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In the summer of 1934, the London Zoo opened its new Penguin Pool. Designed by Berthold Lubetkin and the Tecton Company, in collaboration with Ove Arup, the elegant, interlocking concrete spiral ramps on which the penguins “showcase their social talents” was met with universal acclaim. In the years since, the structure has been celebrated for its iconic architecture—and(...)
Not a penguin pool: Echoes of more-than-human entanglements
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In the summer of 1934, the London Zoo opened its new Penguin Pool. Designed by Berthold Lubetkin and the Tecton Company, in collaboration with Ove Arup, the elegant, interlocking concrete spiral ramps on which the penguins “showcase their social talents” was met with universal acclaim. In the years since, the structure has been celebrated for its iconic architecture—and has justly been criticized for its inadequacy when it comes to housing penguins. The collective research conducted in the framework of the Bauhaus Lab in 2023 critically reflects on the far-reaching constellations, geographical imaginaries, design discourses and material entanglements of this multi-species environment. Based on archival research and excursions, the publication unfolds multiple epistemologies of the Penguin Pool through a spectrum of theoretical, historical and cultural phenomena straddling the realms of architecture, historiography and more-than-human entanglements, while at the same time proposing contemporary gestures of co-habitation.
Théorie de l’architecture
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Has architectural criticism disappeared for good or has it adapted to the pressures, exigencies, and fashions of the present? Its demise may be due to fibrillation or asthenia, to excessive sharp judgment, condemnation, and critique, or, conversely, to a resigned acceptance of reality. But should the eclipse of criticism today be regarded as lamentable? Might not its lack(...)
Théorie de l’architecture
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Future or eclipse of criticism
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Has architectural criticism disappeared for good or has it adapted to the pressures, exigencies, and fashions of the present? Its demise may be due to fibrillation or asthenia, to excessive sharp judgment, condemnation, and critique, or, conversely, to a resigned acceptance of reality. But should the eclipse of criticism today be regarded as lamentable? Might not its lack be hailed as a new phase of rigor and objectivity? The objective of both the lecture series "The future or the eclipse of criticism" presented at the MAXXI Museum in Rome, and the eponymous symposium which took place at the University of Pisa’s School of Engineering was to identify those figures, exhibitions, publication projects, and paradigmatic constructions that have either supported or directed particular critical approaches.
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First published in 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s Walden has influenced generations of readers and continues to inspire and inform anyone with an open mind, a love of nature, and a longing for simplicity and contemplation. Recounting the author’s reflections on simple living after a period he spent in a small cabin he built near Walden Pond, the book places Thoreau firmly in(...)
Walden. Introduced and annotations by Bill McKibbin
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First published in 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s Walden has influenced generations of readers and continues to inspire and inform anyone with an open mind, a love of nature, and a longing for simplicity and contemplation. Recounting the author’s reflections on simple living after a period he spent in a small cabin he built near Walden Pond, the book places Thoreau firmly in his role as cultural and spiritual seer. Bill McKibben offers both an intelligent and captivating introduction and a body of insightful annotations to Thoreau’s original edition. He addresses two philosophical questions posed by Thoreau: "How much is enough?" and, "How do I know what I want?", to draw meaningful connections between Thoreau’s writing and our lived experience in the 21st century.
Théorie du paysage
Carousel: An essay on seeing
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''Carousel'' opens as a professor begins delivering a lecture to a hot room. Her students have the internet in their pockets, screens on their wrists, seeing in more directions than students ever could before. But what, in fact, are they looking at? In the spirit of John Berger’s ''Ways of Seeing'', Sarah Minor’s ''Carousel'' explores how the pursuit of panoramic(...)
Carousel: An essay on seeing
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''Carousel'' opens as a professor begins delivering a lecture to a hot room. Her students have the internet in their pockets, screens on their wrists, seeing in more directions than students ever could before. But what, in fact, are they looking at? In the spirit of John Berger’s ''Ways of Seeing'', Sarah Minor’s ''Carousel'' explores how the pursuit of panoramic vision frames power, distorts reality, and implicates both viewer and subject. Across short, loping sections that weave history with memoir, close looking with confession, Minor masterfully fuses the slide lecture with the lyric essay, tying medieval tapestries to surrealism and Instagram reels to predator drones. In language that captures the disorientation of that other carousel, the whirling carnival ride, Minor shows how the more we strive to see, the more we ultimately reveal ourselves.
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Rivers, on a long view, are alive. They are born; they change; they shift their channels; they forge new routes to the sea; they move both gradually and violently; they can teem (usually) with life; they may die a quasi-natural death; they are frequently maimed and even murdered. It is the annual flood pulse—the brief time when the river occupies the floodplain—that(...)
In praise of floods: the untamed river and the life it brings
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Rivers, on a long view, are alive. They are born; they change; they shift their channels; they forge new routes to the sea; they move both gradually and violently; they can teem (usually) with life; they may die a quasi-natural death; they are frequently maimed and even murdered. It is the annual flood pulse—the brief time when the river occupies the floodplain—that gives a river its vitality, but it is human engineering that kills it, suppressing the flood pulse with dams, irrigation, siltation, dikes, and levees. In demonstrating these threats to the riverine world, award-winning author James C. Scott examines the life history of a particular river, the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) of Burma, the heartland and superhighway of Burman culture. Scott opens our understanding of rivers to encompass their entirety—tributaries, wetlands, floodplains, backwaters, eddies, periodic marshlands, and the assemblage of life forms dependent on rivers for their existence and well-being. For anyone interested in the Anthropocene and the Great Acceleration, rivers offer a striking example of the consequences of human intervention in trying to control and domesticate a natural process, the complexity and variability of which we barely understand.
