FORGET THE OLYMPIC GAMES; IT’S ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER.
FROM ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS’ AQUATICS CENTRE TO WILKINSON EYRE ARCHITECTS’ BASKETBALL ARENA, NEW SPORT-SAVVY PROJECTS ARE POPPING UP ACROSS THE CITY – BUT WHICH ARE ONLY TEMPORARY STRUCTURES? DISCOVER HOW THE GAMES WILL SOW SEEDS FOR A NEW PART OF LONDON. MEANWHILE, NORWAY’S COASTLINE HAS BEEN LIVENED BY A PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE. IN LOS ANGELES, WIM DE WIT OF THE GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CHALLENGES THE OLD-FASHIONED APPROACH TO EXHIBITION ARCHITECTURE AND HOW IT CAN BE RETHOUGHT. PLUS, CHIAKI ARAI’S DESIGN OF A CULTURAL CENTRE IN YURIHONJO SEEKS TO REACTIVATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENT IT QUESTIONS.
CROSS SECTION
MVRDV, STUDIO TACLOBAN, GGMPU ARQUITECTOS, HIROSHI NAKAMURA, CARLOS ARROYO ARCHITECTS, UBISOFT, IN-CHEURL KIM, AUGUSTINE COLL, UID ARCHITECTS, FAT, PHILIP MESSINA, STUDIO ASYLUM, YUKI MINAMIKAWA, MOSSINE PARTNERS, CLAUS EN KAAN, ATELIER MARIËTTE ADRIAANSSEN, GAMBARDELLARCHITETTI, BRYAN OKNYANSKY
PERSPECTIVE: LONDON
- INTRODUCTION: FORGET THE OLYMPIC GAMES; IT’S ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS LATER.
- ELEANOR FAWCETT: THE LONDON LEGACY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MAKES SURE THE OLYMPIC GAMES SOW THE SEEDS FOR A NEW BIT OF CITY.
- ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS: JIM HEVERIN WILL BE A BIT SAD TO SEE THE TEMPORARY WINGS OF THE AQUATICS CENTRE GO.
- HOPKINS ARCHITECTS: MIKE TAYLOR SPEAKS ABOUT THE VELODROME, A BUILDING AS EFFICIENT AND LIGHT AS A BIKE.
- CECIL BALMOND AND ANISH KAPOOR: BALMOND AND KAPOOR TRIED TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT THE HYBRID CITY OF LONDON WOULD ENJOY.
LONG SECTION
- CHIAKI ARAI URBAN & ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IN YURIHONJO: CHIAKI ARAI MOULDED KADARE CULTURAL CENTER INTO THE SHAPE OF A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FACILITY.
- SO – IL IN SEOUL: KUKJE GALLERY IN SEOUL EMBODIES SO – IL’S SEARCH FOR A NEW AESTHETIC.
- MOBY IN LOS ANGELES: ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN MOBY TALKS ABOUT HIS ARCHITECTURE BLOG.
- ALA ARCHITECTS IN KRISTIANSAND: WITH THE KILDEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE, ALA GIVES IDENTITY TO THE SMALL COASTAL CITY OF KRISTIANSAND.
- WIM DE WIT: LOS ANGELES: WIM DE WIT OF THE GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE BELIEVES THAT THE OLD FASHIONED APPROACH TO EXHIBITING ARCHITECTURE NEEDS TO BE RETHOUGHT.
- CADAVAL & SOLÀ-MORALES IN MEXICO/BARCELONA: EDUARDO CADAVAL AND CLARA DE SOLÀ-MORALES MAKE ARCHITECTURE THAT SERVES OTHERS, NOT JUST ITSELF.
- HEINZ LEGLER AND VERONIQUE LIEVRE IN LOS ANGELES: HEINZ LEGLER AND VERONIQUE LIEVRE WANT TO MAKE DESIGN ACCESSIBLE THROUGH HOLIDAYING.
- TAKAO SHIOTSUKA IN OITA: TAKAO SHIOTSUKA HOUSES A BOUNTY OF BOOKS, THEIR OWNER AND HIS WIFE.
- CHRISTIAN KEREZ IN ZURICH: CHRISTIAN KEREZ STUDIES IMAGES AS IF HE IS READING THEM.
OBSERVAR IMÁGENES
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