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Couturé, retourné, tailladé, entaillé, exposé, déchiré - le paysage dans sa totalité, peut être considéré comme une succession de cicatrices se recouvrant les unes les autres : mais par-delà ce qui relève de son histoire géologique ou par-delà ce qui l'ouvre continûment sous nos yeux comme chantier, il lui arrive d'être affecté profondément, dans sa chair même pourrait-on(...)
Les Cahiers de l'école de Blois 11 : les cicatrices du paysages
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Couturé, retourné, tailladé, entaillé, exposé, déchiré - le paysage dans sa totalité, peut être considéré comme une succession de cicatrices se recouvrant les unes les autres : mais par-delà ce qui relève de son histoire géologique ou par-delà ce qui l'ouvre continûment sous nos yeux comme chantier, il lui arrive d'être affecté profondément, dans sa chair même pourrait-on dire, par de terribles accidents. C'est à ces traumatismes et aux questions qu'ils soulèvent, mais aussi aux cures qu'ils permettent d'imaginer, que ce numéro 11 des Cahiers de l'Ecole de Blois est consacré.
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October 144
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October 144
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July 2013
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OASE 90 investigates the expectation behind existing value models in architecture. Many problems in today’s architecture world would vanish if every once in a while it was clearer what is meant by good architecture. The ‘crisis of criticism’, for instance, is a symptom of the impossibility of knowing (or daring to know) what good architecture is. Over the past century,(...)
OASE 90: What is good architecture?
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OASE 90 investigates the expectation behind existing value models in architecture. Many problems in today’s architecture world would vanish if every once in a while it was clearer what is meant by good architecture. The ‘crisis of criticism’, for instance, is a symptom of the impossibility of knowing (or daring to know) what good architecture is. Over the past century, models for architecture evaluation such as modernism and postmodernism have been modified by supermodernism and retromodernism, and more recently by sustainability. Nevertheless, it is impossible to work with architecture – in design, theory or history – without making assumptions about criteria for quality. This issue uncovers and makes explicit the assumptions underlying these models, by posing the simple question ‘What is good architecture?’ in different ways and have it answered by people whose ‘main occupation’ is architecture. This issue of OASE can be like a banquet at which each guest selects something entirely different from the menu in a well-reasoned and forthright way – and so keeps the architecture party going.
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Works That Work examines the often ignored areas of design through engaging storytelling. In this spirit, it also intends to bypass traditional distribution networks and marketing. Instead, it focuses on deepening relationships with its readers, making them partners in this enterprise. Seeking out examples of unexpected creativity from India to the Netherlands, it(...)
Works that work, issue 1, Winter 2013
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Works That Work examines the often ignored areas of design through engaging storytelling. In this spirit, it also intends to bypass traditional distribution networks and marketing. Instead, it focuses on deepening relationships with its readers, making them partners in this enterprise. Seeking out examples of unexpected creativity from India to the Netherlands, it promotes the idea that creativity surrounds us in our daily lives, from refugee gardens in Tunisia to the vernacular culture of Chinese megacities. With contributions by Michael Wolf, Henk Wildschut, Linda Asher, Irma Boom, David Ives, Hanif Kureshi, Robin Stam, Alexandre Orion, and many more.
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A self-described accumulation of design-related stories that would make good dinner discussions with friends, this second instalment of Works That Work follows a thread of interest that begins with Kester Freriks’ focus on the noise-reducing landscape surrounding Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, then sees Ed van Hinte recounting the remarkable story of the Boeing 747, which(...)
Works that work, issue 2, Summer 2013
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A self-described accumulation of design-related stories that would make good dinner discussions with friends, this second instalment of Works That Work follows a thread of interest that begins with Kester Freriks’ focus on the noise-reducing landscape surrounding Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, then sees Ed van Hinte recounting the remarkable story of the Boeing 747, which was designed around the specifications of the intermodal container, the complex global impact of which is described by Marc Levinson. Globalisation is further investigated by Suzanne Wales and Peter Bil’ak, through smuggling, trade and the portable lamp, and Hans Wilschut finds fake trees in Johannesburg.
