Stability, Seattle, 2009 --- Alex Schweder & Ward Shelley Photo © Scott Lawrimore —- From the archives of Spéciale’Z, Performance Architecture by Alex Schweder appeared in Issue No. 4 of the Journal. Schweder looks back at how his interest in the relationship between architecture and performance developed through his works. To order the complete issue, or toRead More
From the archives of Spéciale’Z, Sprawl Wars by Andri Gerber. Sprawl Wars appeared in Issue No. 2 of the Journal under the theme Decolonization & Architecture. The essay examines links between military technology and the development of suburban communities in the United States. To order the complete issue, or to subscribe to the Journal, pleaseRead More
Ordering and subscription information here Contents Diagram Diagrammatic Architecture, Tim Gough Le diagramme à “l’ombre” du disegno, Alexis Meier Diagramming Interstitiality, Eugenia Fratzeskou John Hejduk and Radical Diagramming, Aida Miron the Spatial Turn Architecture as Space, Again? Notes on the ‘Spatial Turn’, Łukasz Stanek A Plea for Spatial Knowledge…, Anne Brandl & Andri Gerber TheRead More
still from Tree of Life, Terrence Malick-director, Emmanuel Lubezki, cinematographer l’église Sainte Bernadette du Banlay à Nevers, Claude Parent et Paul Virilio Qu’en est-il aujourd’hui de l’opacité ? (par Claude Parent) Si l’on remonte l’histoire de l’architecture, après un bref séjour dans les arbres et dans les grottes, on découvre le mur. Le murRead More
Available September 2012 Ordering and subscription information here Contents Diagram Diagrammatic Architecture, Tim Gough Le diagramme à “l’ombre” du disegno, Alexis Meier Diagramming Interstitiality, Eugenia Fratzeskou John Hejduk and Radical Diagramming, Aida Miron the Spatial Turn Architecture as Space, Again? Notes on the ‘Spatial Turn’, Łukasz Stanek A Plea for Spatial Knowledge…, Anne Brandl & AndriRead More
Le Journal Spéciale’Z can currently be found at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York with Archizines + Arch-Art! Books, a double exhibition consisting of Archizines curated by Elias Redstone (April 18 – June 9, 2012) and Arch-Art! Books, curated by Adam O’Reilly for Printed Matter, Inc. (May 5 – June 9, 2012)Read More
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Before I left Tokyo in 2010, I found a set of old photographs taken in 1966. They were some of my great grandmother’s travel photographs taken as she and her friends visited Europe. So I decided to follow in her footsteps. ‘Landmark’ deals with the passing of time. It shows the differences and similarities inRead More
Open source is not only for programmers, technicians and nerds. It is a philosophy that will increasingly challenge social and economic conventions. What if we also start (re-) imagining the city as open source? After all, the city is not only the sum of private domains and interests but also a social construct and project,Read More
installation view, Chez Ouat, Elsa Mazeau Perform The term ‘performance’ remains elusive even within well-delineated disciplinary contexts. The bursting of performance art in the sixties provided a new framework and an alternative set of rules through which artists could articulate their relationship with society. Durational at its core, performance seems set to become the twenty-firstRead More