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Art & Histories: Volume 1
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Each essay in this groundbreaking volume—the first in an exciting new series from the ''Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts'' —engages aesthetic and cultural debates that situate research on the arts at the intersection of various disciplines, including architecture, film, literature, curatorial and museum studies, and the arts of performance. Reflecting the(...)
Art & Histories: Volume 1
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Each essay in this groundbreaking volume—the first in an exciting new series from the ''Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts'' —engages aesthetic and cultural debates that situate research on the arts at the intersection of various disciplines, including architecture, film, literature, curatorial and museum studies, and the arts of performance. Reflecting the series’ goal to engage with different cultural contexts and time periods, newly commissioned essays from emerging and established scholars address subjects ranging from medieval dance and ancient Assyrian reliefs to expressions of gender embodiment and the art of the Afro-Atlantic. First-person narratives ground theoretical considerations of the theme. Reflecting a commitment to embracing the book form as a space for art itself, ''Art & Histories'' includes a detachable accordion-fold insert with a work from Miami-based artist Glexis Novoa. One of his signature horizon lines unites Washington, DC, and the artist’s native Havana. Meticulous drawings executed on travertine marble entangle the two cities and their monuments, symbolizing both violent and triumphant histories and their ideological reversals.
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Where has our planet come from, and what lies beneath its surface? How have we come to understand its past and present environments, and what does its future look like? Thanks to scientists who study its rocks, fossils, and landscapes, we know that Earth history spans over four and a half billion years. But there is still much more to discover. This ''Little History''(...)
A little history of the earth
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Where has our planet come from, and what lies beneath its surface? How have we come to understand its past and present environments, and what does its future look like? Thanks to scientists who study its rocks, fossils, and landscapes, we know that Earth history spans over four and a half billion years. But there is still much more to discover. This ''Little History'' recounts our planet’s fascinating past and the science which has shaped how we think about it. Taking us from the formation of the Solar System, the evolution of our atmosphere and oceans, and the first signs of life, through to dinosaurs, mammals, and the eventual arrival of humans, Woodward shows us the full span of Earth history, from deep time to the Anthropocene. Along the way, we learn about the major breakthroughs of the pioneering scientists who have unearthed our planet’s secrets. From fossils of ancient creatures to the very air we breathe, this is the essential guide to our world.
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« Le Parlement de la recherche » a réuni 22 architectes et chercheurs en architecture internationaux dans un huis clos scénographié de 48 h au couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette, retraite plongée dans la brume, hors du temps et des urgences. À l'initiative du Fonds de dotation Quartus pour l'architecture, en partenariat avec le ministère de la Culture et piloté par le(...)
Le Parlement de la Recherche : Ce que peut l'architecture
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« Le Parlement de la recherche » a réuni 22 architectes et chercheurs en architecture internationaux dans un huis clos scénographié de 48 h au couvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette, retraite plongée dans la brume, hors du temps et des urgences. À l'initiative du Fonds de dotation Quartus pour l'architecture, en partenariat avec le ministère de la Culture et piloté par le duo de commissaires : l'AUC et MBL architectes, le Parlement de la recherche a ainsi offert un temps inédit de réflexion, d'exploration et d'effervescence collective pour interroger les grands enjeux de notre société et questionner ce que peut l'architecture. Cet ouvrage, retranscription intégrale de ces échanges ou presque, offre une masse critique de concepts, d'engagements et de sujets de réflexion qui font état des préoccupations actuelles des architectes. Les communautés, la propriété, la « jungle », la critique nomade, la nostalgie, le projet moderne, la transformation, le logement et, surtout, cette série d'attitudes face aux temps présents sont autant de thèmes à déployer, à explorer pour les temps à venir.
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Le recueil de texte « La ville pour tous » rassemble une dizaine de textes du grand architecte Paulo Mendes da Rocha, qui offrent un aperçu de son œuvre et de la société brésilienne de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. Représentant de l'école de São Paulo, l'architecte, lauréat du prix Pritzker en 2006, est également auteur d'un bon nombre d'écrits ayant été publiés(...)
Paulo Mendes da Rocha: La ville pour tous
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Le recueil de texte « La ville pour tous » rassemble une dizaine de textes du grand architecte Paulo Mendes da Rocha, qui offrent un aperçu de son œuvre et de la société brésilienne de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. Représentant de l'école de São Paulo, l'architecte, lauréat du prix Pritzker en 2006, est également auteur d'un bon nombre d'écrits ayant été publiés seulement de manière ponctuelle dans des revues et des ouvrages spécialisés. Dans ces textes rédigés à l'occasion de remises de prix, de conférences ou de parutions dans les journaux de São Paulo, Mendes da Rocha partage ses réflexions sur des sujets universels – la défense de la démocratie, l'accès à la beauté et au confort pour les classes populaires, la qualité de vie dans les villes, le rapport à la nature et au territoire – qui vont bien au-delà des simples questions disciplinaires. Tout comme ses réalisations, ses textes attestent d'une vision claire : celle d'une architecture émancipatrice, susceptible de façonner une nouvelle société.
Théorie de l’urbanisme
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Joan Mitchell (1925–1992), one of the most important artists of the post-war period, is also a uniquely transatlantic figure. From the 1950s onward, as Mitchell shuttled back and forth between the United States and France, her work—and the discourse around it—developed across two continents, two cultures, and two languages. Invited by Mara Hoberman, nine artists, who are(...)
Joan Mitchell: Transatlantique
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Joan Mitchell (1925–1992), one of the most important artists of the post-war period, is also a uniquely transatlantic figure. From the 1950s onward, as Mitchell shuttled back and forth between the United States and France, her work—and the discourse around it—developed across two continents, two cultures, and two languages. Invited by Mara Hoberman, nine artists, who are themselves based on either side of the Atlantic, reflect on Mitchell's life, work and enduring impact.
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