Current Issue: Domus 913

Cover

A horse stars on the front cover of the new Domus redesigned by Onlab...

Editorial

Flavio Albanese. Domus has changed

News, events, competitions, projects

Edited by Silvia Monaco

Ishigami in Kanagawa

On a university campus, the first building by Junya Ishigami floats in a brightly lit dematerialisation. Design Junya.Ishigami + associates. Text Julian Worrall

Studio Up, Gymnasium in Koprivnica

In 2003 the young Croatian firm won the competition to design the school complex. Design Lea Pelivan + Toma Pleji C ´, Studio Up. Interview Rita Capezzuto

from Domus 913 April 2008A.S*, University Residence in the Azores

On the island of São Miguel a students’ residence is grafted onto the landscape like a comb. Design Pedro Machado Costa, Célia Gomes. Text Carlos Sant’Ana

Swiss Irony

Madrid’s cultural triangle is lit up with a new urban beacon. Design Herzog & de Meuron. Text Arturo Franco

B+R, Arena Bekkestua in Norway

Near Oslo, a large sports pavilion makes room for the expressive dynamics of youth. Design B+R Brøgger & Reine Arkitektur AS. Text Rita Capezzuto

Selgascano in Madrid

A thriving natural microcosm around a onefamily home at La Florida, Madrid. Design José Selgas Rubio, Lucía Cano Pintos. Text Laura Bossi

Álvaro Siza in Sintra

The fleeting essence of this project site through a free-hand sketch. Design Álvaro Siza. Text Kenneth Frampton

House on the roof

The house on the roof fi ts into a picture of the residential “colonisation” of the Milanese suburb. Design M&A – Mutti & Architetti

Menos é Mais factory in Portugal

The compositional and fi gurative refi nement of a new factory for the motor industry in Portugal. Design Francisco Vieira De Campos, Cristina Guedes. Text Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Julia Stoschek Collection

An ex-corsetry factory converted into a new generation house-museum. Design Kuehn Malvezzi. Text Simona Malvezzi

Working on the docks

With its “270 metres of concrete silence”, the Kraanspoor wharf in Amsterdam- Noord turned out to be the ideal base for a megastructure-office. Design OTH Ontwerpgroep Trude Hooykaas BV. Text Stefano Casciani

Make It New

A new design concept for Domus: philosophy, structure, typography, character. Design, text onlab

How do you jump?

Optojump, an innovative system for the athletic and sports assessment of walking. Design MM Design. Text Maria Cristina Tommasini

Young Design

Domus continues its travels among the young talents of international design: projects from India, Europe and America. Design M. Singh, E. Swan, D. Wiseman, R. Stanco, M. Laakkonen, L. Eslava, J. Lohmann, P. Nigro, Samare. Text Maria Cristina Tommasini

Blossom

A system of lamps designed by Hella Jongerius for the Swiss company Belux. Design Hella Jongerius. Texts Maria Cristina Tommasini, Hella Jongerius

Centre Le Corbusier Zürich

A portrait of the collector Heidi Weber and her pavilion, signed LC, on Zürich Lake. Text Luigi Spinelli

Beyond the White Cube

Leibniz’s monad as an ideal model for the gallery to come. Text Daniel Birnbaum

Migrations

The Lower East Side from a poor and degraded neighbourhood to a hub of attraction for upbeat New York trends. Text Cecilia Alemani

Karriere Bar & Restaurant

The new venue conceived by Jeppe Hein and his sister Lærke in Copenhagen places art at the centre. Text Francesco Bonami

Science & the city

Mies van der Rohe

Out of the blue

Towards an invisible architecture

Au Paradis

New spaces for contemporary art: looking for spaces that have helped to redefine the role of the museum institution

Contributions by Marcella Beccaria, Francesco Bonami, Stefano Casciani, Roger Macdonald, Loredana Mascheroni. Edited by Loredana Mascheroni. Graphic design by tomato – Simon Taylor, John Warwicker

Books

Ephemeral and permanent. The Globalisation of museums. Rediscovering nature’s background. Museums and discontent. Edited by Gianmario Andreani

Rassegna: Furniture

Too much of everything? Furniture: a round-up of new proposals. Edited by Maria Cristina Tommasini