
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A famous architect and a no less renowned group of activists participate to what is probably the best section of the itinerant European Biennial of Contemporary Art. Hop on the pirate bus!
Exhibition of past and contemporary dwelling solutions, from emergency housing to self-built home, houses for specific users (student housing, hostels for girls, nomads’ houses, workers’ housing, the wearable house, etc.), including research by artists who have put the affordable issue at the centre of their work
Two site-specific projects at the Contemporary Art Space in Castellon engage with the theme of ‘remodeled spaces and minimal interventions.’ One is a semi-transparent space for mediation, the other is a community of plants
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Bright catalogs the state of the art of illumination and its use in architecture, design and interactive installations. Some projects are so astonishing that you forget the building underneath the light show, others act more as subtle enhancement of a building or environment
The temporary and modular architecture projects presented in the exhibition use existing structures and buildings to generate new scenarios and redefine the city as a site for play and appropriation. Interestingly, the way they regain control over space is totally at odds with the current ‘no loitering’ trend
The show brings together a compilation of recently-built projects which demonstrate how resourceful architects and designers can transform disused, outworn or inadequate urban spaces and buildings into efficient, and even aesthetically striking edifices
How some young Spanish architects transformed a 15th century building into a gorgeous and frisky place, complete with washing machine windows, gardening plots and opportunities for debate and participation within a religious community
Campanella’s book examines the forces behind China’s urban revolution. It traces both the historical precedents and the increasingly globalized information, ideas, and trends that have combined to create a new Chinese landscape
Full-color publication of the complete Ant Farm Timeline, as well as Allegorical Time Warp: The Media Fallout (1969) and an archival dossier on Ant Farm’s Truckstop Network (1970-1972)
An exhibition in Turin challenged 11 architectural studio to design a prison cell and from then on engage in a reflection about the prison system and its corollaries: the restriction of freedom, human rights, instruments of surveillance and control
The latest installation of Dutch wonder artist Marnix de Nijs spectacularly recreates a visual and dynamic body experience of the city of Florence. Jump on the treadmill and walk through its 3D cobbled streets…
In Hitchcock’s film, architecture plays a key role. Having worked as a set designer in the ’20s, Hitchcock remained intensely concerned with the art direction of his films. He also made some remarkable single-set films that deal with the way the confines of the set relate to those of the architecture on screen
Confronted by shifting densities and uncharted urban transformations, Crisis tackles the conflict between the physical limits of architectural design and the demands on the practice for an updated social relevance
Mostly architecture dealing with border issues or unsolicited actions
Videos, models, original drawings, inflatables from a group of experimental architects and critical artists who had more stamina and attitude than the Rolling Stones themselves
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Mary Flanagan’s Giant Joystick
Putting play on the urban agenda, with an emphasis on spontaneity, creativity and a top-down approach
Bjarke Ingels from BIG about a super harbour visible from the space, buildings shaped like Chinese characters and social housing with premium view on football fields
Kazys Varnelis, Richard Saul Wurman, Charles Renfro from Diller, Scofidio + Renfro and Patrik Schumacher from Zaha Hadid Architects discuss the impact of the new media on cities and architecture
Natural Architecture, by Alessandro Rocca (Amazon USA and UK). Publisher Princeton Architectural Press says: Natural Architecture presents sixty-six […]
On the left, an aerial shot of the dam (image The Times) The Three Gorges Dam is the […]
I’ve spent the last few days in Madrid to spy on the Visualizar workshop which is currently taking […]
Spacecraft Fleeting Architecture and Hideouts, edited by Robert Klanten and Lukas Feireiss (Amazon USA and UK.) Publisher Die […]
Slowly coming back to the ars electronica postings with some notes from a talk by Zbigniew Oksiuta, one […]
Survival Mosque is a kit containing elements for the self protection of Muslims living in the USA today: […]
Robert Ransick has completed a 6 month Residency at Eyebeam developing Casa Segura (Safe House). The artwork combines […]
The new iMAL venue and The Gate The new Brussels Interactive Media Arts Laboratory, a.k.a. iMAL opened its […]
4dsocial: Interactive Design Environments (Architectural Design), by Guest Editor Lucy Bullivant (Amazon UK and USA.) Editors‘ blurb: A […]
Yesterday was all about textile, today i´m into wood. Starting with an installation i saw two days ago […]
Domesticity at War (Amazon USA and UK), by Princeton professor and theorist Beatriz Colomina. Editor Actar‘s blurb: In […]
Global Cities at the Tate Modern in London. It’s a pocket version of an exhibition that was running […]
Morrinho means ‘little hill’ in Portuguese and alludes to the shantytowns, or favela, located on the hills surrounding […]
Over the past year, i’ve spent an impressive amount of time ogling a blog called Variable_environment. It had […]
Flexible, Architecture that Responds to Change, by Robert Kronenburg. (Amazon USA and UK.) Editor (Laurence King Publishing)’s blurb: […]
), edited by: Albert Ferré, Irene Hwang, Tomoko Sakamoto, Ramon Prat, Michael Kubo, Mario Ballesteros and Anna Tetas. […]
While in Paris i checked out Airs de Paris, an exhibition that runs until August 15 at the […]
Superuse – Constructing new architecture by shortcutting material flows, by Ed van Hinte, Jan Jongert and Césare Peeren. […]