− University of Applied Arts Vienna _ Wolfgang Tschapeller ZT GmbH
− The New Kimball Art Center _ BIG+Architectural Nexus
Land in Tune
From smoked out to caved in: completing the formal/technical repertoire of architecture _ Jorge Alberto Mejia Hernandez
− Aloni _ Deca Architecture
− Biodiversity Center _ Tomas Garcia Piriz + Jose Luis Munoz
− Library in the North of Barcelona _ Rafael Perera Leoz
− Gurisentret Outdoor Stage and Visitor Center _ Askim Lantto Architects
− The Exhibition Grounds of the Estonian Road Museum _ Salto AB
Bargains to Valuables
Low Cost High Values! _ Marco Atzori
− El “B” _ Selgascano
− Casa Never Never Land _ Andres Jaque Architects
− NamHae CheoMa House _ JOHO Architecture
− Media Library and Cultural Center _ G+ Architects
− Mima House _ Mima Architects
Malik Architecture
Balance in Architecture
− Residence at Alibag
− GMS Grande Palladium
− American School extension
− Cipla R & D Center
− Vedanta Cancer Hospital
− Lupin Research Park
− Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital
C3 no.332 (2012 #4/12)
Land in Tune
From smoked out to caved in: completing the formal/technical repertoire of architecture _ Jorge Alberto Mejia Hernandez
In architecture, topology – a very precise mathematical notion – `is usually assumed as a flexible field of activity that deals with sentimental approaches to site specificity. Beyond the rather ethereal discussion on the topological traits of architecture, excavated (topologically minded) edifices propose two issues which are generally underrated in both modernist and contemporary architectural practice: interred typologies and stereotomic/plastic technical motives are hardly under the spotlight of mainstream media.
Twentieth century architects’ mechanistic fascination privileged assembly over other equally valid project strategies, and appears to have turned into a moral argument linking earthy notions of space with baseness of character, backwardness or downright evil. Some of the most sacred containers of memory, though, remind us of the poetic power of primeval caves and tumuli, mostly hidden from sight, and yet rich in spatial / formal possibilities.
There is still a lot of research to be done underground; bringing discourse and practice back to a sense of heuristic completeness by recovering architecture’s full repertoire of morphological and material alternatives.
C3 no.332 (2012 #4/12)
Land in Tune
From smoked out to caved in: completing the formal/technical repertoire of architecture _ Jorge Alberto Mejia Hernandez
In architecture, topology – a very precise mathematical notion – `is usually assumed as a flexible field of activity that deals with sentimental approaches to site specificity. Beyond the rather ethereal discussion on the topological traits of architecture, excavated (topologically minded) edifices propose two issues which are generally underrated in both modernist and contemporary architectural practice: interred typologies and stereotomic/plastic technical motives are hardly under the spotlight of mainstream media.
Twentieth century architects’ mechanistic fascination privileged assembly over other equally valid project strategies, and appears to have turned into a moral argument linking earthy notions of space with baseness of character, backwardness or downright evil. Some of the most sacred containers of memory, though, remind us of the poetic power of primeval caves and tumuli, mostly hidden from sight, and yet rich in spatial / formal possibilities.
There is still a lot of research to be done underground; bringing discourse and practice back to a sense of heuristic completeness by recovering architecture’s full repertoire of morphological and material alternatives.
