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This volume addresses the widespread tendency to discard broken items rather than to refurbish them. Despite the negative ecological effects of overconsumption, overproduction and waste, the habit of replacing rather than repairing goods has persisted and even worsened over recent decades. To counteract this trend, students at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich(...)
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Upgrade: Making things better
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This volume addresses the widespread tendency to discard broken items rather than to refurbish them. Despite the negative ecological effects of overconsumption, overproduction and waste, the habit of replacing rather than repairing goods has persisted and even worsened over recent decades. To counteract this trend, students at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich and ETH Zurich have been developing imaginative concepts for repairing a wide variety of objects, applying them both manually and by using digital techniques such as 3D printing. Beyond restoration, many projects develop and improve the repaired objects constructively, materially, or even in terms of design, lending them new value. This publication presents a variety of approaches and projects, plus essays by notable personalities from the fields of architecture, preservation, materials science, design, manufacturing and craft.
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A boxed set of three zines, each featuring text by an internationally renowned architect In this series of books curated by Zürich-based Studio Jan De Vylder, renowned international architects reflect on important buildings, gardens, books and moments in their lives and careers. The first set in this series includes three zines written by architects Jan De Vylder,(...)
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Carrousel confessions Confusion 1: René Heyvaert, Luc Deleu, Dominikus Böhm
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A boxed set of three zines, each featuring text by an internationally renowned architect In this series of books curated by Zürich-based Studio Jan De Vylder, renowned international architects reflect on important buildings, gardens, books and moments in their lives and careers. The first set in this series includes three zines written by architects Jan De Vylder, Peter Swinnen and Arno Brandlhuber, on projects René Heyvaert: House for his brother, Luc Deleu: Dépendence Furkapasshöhe, Dominikus Böhm: St Peter and St Paul church
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Charleroi, the denigrated capital of the Belgian hinterland, is the unlikely new paradigm for a contemporary city. What seems an incoherent jumble of manmade exuberance—a byproduct of modernity, really—transcends the infamous architectural dichotomy between the centre and the periphery. This is the Large City; dispersed and decentralised, it embraces its post-industrial(...)
Everything Without Content 251. The large city
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Charleroi, the denigrated capital of the Belgian hinterland, is the unlikely new paradigm for a contemporary city. What seems an incoherent jumble of manmade exuberance—a byproduct of modernity, really—transcends the infamous architectural dichotomy between the centre and the periphery. This is the Large City; dispersed and decentralised, it embraces its post-industrial condition. An artificial nature where zero-kilometre food production, electric bikes and trail running enable everyone to live large. Without nostalgia for its industrial ruins, nor contempt for modernity, the city was the subject of a year-long studio led by Kersten Geers at the Academy of Architecture USI in Mendrisio. As a form of “applied theory”, the book presents students’ projects—an imaginary city—coupled with some real projects: Megafactory by OFFICE and Palais des Expositions by Architecten Jan de Vylder Inge Vinck & AgwA. The book features photographs of Charleroi by Stefano Graziani.
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