Don't build, rebuild
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As climate change has escalated into a crisis, the reuse of existing structures is the only way to even begin to preserve our wood, sand, silicon, and iron, let alone stop belching carbon monoxide into the air. Our housing crisis means that we need usable buildings now more than ever, but architect and critic Aaron Betsky shows that new construction—often seeking to(...)
Don't build, rebuild
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As climate change has escalated into a crisis, the reuse of existing structures is the only way to even begin to preserve our wood, sand, silicon, and iron, let alone stop belching carbon monoxide into the air. Our housing crisis means that we need usable buildings now more than ever, but architect and critic Aaron Betsky shows that new construction—often seeking to maximize profits rather than resources, often soulless in its feel—is not the answer. Whenever possible, it is better to repair, recycle, renovate, and reuse—not only from an environmental perspective, but culturally and artistically as well.
Paul Elter: Silver tongued
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"Silver tongued" is rooted in the absorbing process of creating wetplate portraits. The medium requires intricate setups, long exposures, and delicate chemistry. Shaped with only available outdoor light, using vintage 8x10” view camera, these images are individually poured and sensitized on the spot—therefore, greatly influenced by fluctuations in the environmental(...)
Paul Elter: Silver tongued
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"Silver tongued" is rooted in the absorbing process of creating wetplate portraits. The medium requires intricate setups, long exposures, and delicate chemistry. Shaped with only available outdoor light, using vintage 8x10” view camera, these images are individually poured and sensitized on the spot—therefore, greatly influenced by fluctuations in the environmental conditions of the day. Portraits reveal themselves slowly. "What I found compelling was that during sittings these people, whom we had never met before, would open up in a very personal and revealing way, because time essentially had slowed down. Space and safety were created by the nature of the process itself, with both photographer and sitter suspended in a distinct moment." – Paul Elter
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Guerre aux démolisseurs
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Dans un XIXe siècle encore à écrire, un jeune écrivain du nom de Victor Hugo s’insurge?: dans ce texte de 1832 à valeur de manifeste, il dénonce “la démolition successive et incessante de tous les monuments de l’ancienne France”, qui fait rage depuis la révolution de juillet 1830. Témoignant de l’acuité précoce de son auteur, « Guerre aux démolisseurs » nous met face à un(...)
Guerre aux démolisseurs
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Dans un XIXe siècle encore à écrire, un jeune écrivain du nom de Victor Hugo s’insurge?: dans ce texte de 1832 à valeur de manifeste, il dénonce “la démolition successive et incessante de tous les monuments de l’ancienne France”, qui fait rage depuis la révolution de juillet 1830. Témoignant de l’acuité précoce de son auteur, « Guerre aux démolisseurs » nous met face à un homme engagé dans les débats de son temps, et dont le diagnostic sévère laisse le lecteur toujours aussi dubitatif.
Théorie de l’architecture
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Au cours des trois dernières décennies, le numérique s’est irrémédiablement immiscé dans les objets du quotidien et les pratiques socioculturelles. Il s’éprouve notamment à travers l’utilisation des plateformes, des moteurs de recherche et de la téléphonie mobile. Pour qualifier ce déploiement technique et économique, la notion de «?service?» est continuellement(...)
Numérique. La tentation du service
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Au cours des trois dernières décennies, le numérique s’est irrémédiablement immiscé dans les objets du quotidien et les pratiques socioculturelles. Il s’éprouve notamment à travers l’utilisation des plateformes, des moteurs de recherche et de la téléphonie mobile. Pour qualifier ce déploiement technique et économique, la notion de «?service?» est continuellement convoquée. Mais comment caractériser le pouvoir de transformation du numérique sur notre manière d’être au monde?? Comment l’idée, qui fut celle du design moderne, de chercher à mettre des formes au monde, peut-elle s’en accommoder?? En revenant notamment sur le travail de Walter Gropius et Louis Sullivan, Pierre-Damien Huyghe montre qu’il nous faut désormais affronter un risque nouveau?: celui de la perversité d’objets à double sens, ou à double fonction.
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La vie algorithmique
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Les technologies numériques imposent un mode de rationalité fondé sur la définition chiffrée de toute situation et sur une maîtrise indéfiniment accrue du cours des choses. Une connaissance sans cesse approfondie s’instaure, orientant les décisions individuelles et collectives au prisme d’algorithmes visant les plus hautes optimisation, fluidification et sécurisation des(...)
