Tag: social engagement
Hybrid Studio
23 July 2020
Hybrid Studio23 July 2020
By Brian Carter
Describing how architects work, Liz Diller noted that in her office ‘we draw, we look in each other’s eyes, we argue, we throw things around the room, we make models and break them apart, and somehow stuff gets made.’ However, things suddenly changed in March 2020. It became ‘very sanitized…… Read More
Lantau Commune
19 October 2017
Lantau Commune19 October 2017
By Lok-Kan Chau
This collection of drawings is about process, both literal and methodological. It is about how the appreciation of the process of making and dwelling leads to an architectural proposition, as well as how that appreciation translates into a drawing method. Certainly we appreciate architecture as a spatial presence, but there… Read More
Design Earth
27 July 2017
Design Earth27 July 2017
By Rania Ghosn and El Hadi Jazairy
A Geology of Building Architecture How do we make sense of the environment at a time when human beings have declared themselves geologic agents? Design Earth proposes aesthetic forms of environmental engagement, using architectural drawing to synthesise sciences and scales of knowledge on complex techno-environmental issues. The drawing illustrates thus… Read More
Zünd-Up: Erotische Architektur
27 May 2017
Zünd-Up: Erotische Architektur27 May 2017
Collage was a favourite medium of Pop artists, since it inherited from its forerunners the quality of enabling chance meetings, and allowed artists to assemble images from the by then endless reservoir of commercial culture. This collage from the series Erotische Architektur (Erotic Architecture), dated 1969 and signed by the Viennese activist and architecture group Zünd-Up, can… Read More
Relational Design
10 March 2017
Relational Design10 March 2017
From layering to weaving, a language based on exploring relations, showing growth patterns caused by environmental feedback, which makes sense, becomes unique, authentic because they are in dialogue with the ground, the site, the neighbourhood, the local materials industry and crafts, politics and economy… It is not a pure language,… Read More
Beevor Mull Architects: Pikpa Refugee Camp
13 October 2016
Beevor Mull Architects: Pikpa Refugee Camp13 October 2016
By Robert Mull
This is one of a series of interactive drawings made with refugees and volunteers at Pikpa Camp on Lesvos, Greece. The camp there supports vulnerable and bereaved refugees who have arrived by dinghy from Turkey; it provides medical support, counselling, clothes, food and legal advice. Our project envisions new external… Read More
Pan Scroll Zoom 2: Flores & Prats
1 September 2020
Pan Scroll Zoom 2: Flores & Prats1 September 2020
By Ricardo Flores, Eva Prats and Fabrizio Gallanti
This is the second in a series of texts edited by Fabrizio Gallanti on the challenges in the new world of online architectural teaching and, particularly, on the changing role of drawings in presentations and reviews. In this episode Fabrizio interviews Ricardo Flores and Eva Prats of the Barcelona-based practice,… Read More
topographic/cartographic housing record urban form social engagement Teaching (project) Pan Scroll Zoom (series)