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Criticat 11
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L’architecture et les architectes ont besoin de critiques qui soient des partenaires actifs et autonomes, pas des alliés et encore moins des représentants de commerce. En ce sens, Criticat se veut un espace de réflexion indépendant des institutions et des groupes d’intérêt, ouvert à tous les acteurs du monde intellectuel et artistique. Parce que l’architecture se trouve(...)
Criticat 11
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L’architecture et les architectes ont besoin de critiques qui soient des partenaires actifs et autonomes, pas des alliés et encore moins des représentants de commerce. En ce sens, Criticat se veut un espace de réflexion indépendant des institutions et des groupes d’intérêt, ouvert à tous les acteurs du monde intellectuel et artistique. Parce que l’architecture se trouve au confluent d’enjeux de tous ordres—politiques, sociaux, économiques, esthétiques—Criticat entend utiliser cette position privilégiée, et insuffisamment exploitée, pour observer les transformations de notre environnement et éclairer sous cet angle celles de la société dans son ensemble. Dans ce numéro : Visite (Kraftwerk) ; Récit (Bucarest) ; Débat (Durablement écologique ?); Enquête (Système Z).
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In its second instalment, Portal 9 blends creative writing, photography and essays with academic perspectives, perceptive journalism and cultural critiques to address the need for conscientious debate about architecture, planning and culture in urban contexts, both in the Middle East and globally. The city square, which has repeatedly witnessed Arab uprisings in recent(...)
Portal 9, issue 2: the square stories and critical writing about the city
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In its second instalment, Portal 9 blends creative writing, photography and essays with academic perspectives, perceptive journalism and cultural critiques to address the need for conscientious debate about architecture, planning and culture in urban contexts, both in the Middle East and globally. The city square, which has repeatedly witnessed Arab uprisings in recent times, is the focus here. Have the demonstrations affirmed its traditional function, or redefined it? Are we witnessing a resurgence of the square as public space, a physical reality for shared expression? A diverse range of contributors critically address these and other highly topical questions.
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July 2013
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Bracket 3, At Extremes
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"Bracket [at Extremes]" includes critical articles and unpublished design projects that investigate architecture, infrastructure and technology as they operate in conditions of imbalance, negotiate tipping points and test limit states. We are conditioned, as designers of the built environment, towards the organization of people, programs and movement. Indeed the history(...)
Bracket 3, At Extremes
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"Bracket [at Extremes]" includes critical articles and unpublished design projects that investigate architecture, infrastructure and technology as they operate in conditions of imbalance, negotiate tipping points and test limit states. We are conditioned, as designers of the built environment, towards the organization of people, programs and movement. Indeed the history of modern urbanism, architecture and building science has been predicated on an anti-entropic notion of programmatic and social order. But are there scenarios in which a state of extremity or imbalance is productive? Bracket [at Extremes] seeks to understand what new spatial orders emerge in this liminal space. How might it be leveraged as an opportunity for invention? What are the limits of wilderness and control, of the natural and artificial, the real and the virtual? What new landscapes, networks, and urban models might emerge in the wake of destabilized economic, social and environmental conditions?
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Useful photography 011
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What scares a nation – gunmen who hold children ransom or infamous terrorists? Useful Photography 011 rifles through the history of human targets culled from US shooting ranges. In this age of high impact gun crime, are the participants seeking protection or accelerating the violence?
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What scares a nation – gunmen who hold children ransom or infamous terrorists? Useful Photography 011 rifles through the history of human targets culled from US shooting ranges. In this age of high impact gun crime, are the participants seeking protection or accelerating the violence?
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Dans ce numéro, il est question de la création architecturale et paysagère et de sa place dans le projet même d'intervention sur le monument. Ce thématique aborde un sujet qui est au coeur des problématiques patrimoniales, tant dans l'approche de la conservation et de la restauration que dans celle, plus délicate, de la greffe d'un projet sur "l'existant", de la(...)
Monumental, semestriel 1, 2013: création architecturale et monuments historiques
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Dans ce numéro, il est question de la création architecturale et paysagère et de sa place dans le projet même d'intervention sur le monument. Ce thématique aborde un sujet qui est au coeur des problématiques patrimoniales, tant dans l'approche de la conservation et de la restauration que dans celle, plus délicate, de la greffe d'un projet sur "l'existant", de la transformation ou de l'adaptation du monument à de nouveaux usages avec des aménagements contemporains.
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