In the editorial Nicola Di Battista develops the idea of imagination as the richest part of the architectural process that he divided in four parts, each one discussed in as many editorials.
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In March issue: the Five Dragons Temple in Ruicheng City, Cina, by Wang Hui; the House in Laax, Switzerland, by Valerio Olgiati, and the Walmer Yard housing, London, by Peter Salter; and then Philippe Nigro’s design and the feedback on Sarajevo. For free with Domus the supplement Innovation.
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- 13 March 2017
- Milan
Among this issue projects: the restoration of the Five Dragons Temple, the oldest Taoist Chinese temple, by Wang Hui – Urbanus with a comment by Pierre-Alain Croset; the Walmer Yard housing in London by Peter Salter combining wood and concrete with knowledge; the House in Laax, on the Swiss mountains by Valerio Olgiati and the project for a huge green area North of Tokyo by Junya Ishigami.
Two shows at the Triennale di Milano: on Gio Ponti’s ceramics and Mario Bellini’s retrospective “My World”, plus the design approach of Philippe Nigro. This month’s school is the Pratt Institution School of Design in New York, and the feedback brings us to Kanita-Ita Fočak’s Sarajevo.
The Innovation supplement edited by Carlo Ratti, with photos by Oliviero Toscani, explores the fringes of architectural innovation in four sections: design, materials, production, interaction.