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VOLUME #13: AMBITION |
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THIS IS NOW: SECURITY in KABUL |
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EPILOGUE: AL MANAKH |
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ARCHIS INTERVENTIONS: THE NEW PRISHTINA |
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REPORT: PUBLIC SPACE WORKSHOP - BEIRUT |
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Tuesday 30 October 2007:Launch of the new www.archis.orgJoin the Launch and participate in the
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VOLUME #13: Ambition | |
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Volume is a project by ARCHIS + AMO + C-LAB + ...
Our field, and perhaps every field, is defined by ambition. to know ourselves we have to know ambition. But ambition is far from simple. It is never straightforward, never the singular drive it appears to be. Rather, it is a set of interacting forces in which often the means are mistaken for ends. This issue of Volume on Ambition offers a preliminary map of what has become a landscape of misguided purpose. Format change, a note from the editors V13 introduces a new format for Volume. Slightly smaller in size and thicker, it connects better to the direction Volume is exploring: research based, experimental and proactive. Easier to hold and handle, improved readability. Still, it won’t be just service and silence. You still can expect the odd insert and a completely different issue every now and then. But for the time being this is the new outfit. Check out and enjoy. |
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CONTENTS
This C-Lab certified issue features: Interviews with Charles Jencks, Momoyo Kaijima, Philip Johnson, Shohei Shigematsu, Thom Mayne, Elizabeth Diller, Jerry Brown, Alejandro Zaera Polo, Bjarke Ingels and Kevin Roche; Conversations with Vincent Gallo, Public Relations Officers, Ben Katz; Photo works by Todd Eberle, Danielle Levitt, Doug Aitkin; Articles from Mark Wigley, Sylvia Lavin, Natalie Jeremijenko, Francesco Bonami and Yehuda Safran; and Archiprix International in Shanghai; The career of artist Richard Prince; Hedged Ambition (C-Lab); Mans Wrange's Compromise House; Short videos by Kram/Weisshaar, Brian Roettinger, and Paul Wysocan; and the Alibi insert on Kazakhstan. For a full Table of Contents of Volume 13 go here >>> | |||
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THIS IS NOW: Security in Kabul, RSVP#11 | |
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While you're reading this newsletter, RSVP Event 11 in Kabul is in full swing. When cities are threatened by violence the prevalent anwser is urban militarization, barb wire and barricades. The aim is to protect but the result is enclosure, fear and even more violence. Protectionism itself becomes a threat to public space, to justice and to the freedom of movement. Are there other more sustainable means to provide protection against aggression? Can design help to enable security, mutual trust and fair use of space? Can designer help to overcome the vacuum of governance? More on this RSVP event can be read here in the RVSP#11 Kabul outline |
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EPILOGUE: AL MANAKH | |
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After Al Manakh's premier at the International Design Forum in Dubai, it reached the shores of the rest of the world where it was reported on and reviewed. -Tour de Force - Trojan Horse - Bill Sarnecky at Universe in Universe in English, German and propably soon in Arabic -Review by David Assael at Platforma Arquitectura (Chili) in Spanish -The Gulf: Future of the City, Edition 2007? by Piet Vollaard at Archined Dutch and English View some fragments of the Al Manakh launch at the NAi (10 september) on YouTube: Ole Bouman - Introduction & the Circle of Pain Rem Koolhaas - Introduction & Discussion Mark Wigley - Reflections and check out the transcription, photo's and podcast of the whole event at dysturb.net |
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Archis Interventions: The New Prishtina | |
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After a reconnaissance and fact finding mission in November 2006 Archis Interventions developed an action plan that was presented at the Alpbach Forum 2007. This as a prelude to further action and research.
The situation in Prishtina is typical of cities that find themselves in a period of upheaval after a conflict. Most of the time, there is a complete lack of public bodies with the capacity and jurisdiction to enforce laws. In addition, a lack of social self-regulation leaves the field wide open for uncontrolled forces that cause lasting damage to a city’s urban fabric. Moreover, there is always a profound crisis of confidence in the public dimension of urban life. |
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REPORT: Public Space Workshop - Beirut | |
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In November 2006, Archis, Pearl and Partizan Publik together with local group of architects and designers (later organized as Studio Beirut) organized an the Unbuilt RSVP event in Beirut. A series of events in Amsterdam and Beirut later resulted in summer workshop on Public Space in Beirut last August.
So it happend that an international assembly of students and profesionals from Europe and the Middle East gathered in Beirut and joined in a two week workshop. Besides the lectures, design proposals and discussions; public interventions where executed around Beirut. From a guerilla street cinema night to graffiti tagging sweet beiruti memories Check studiobeirut.org/thinktank for the report and more projects to come... |
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