Out of the Box
“To think out of the box: to think imaginatively using new ideas instead of traditional or expected ideas.” If AA borrows from the vocabulary of start-ups to name its new issue, it is not to promote ‘offbeat’ thinking, but rather to review the different paths taken by architects, artists and experts to break away from the norm, which is sometimes defined too far from the realities of the world. We have analysed the various movements of this ‘de-standardisation’ at work in France and elsewhere. Here and here, architects are also becoming developers, to escape the standards that impose an environment designed far from to the reality of families; others are proposing to ‘de-assign’ housing, and to give residents the opportunity to rearrange rooms to suit their needs; some are building in the earth, opposed to the country standards… However, this does not mean becoming an ‘anarchitect’, an ‘anarchist’ architect who would flout regulations and laws, but it’s rather about proposing solutions that start from the standard, distort it and adapt it to the measures of the world.
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In this issue :
NEWS
In the eye of Elmgreen & Dragset; AA’s selection of current exhibitions and latest books; design, the Campus MaNa, Bourgogne; Awarded French architect Simon Teyssou’s speech; the history of the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique told by Jean-Claude Raspiengeas; new building by Coldefy & Associés, Atelier FCJZ, Fondation de Chine, Cité internationale universitaire, Paris; The Reuse Notebooks and the Art of Leftovers.
VIEWPOINTS
ART – Kate MccGwire, Art in Feathers, by Christelle Granja
SCIENCE — One Size Fits All ? How the Body is the Ultimate Standard, by Anastasia de Villepin
REPRESENTATION – Atlas of Love, Éric Tabuchi and Nelly Monnier, by Julien Choppin
LIVING WORLDS – When Artists Plant Forests, by Christelle Granja
PROFIL
Studio Mumbai : Craftsmanship, First and Foremost, by Anastasia de Villepin
“This abundance of sensory phenomena, dreams, memory, imagination, emotions and intuition stems from this pool of experiences, embedded in the corners of our eyes, in the soles of our feet, in the lobes of our ears, in the tone of our voices, in the whisper of our breath and in the palm of our hands.” Studio Mumbai designs a free and delicate architecture. It is built with people, after scores of others, through the breath of followers, sung like a jazz standard.
REPORT
INTRODUCTION – Ways of the World, by Éric de Thoisy
HERITAGE – Team Zoo, “By hand with our Feet”, by Yên Bui
DRAWING – Drawings as Graphic Novels, by Jean-Benoît Vétillard
EXPERTISE – Patrick Bouchain’s Method, by Valérie de Saint-Do
BUILDINGS
Compagnie architecture, Frida-Kahlo’s school, Bruges, France
PERIS+TORAL Arquitectes, housing units, Ibiza, Cornellà de Llobregat, Son Servera, Espagne
Plan Comùn, ZAC Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris France ; Stadium, square and gardens, Dürres, Albanie ; 5 housing units, Pantin, France
Boltshauser, Architekten, Rauch House, Schlins, Autriche ; Multifamily house Kilchberg, Zurich, Suisse ; Research Building GLC, Zurich, Suisse
Junya Ishigami+associates, Zaishui Art Museum, Rizhao, Shandong, Chine
PHOTOGRAPHY
Looking Back at Luigi Snozzi — Luc Boegly
TRENDS
In the news — Aman Interiors, Kengo Kuma, collection Migumi
Creation — Robocoop, BassoRilievo
Projets et products — AA’s selection