La vie algorithmique
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Les technologies numériques imposent un mode de rationalité fondé sur la définition chiffrée de toute situation et sur une maîtrise indéfiniment accrue du cours des choses. Une connaissance sans cesse approfondie s’instaure, orientant les décisions individuelles et collectives au prisme d’algorithmes visant les plus hautes optimisation, fluidification et sécurisation des existences et des sociétés. Ce livre, qui examine la quantification et la marchandisation intégrales de la vie, est le premier volet d’une trilogie devenue la référence sur la compréhension de la nouvelle condition humaine à l’ère numérique. Suivront « La Silicolonisation du monde » et « L’Intelligence artificielle ou l’enjeu du siècle ».
Expositions en cours
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"Decoding density" is an international invitation to imagine new possibilities for six-storey plus apartment forms by addressing two of the most existential problems of today: climate change and housing affordability. Submissions will challenge the constraints of code and other regulations to do so.
Decoding density: Challenging constraints to affordable housing
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"Decoding density" is an international invitation to imagine new possibilities for six-storey plus apartment forms by addressing two of the most existential problems of today: climate change and housing affordability. Submissions will challenge the constraints of code and other regulations to do so.
Logements collectifs
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In 2018, the Urbanarium held the Missing Middle Competition to invite explorations of ideas to address Metro Vancouver’s housing affordability and social well-being challenges and to increase density incrementally on sites of one or two standard residential lots. Enter the Mixing Middle Competition, which included mixed-use in the program of gentle densification.(...)
The mixing middle competition : Imagining mixed-use neighbourhoods
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In 2018, the Urbanarium held the Missing Middle Competition to invite explorations of ideas to address Metro Vancouver’s housing affordability and social well-being challenges and to increase density incrementally on sites of one or two standard residential lots. Enter the Mixing Middle Competition, which included mixed-use in the program of gentle densification. Conceived in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the changes to the way people lived in their neighbourhoods and worked from their homes made evident the many ways that residential zoning might be adapted to support and enhance these changes and bring shops, services, and jobs within short walkable trips from homes.
L'humain et la ville
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In 2018 Urbanarium held an international design competition to develop and present exciting options for addressing Metro Vancouver’s unprecedented housing affordability crisis and social health challenges with outstanding design and social innovation. This document contains both the insight and policy recommendations gathered from the various competition entries for(...)
The missing middle competition
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In 2018 Urbanarium held an international design competition to develop and present exciting options for addressing Metro Vancouver’s unprecedented housing affordability crisis and social health challenges with outstanding design and social innovation. This document contains both the insight and policy recommendations gathered from the various competition entries for adding innovative density to existing single-family zones. Included are the winning projects located in one of four sites in Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Burnaby and Surrey. Results from this competition inform the “Policy Impact Proposal,” suggesting five small shifts in current zoning policy that can contribute to housing affordability and vibrancy in communities, while maintaining existing character.
L'humain et la ville
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Often dissident, sometimes adherent, this volume resists definition: adaptive, fluid, speculative. Reflecting the ambivalences of contemporary life, it is at once superficial and profound, profane and divine, present everywhere and nowhere, dismissed as futile yet capable of transforming even the most beautiful interiors. The book gathers diverse tools and insights –(...)
Nothing about interior architecture
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Often dissident, sometimes adherent, this volume resists definition: adaptive, fluid, speculative. Reflecting the ambivalences of contemporary life, it is at once superficial and profound, profane and divine, present everywhere and nowhere, dismissed as futile yet capable of transforming even the most beautiful interiors. The book gathers diverse tools and insights – polysemic and ambiguous, bespoke and improvised, ornamental and critical – spanning media, technology, the arts, and other undefined fields, to examine the impact on contemporary design. With contributions by Philippe Rahm, Line Fontana, Paule Perron, Youri Kravtchenko, Simon Husslein, Camille Bagnoud, more.
Muséologie
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Centered on the Al Ahsa region, one of the world's oldest and largest oases, "Maghras: A farm for experimentation" (accompanying the inaugural Saudi Pavilion at the 24th Triennale di Milano, marking Saudi Arabia's first participation in this global architecture and design platform) reimagines the farm as a site of collective inquiry, where environmental change, cultural(...)
Théorie du paysage
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Maghras: A farm for experimentation
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Centered on the Al Ahsa region, one of the world's oldest and largest oases, "Maghras: A farm for experimentation" (accompanying the inaugural Saudi Pavilion at the 24th Triennale di Milano, marking Saudi Arabia's first participation in this global architecture and design platform) reimagines the farm as a site of collective inquiry, where environmental change, cultural memory, and community practices converge. The publication documents research, fieldwork, and newly commissioned projects by architects, artists, and practitioners who engaged with farmers, craftspeople, and residents of Al Ahsa. Through essays, images, oral histories, and archival material, it reflects on the shifting relationship between land, water, and community in a landscape transformed by modernization and urban expansion.
Théorie du paysage