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Staab Architekten
Since founding their office in 1991, Staab Architekten have devoted themselves to a broad spectrum of construction projects that range from new buildings in sensitive urban spaces and landscapes to conversions and reinterpretations of landmarked buildings. The office's signature cannot be identified based on formal similarities but rather in the methodical approach behind the individual development of each project. Many points of reference points are determined by the complex parameters of each construction project from which the form, function, and materiality of the structures are developed. Based on overarching themes and a selection of projects, light is cast on Staab Architekten's approach from the perspective of the office itself as well as that of the architectural critic Florian Heilmeyer.
The Studio
This volume focus in particular is on the cutting-edge thinking and wider theoretical questions and themes that underpin the series, from reflections upon what our ideas of “future” really mean to the changing role of the architecture profession as a whole. Comprising speculative visions, essays and texts, this volume serves as a theoretical backdrop for the practical approaches seen in Volume 3: The Site. This volume comprises speculative visions, essays and texts from contributors including: Ana Jeinic, Miloš Kosec, Clément Blanchet, Amateur Cities, Liam Young, Something Fantastic, Merve Bedir, Tomaž Pipan, Davide Tommaso Ferrando, Tiago Torres-Campos and Reinier de Graaf. Designed by Diana Portela with Janar Siniloo and Lena Giovanazzi.
Umbau-Architektur in Flandern/Architecture of Transformation in Flanders
Convents are revived as kindergartens, and an old prison receives a second life as a law school. In Flanders, daring transformations of existing architecture are raising the bar on adaptive reuse. Historical structures are adapted to the current needs of their users and given new functions thanks to meticulous renovations and innovative extensions. Contemporary Flemish architecture stands out with its creative conversions. This book documents outstanding examples of adaptive reuse across the Flanders region of northern Belgium. It presents a portrait of Flanders' amazingly vibrant adaptive architecture with 24 bold and pragmatic projects by De Vylder Vinck Taillieu, Noaa Architecten, Blaf, Korteknie Stuhlmacher, Atelier Kempe Thill, Zaha Hadid and many other architectural studios.
Berlin
The book takes the reader on an architectural discovery tour of Berlin. It gives an impressive insight into the latest architecture of the German capital: Distinctive buildings, urban spaces and places characterising urban everyday life in the city are presented in texts, photographs and plans. The scope includes shiny new constructions such as the Futurium or the Park am Gleisdreieck. The editors focus on major architectural and urban planning milestones of the past 13 years such as the large new construction of the Axel Springer building by OMA or the Museumsinsel. Smaller discoveries such as the Grüne Haus by Simon + Brandt and hidden treasures such as the Wohnregal by FAR Frohn & Rojas in Wedding are also included. The documentation is based on about 30 selected architectural and landscape architectural projects. Interviews with protagonists of the architectural scene of Berlin allow an insider glimpse of architectural developments in the German capital.
Realities: United
Founded in Berlin in 2000 by the brothers Jan and Tim Edler, realities:united have built a unique reputation for their spectacular art and media extensions to buildings all across the globe. Working together with some of the most prominent figures of contemporary architecture - including Peter Cook, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Foster & Partners, Will Alsop, Nieto Sobejano, Bjarke Ingels, Minsuk Cho and WOHA - realities:united have established an ingenious type of collaboration they refer to as featuring: Usually invited by architects to cooperate on a project, realities:united have a special gift to detect the idiosyncratic strength of a design and amplify its qualities by techniques and procedures t...
The Site
This volume is a call to practical action leading on from the theoretical approaches seen in Volume 2: The Studio. It presents a further selection from the Future Architecture platform call for ideas, and focuses firmly on the nitty-gritty of practice with projects and strategies that are on-site or site ready to shake up that future. These are the inspirational solutions and ideas, which could soon be transforming the landscape of architecture and our cities, reasserting the agency of what architecture in its widest sense can offer and mean. Contributors include: Aleksandra Zarek; Andrej Strehovec; Plan Común; Esen Gökçe Özdamar and Murat Ate?; Guerilla Architects; Ignacio Gias; Jack Self; Jan Glasmeier, a.gor.a architects; Jana ?ulek; Lavinia Scaletti; Léopold Lambert; Linnea Våglund and Leo Fidjeland; Manon Mollard; Urbz; Natasha Reid; Sara Neves and Felipe Estrela. Designed by Diana Portela with Janar Siniloo and Lena Giovanazzi.
The Museum
This book is the first part of a three-volume field guide to the future of architecture. The collection maps contemporary architectural practice and urban planning, presented through the words and ideas of some of its key players and change-makers. From institutions, activists, thinkers, curators and architects to urban bloggers, polemicists, critics and publishers, Archifutures presents the people shaping tomorrow’s architecture and cities – and thereby helping to shape our societies of the future as well. This first volume of Archifutures, The Museum includes thought pieces, essays, interviews, and discussions – in both words and pictures – between members of Future Architecture platform. Steering the dialogue on the contemporary role of these institutional bodies are current practitioners and thinkersin the architecture and design field. Designed by Diana Portela with Janar Siniloo and Lena Giovanazzi.
Urbane Künste Ruhr 2012, 2013, 2014
The arts organization "Urbane Künste Ruhr" was founded in 2012 in connection with the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010. It works with artists, academics, researchers, networks, art institutions, and the people of the Ruhr to develop projects and reenvision "art in public space" as a process of multifaceted urban design. The book presents a comprehensive overview of the 26 projects that were implemented or launched over the past three years and profiles the more than 200 contributing artists and partners. After a brief introduction to the Ruhr and some of its most recent and ongoing instances of urban transformation, the bulk of the book is dedicated to the issues and themes of Urbane Künste Ruhr: urban infrastructures, art as an engine of urban revitalization, participation, the significance of temporary interventions, art and research, and art and sustainability. Taking an international perspective, the essays resituate the Ruhr, the city as such, and the possibilities of art in public space. With contributions by Katja Aßmann, Melanie Bono, Dirk E. Haas, Florian Heilmeyer, Kito Nedo, Christa Reicher, Christoph Schenker, Friederike Wappler, Vanessa Weber, and Gesa Ziemer.
A New Building for the Nationalgalerie
In the coming years, the Museum of the 20th Century will be erected based on plans by award-winning architects, Herzog & de Meuron at the Kulturforum in Berlin, between the Neue Nationalgalerie (by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe), and the Philharmonie (by Hans Scharoun).The Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will then be in the position to present its collection of art of the twentieth century in its breadth and complexity--from painting to video art and installation, to performative works.With this volume, the contractor of the building, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, documents the idea and execution competition.Featuring the work of many influential architectural practices including: OMA, Zaha Hadid, Sou Fujimoto, David Chipperfield, SANAA (Sejima & Nishizawa), Herzog & de Meuron, and OFFICE (Geers & Severen).
