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VOLUME #11: CITIES UNBUILT! |
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VOLUME #12: AL MANAKH |
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VOLUME #13: AMBITION |
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ARCHIS INTERVENTIONS: R.S.V.P EVENTS |
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SUMMERSCHOOL BEIRUT / PEARLS IN LEBANON |
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VOLUME #11: CITIES UNBUILT! | |
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Volume is a project by ARCHIS + AMO + C-LAB + ...
It seems an eternal distinction: sometimes people build, sometimes they destroy. However, since we have a concept of modernity, we also understand that building is very often based on sheer destruction. It is ‘the price of progress’. A new insight is now emerging: much destruction also has an agenda. It has a precision that reminds us of architecture. It has a formal dimension that reminds us of design. In this issue: explore the sinister creativity of Cities Unbuilt. | |||
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CONTENTS The Architecture of Destruction (Editorial) – Ole Bouman Introduction Cultural Cleansing – Robert Bevan Ghost Buildings – Reineke Otten Architects Should Act! – Esther Charlesworth To Leave and Let Live. The impact of migration and remittances on war-torn cities – Caroline Arnulf World Bank Cities – Andrew Herscher Maps on Reconstruction – F.A.S.T. Frozen Memories – Gerlinde Schuller Cahier South Caucasus Destruction and Displacement Introduction: Design for Displacement Humancon Undercon – Sophia Tabatadze Dynamics of thr South Caucasus Borders – F.A.S.T. Barda’s Boundaries. Temporary homes and the politics of displacement –Malkit Shoshan, Christian Ernsten Extreme Makeover. The reconstruction of post-Soviet Karabakh – Malkit Shoshan, Christian Ernsten Photos Dirk-Jan Visser Cahier Kosovo Destruction and Illegal Building Introduction Warchitecture/Post-Warchitecture – Andrew Herscher Invisible Architects – Florina Jerliu Archis Interventions in Prishtina – Kai Vöckler c.s. Cahier Lebanon Destruction and Exclusion Introduction: All Exclusive City Blogging Solidere and the Perpetual Reinvention of Downtown Beirut – Michael Stanton Manic Machines – Christiaan Fruneaux Public Space Invaders – Joost Janmaat Design With War in Mind The Architect’s Dilemma Photos Aukje Dekker Pearls for Lebanon – Ole Bouman Noise Magazine – Studio Beirut Agenda Violence, Destruction and International Law. An interview with Andrew Herscher – Christian Ernsten, Malkit Shoshan Counter Convention – Andrew Herscher UNESCO World Heritage – F.A.S.T. Urban Imaginaries andMemories of Violence. Cape Town’s Prestwich Street – Nick Shepherd, Christian Ernsten Lifta after Zionist Planning – Malkit Shoshan Stateless Urbanism – Kai Vöckler Towards Non-Destructive Aid – Niloufar Tajeri Planning for Uncertain Cities. Towards an urban post-conflict strategy – Wilfried Hackenbroich, Thilo Fuchs, Kai Vöckler Artists and New Urban Horizons – Chris Keulemans Architecture Extended to Its Contrary (Photonovela) – Christophe Catsaros | |||
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VOLUME #12: AL MANAKH | |
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Forecast for global city culture and agenda for design that makes a difference to it.
In cooperation with Moutamarat, Dubai.
Release on the occasion of the International Design Forum In Dubai on 27-29 May 2007 Design worldwide shows a growing ambition not just to shape things or to create form, but also to engage with events, processes and experiences. It has expanded its mandate beyond beauty. But can it also address the burning issues of our time? Dubai attracts global attention for its mind-boggling speed by which it creates a new urban theater. As one of the emerging powers in the Gulf Region, it has put itself on the map as an arena for business and leisure, producing new images of the city today. But can it also be an engine of new ideas to address the burning issues of our time? These two questions interact in Al Manakh, a special publication edited by Volume’s special issue Al Manakh. I – DUBAI GUIDE –by Moutamarat, leads you through current projects, productions, plans and ideas. II - GULF SURVEY- 250 pages survey by AMO, tackles issues around the Gulf and beyond and develops concepts to understand the new urban and social realities in the region. III - GLOBAL AGENDA by Archis focuses on concepts for providing shelter, security, sustainability, fairness and dialogue. Al Manakh will be available as of the first week of July. |
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VOLUME #13: AMBITION | |
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Volume 13 will address the issue of AMBITION. In an era when architects have become cultural celebrities, when their uniqueness as designers and their personalities have become the main focus, we ask if the ambition to become this kind of celebrity is good for the profession. Rather than play into the cult of personality, can the architect use this moment of increased notoriety to be more ambitious about becoming a public intellectual: that is, to be a person who can influence general views, thoughts, values of a wide audience? Given the greater means available to describe his or her points of view, we would like to explore the possibilities of the architect to be a new kind of public intellectual. |
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20th International Book Fair Tehran, 2-12 May
the temporary Kiosk at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, May 4th to early June the PRINTED exhibition of the Belgrade Design Week, 7-12 May Art Amsterdam, 9-13 May Traveling Magazine Table at Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, May 24th – June 7th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam “POWER - Producing the Contemporary City”, May 24th – September 2nd During the biennial Volume's back issues #5, #6 and #7 on POWER will be available as a package for 39.50 Euro in selected outlets. |
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ARCHIS INTERVENTIONS - R.S.V.P Events | |
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Response-based Events: A Quest for Ideas and Action
Most architecture today must be impressive, outstanding, even peculiar, or receiving other tributes of difference – architecture as a claim to fame. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the world... Event #11 - Tijuana, Spring 2007 - FAIRNESS Event #12 - Kabul, Fall 2007 - SECURITY Event #13 - Ulaanbaator, Summer 2007 - SUSTAINABILITY Event #14 - Chennai, Winter 2007 - SHELTER Event #15 - Taichung, Date TBD - DIALOGUE Event #16 - Place and Date TBD - A CALL FOR IDEAS If you're interested to take part in one of these events, please reply to rsvp [at] archis [dot] org |
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SUMMERSCHOOL BEIRUT / PEARLS IN LEBANON 17/8 till 1/9, 2007 |
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A case study on the concept of public space in Lebanon
Initiated by Studio Beirut, Archis, Partizan Publik, Pearl and the University of Amsterdam - Center for Conflict Studies. An international multidisciplinary team of international and local students and professionals from the fields of architecture, urban development, design, sociology and political science, shall identify, analyze formally and socially, and propose interventions and new programs for the nearly infinite number of derelict or marginal spaces in Beirut. These terrains vagues, at many scales, from kilometers to centimeters, present a potential for territorial reassessment and cultural redefinition that will constitute a body of both research and action. On the 1st of September on the Pearls in Lebanon event, results will be presented and debated. During Pearls in Lebanon a mixed audience will be brought together for discussion. The platform also gives the opportunity for project presentations of Studio Beirut and its projects to possible Lebanese cooperating partners and investors. | |||
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