Fast alle Texte dieser Anthologie drehen sich um dasselbe Thema: die Zeichnung in der Architekturplanung. Flores & Prats glauben noch an die Notwendigkeit der Architekturzeichnung, um damit vielfältige und komplexe Wissensschichten über einen Raum oder einen Ort zu generieren. Ihr Festhalten am Medium Zeichnen ist, so könnte man mutmaßen, eine Form des optimistischen Widerstands.. Die Architekten sind überzeugt, dass dieses Werkzeug der architektonischen Darstellung - mit Intensität, Strenge und Leidenschaft ausgeführt - immer noch dabei helfen kann, die Welt, die uns umgibt, zu entschlüsseln.
Carla Juaçabas Büro arbeitet derzeit sowohl an öffentlichen als auch an privaten Projekten, vorwiegend Wohnungs- und Kulturbauten. Zu ihren ersten Arbeiten gehören eine Reihe von Häusern - Rio Bonito (2005), Varanda (2007), Minimal (2008) und Santa Teresa (2014) -, einige Ausstellungsdesigns und der ephemere Pavillon Humanidade in Rio de Janeiro, den sie zusammen mit der Bühnenbildnerin und Theaterregisseurin Bia Lessa entworfen hat. Mit dem Projekt Ballast wurde sie zur Architekturbiennale von Venedig 2018 eingeladen. Internationale Aufmerksamkeit erhielt Ihr Bau einer Kapelle Im Vatikan. Text: Ana Luiza Nobre, María Langarita/Víctor Navarro. Conversation with Eduardo Souto de Moura.
The latest in the 2G Architecture series focuses on the Parisian based practice Bruther. Bruther is a French architectural studio based in Paris. Stéphanie Bru and Alexandre Theriot opened their office in 2007, at the very beginning of what capitalists call a 'crisis' and Marxists might define as new round of 'primitive accumulation and dispossession'. Having grown up and trained during the heyday of the French welfare state and inspired by the optimism of the early European Union, Bru and Theriot are well aware of the pressure that the political shift to the right, social inequality and insecurity about the future of Europe are exerting on public institutions. Bruther stands for a specific architecture, adapted to the needs of each project in order to offer maximal living conditions. Adaptability and evolutivity of the building are fundamentals in the office practice. Since 2007, Bruther have developed national and international projects such as Cultural and Sport Center Saint-Blaise (2014), Helsinki Central Library (2013) and New Generation Research Center (2015).
It has been said that modernist legend Mies van der Rohe's thirty years spent working in America reflected his most consistent and mature efforts toward achieving his goal of a new architecture for the twentieth century. Focusing on this American period, Conversations with Mies van der Rohe , the latest addition to our Conversations series, gives fresh credence to this claim by presenting the architect's most important design concerns in his own words. In this collection of interviews Mies talks freely about his relationship with clients, the common language he aimed for in his architectural projects, the influences on his work, and the synthesis of architecture and technology that he advanced in his designs and built works. Conversations with Mies van der Rohe makes an important contribution to the corpus of Mies scholarship. It presents a vivid picture of a master of modernism, bringing his artistic biography to a close while completing the scope of his style in terms of techniques, scale, use of materials, and typology. An essay by Iñaki Ábalos provides a context for these interviews and looks at Mies's legacy from a contemporary perspective.
