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VOLUME #18: After Zero | |
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Volume is a project by ARCHIS + AMO + C-LAB + ...
Originally a wacko, hippy-esque ideology, ‘sustainability’ – aka ‘eco-friendly’ or ‘green’ – has now become globally accepted. But as what – an environmental urgency, a political issue, a technical problem, a historic destiny, a new world order? And what are the consequences of this acceptance? The sustainability consensus is dangerous since the concept has no political content and can be used for any cause. Carbon neutrality and zero emissions are like magic formulas, cover-ups for complicated ethical questions about the inequalities in our societies. Yet striving for zeros or hiding in neutrality does not lead to a better life in a more desirable house in a superior city for everyone. After Zero is not about design inspired by the fear of tsunamis or Katrinas. Volume proposes an understanding of our society beyond zero. To kick off we discuss two perspectives: sustainability in a post-capitalist city and the potential of urban agriculture. |
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CONTENTS
Contributions by Christophe Catsaros, John Fernández, Koert van Mensvoort, Panayiota Pyla, Tokyo Genso, Ronald Wall, Slavoj Žižek, Scott Hocking, Stefano Boeri, Monica Nouwens, Peter Trummer, Thomas Daniell, Christien Meindertsma, Harriet Russell, Gianluigi Ricuperati, Clare Butcher, Joost Janmaat, Andrew Herscher, Mireille Roddier, Marjetica Potrc, Aric Mayer, Aetzel Griffioen, Debra Solomon, Steef Buijs, Bohn&Viljoen, Van Bergen Kolpa, Michela Pasquali, Erica Jacobs Lord, Michael Stanton. Interviews with Adriaan Geuze (West 8), John Roberts (Arup Energy), Peter Blom (Triodos Bank), Dorothea Seebode (Philips), Sherry Lassiter (FabLab). Including The Ultimate Sustainability Timeline Centerfold: Amir Djalali composed this timeline of theories, movements and actors in collaboration with Piet Vollaard. The portable version is included in VOLUME, a more extensive version will be available shortly at www.volumeproject.org The Markermeer Case (insert): John Palmesino and Sofi Rönnskog propose a new view on preservation and change in the sensitive Markermeer area, next to the Randstad conurbation. The collaborative research and design project redefines the role of architecture as ‘an unfinishable engagement with a space in transformation’. Green Architecture Guide (supplement): Andrea Brennen and Zachary Lamb present five attitudes in the Sustainability Design Movement plus the quiz ‘where do I fit in?’ Publication in collaboration with MIT Department of Architecture. | |||
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The situation room Volume at Colophon 2009 |
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Luxembourg - 13-15 March Colophon is a biennial symposium for magazine makers, experts, advertisers, readers and creatives involved in the world of the independent magazine. VOLUME was invited – as one of 10 magazines – to make an exhibition. (Here are the other 9.) Volume contributes 'The Situation Room'. A ‘situation room’ is a place where information is presented during times of crisis in order to make decisions about the course of action. Here Volume's mandate to continuously push the agendas architecture should be concerned with will manifest in an open discourse with the editors and guests. |
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Archis RSVP # 13 Macomb County After the Crisis – with Abitare and NAI | ||
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Homeowners in Macomb County (MI), one of the suburban counties surrounding Detroit, are hit hard by the current real estate crisis. ARCHIS in cooperation with Abitare and the Netherlands Architecture Institute organize an RSVP event in Macomb County from 20 – 22 February 2009. Its focus is to find pragmatic answers on how to move from crisis to project. More concretely, by making an inventory of the effects of the crisis we will develop a series of intervention proposals, based on the reality of Macomb County. Check Archis interventions |
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Beyroutes guide project | ||
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2nd Workshop, Beirut, Lebanon, 1 – 8 February 2009
Join the BEYROUTES guide project by Studio Beirut, Partizan Publik, Pearl and Archis. Ultimately to enable you to go beyond a detached, exotic visit to the city, and to get engaged: in its past, present and future. Check Archis interventions | ||||
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Urban China / Volume The Bootleg Edition | ||
| Urban China and C-Lab will release a limited edition issue of Volume in conjunction with Urban China's February 2009 exhibition at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. In the second of an ongoing series of joint projects, Urban China and C-Lab provide an account of emergencies around the world that may trigger additional catastrophes that worsen the global crisis. The publication will also feature techniques of crisis management that under the current circumstances could either avert or facilitate potential disaster: humanitarian intervention, bricks, Rogue States, sandbags, Obama's Urban Policy Plan, heritage, and lots more. The bootleg leads up to Volume 20: Crisis Management. | ||||
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Subscribe now and get a unique Volume T-shirt designed by Daniel van der Velden en Maureen Mooren or receive Volume 9 for free. (Indicate the item of your choice in the 'remarks' field)
GET A SUBSCRIPTION at Bruil & van de Staaij at the following rates: 4 issues: EUR 75.00 - Netherlands EUR 91.00 - Worldwide Students 20 % off !! (Enclose a copy or scan of your "student ID") (for a group discount e-mail to info@archis.org) SINGLE ISSUES can be ordered here BACK ISSUES of Archis and Volume can be ordered here SHOPS Volume works with Idea Books to make it available worldwide. To locate a retailer near you, contact: Idea Books, Amsterdam T: +31.20.622.6154 F: +31.20.620.9299 E: idea@ideabooks.nl W: www.ideabooks.nl NEWSSTANDS For the distribution to newsstands in Europe contact IPS: IPS Pressevertrieb GmbH T: +49 2225 8801 182 F: +49 2225 8801 199 E: lstulin@ips-pressevertrieb.de W: www.IPS-Pressevertrieb.de |
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