Current Issue: Domus 912

Cover

Waterfall effect for the benches and the table made of a highly refined glass worked entirely by hand. Tokujin Yoshioka, Optical Glass Bar, Tokyo.

Editorial. The insecure ways of security

Flavio Albanese. The insecure ways of security

News, events, competitions, projects

Edited by Silvia Monaco

What’s the use of architecture?

Rebuilding the Sans Souci cinema in Soweto. Design and text by 26’10 South Architects, Lindsay Bremner

The heart of the desert

The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery brings architecture back to the ethical dimension. Design by Tamassociati with Pietro Parrino, Gino Strada. Text by Francesca Picchi

In the shadow of children in flower

In a new school, the use of transparency transforms the perception of distances. Design by Elisabetta Terragni with Paola Frigerio, Mike Dolinski. Texts by Elisabetta Terragni

In/out, near/far

A bridge-observatory in the forest and a made-to-measure house-cave. Design by Sami Rintala. Text by Francesca Picchi

Magnetic music

The new Concert and Congress Centre stands out as the focal point of Uppsala’s newly balanced urban planning. Design by Henning Larsen Architects. Text by Sebastiano Brandolini

A poetic elsewhere

On the outskirts of Paris, a theatrical landscape made up of sets. Design by Bernard Lassus. Text by Luisa Limido

The Zürich Wall

Two houses divided and united by a dynamic concrete wall. Design by Christian Kerez. Text by Stefano Casciani

Lost in the tropics

On the Pacific coast of Mexico, a holiday home for discriminating travellers. Design by Eduardo Cadaval & Clara Solà-Morales. Text by Laura Bossi

Wayne Berg, Gallatin County Detention Center

Reclusion as environmental design. Text by Luigi Spinelli. Photos by Paul Warchol and archivi Domus.

Intersections: Insecurity: “Liquid fear” and widespread control

Contributions by Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Stefano Catucci, Isabella Merzagora Betsos, Vincenzo Scalia, Marco Ragonese, Pippo Ciorra, Paolo C. Conti, Daniele Gasparinetti. Edited by Rita Capezzuto. Graphic design by tomato – Simon Taylor, John Warwicker

Brothers in design

A look at the work of some young international designers. Text by Maria Cristina Tommasini

Relighting New York

It’s a radical rethinking of familiar strategies. A project where the light source shaped the design. Design by Thomas Phifer and Partners. Text by Michael Webb

YOUprison

Twelve reflections on the limitation of space and freedom at the Sandretto Foundation. Text by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

I won’t drown on that levee

The shock report by Ashley HuntTesto. Text by Irene Calderoni

The Prince paradox

Traditional and subdued, yet rapidly rising. Text by Daniel Birnbaum

Another day another day another day

The latest video by Gianfranco Baruchello. Text by Cecilia Alemani

Ontological Twist

Power and the mechanisms of domination in the cruel detainee-guard role-play in Repetition, by Artur Zmijewski. Text by Tomasz Fudala

Ghost citizens

The “business of freedom” exposed in Correction by Fiona Tan. Text by Francesco Bonami

Il bar invisibile

A small solid/liquid lounge for a Japanese art collector. Design by Tokujin Yoshioka. Text by Stefano Casciani

Books

Widespread surveillance practices. 500 ACRES. Bodily and cognitive functions and bioaesthetics. Austrian fragments. The wealth of poverty. Edited by Gianmario Andreani

Rassegna: Lights

The functional contents of light and lighting systems win over thanks to the variety of attractive forms devised by designers. Edited by Maria Cristina Tommasini

Ramak Fazel USA 49 State coloring book