The November issue of Domus 1062 outlines possible narratives for imagining a new future. In his editorial, Guest Editor Tadao Ando reflects on the visionary power of the “unbuilt” projects of yesterday and today. “The present is a challenging age where it is difficult to imagine utopian fantasies and robust proposals similar to the past. Still, creators continue the battle to grasp an uncertain future.”
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The November magazine investigates the visionary power of architectural design. Browse the gallery to discover the contents of the magazine.
Text Tadao Ando. Image © MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Roma. Collezione MAXXI Architettura-Archivio Superstudio
Text Neyran Turan. Image courtesy of Nemestudio
Text Zeina Koreitem. Image © MILLIØNS
Text Liam Young. Image ©LiamYoung
Text Angelo Renna. Image © Angelo Renna
Text ABIBOO Studio with SONet. Image © ABIBOO Studio with SONet
Text Alarcón+Fuhrhop+ Montalbetti Arquitectos and Altos Arquitectos. Image © Alarcón+Fuhrhop+Montalbetti Arquitectos and Altos Arquitectos
Text Sou Fujimoto Architects. Image © Sou Fujimoto Architects
Text Jean Nouvel. Image Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Text Angela Maderna. Photo courtesy of Refik Anadol
Text Aalto University and MIT Media Lab. Photo Esa Kapila
Texts Steven Holl, Paul Smith, Neri Oxman, Zhu Pei, Dominique Perrault, A+A+A, Hideyuki Nakayama, Elena Manferdini, Space Industries, John Pawson, Thom Mayne, Valerio Olgiati, Lucy McRae, Fernando Romero, Sou Fujimoto, Germane Barnes . Photo MIT Media Lab, Pneuma, 2020
Text Riichi Miyake. Photo collection of Hiroshima Municipal Archives, The City of Hiroshima
Text MAD Architects. Photo Hunter Kerhart
Text Andrea Caputo. Illustration Michele Tranquillini
of modern society, nor can it save the human soul.
Architecture – how powerless.
Still, we never give up.
To ponder an unseen future.
To paint an image of our one and only Earth,
where people live together with vigour.
Text Tadao Ando. Photo © Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
Text Giulia Ricci. Illustration Francesco Chiacchio
Text Carlos D’Ercole. Photo Simon d’Exéa
Text Rita Capezzuto. Photo Andrea Lavezzù
Text Silvana Annicchiarico
Text Walter Mariotti. Photo Alberto Strada
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- 06 November 2021
Following in the Essays, Neyran Turan, co-founder of Nemestudio, attempts to re-examine the political mechanisms behind an architectural project in order to stimulate a new way of imagining the planet. Lebanese architect Zeina Koreitem, then, explains her proposal for a third way of computational representation compared to the two dominant ones, rendering and culture of fabrication. With her “proto-architectural” experiments, she reinforces the idea that color is numerical and that objects are data as well as material.
The Architecture section presents six projects not yet built, spatial visions that anticipate the future. Liam Young presents his animated short film, with which he explores an extreme possibility for the survival of mankind, where the entire population of the Earth retreats into one big city. Angelo Renna tells us about his vision for the historic San Siro stadium, a monument dedicated to the victims of Covid-19 transformed into an ecosystem of cypress trees; while ABIBOO Studio with SONet dream of a futuristic urban project on Mars. In Chile, Alarcón+Fuhrhop+Montalbetti Arquitectos and Altos Arquitectos present their proposal for the new Nuevo Museo de Arte Contemporáneo; Sou Fujimoto Architects explain two design proposals based on a strategy to mitigate the Middle Eastern climate. Finally, Jean Nouvel elaborates on his project for the Paleolithic wall art complex in Montignac, France.
In the pages dedicated to Art, Angela Maderna focuses on the work of artists Suchi Reddy and Refik Anadol, Could it in the future be created by Artificial Intelligence, independently of the will, guidance and supervision of the artist?
In the Design section we tell about four research projects, at Aalto University in Helsinki and MIT in Boston, testing new materials: augmented, thanks to technology, or biocompatible, starting from nature
The new Creators section was established to illustrate the variety of thought forms that can emerge around an idea. Each month we will offer a range of artists and designers who shape objects, spaces and buildings the chance to express themselves visually on the theme we investigate in the issue. For this issue, we’ve asked designers such as Steven Holl, Neri Oxman, Zhu Pei, Dominique Perrault and others to focus on the question "What future will we have?"
In the Design snippets column, Riichi Miyake recalls Kenzo Tange’s design of the Hiroshima Memorial owes much to Isamu Noguchi’s intervention-a collaboration nipped in the bud that deserves to be rediscovered. Mad Architects writes about the construction site of the Lucas Museum in Los Angeles, an organic structure, raised by arches to house a square at its center.
In this month’s Diary, pages dedicated to current events, a round table between Andrea Cassi, Georgina McDonald, James Taylor-Foster and Antonio Bosio discusses the new role of technology in the domestic environment. Carlos D’Ercole visits the house-studio of Luigi Serafini, an explosion of colors where red and white are the masters. Silvana Annicchiarico analyzes the design of the young Finnish designer Riku Taneli Toivonen, while Rita Capezzuto meets Hashim Sarkis, to take stock of his Biennale that has gathered the visions of 114 architects from all over the world. Editorial director Walter Mariotti concludes the section with a chat with Giorgio Rossi Cairo, one of the most eclectic figures in the Italian business community. He talks about his biodynamic vision and his experience at La Raia, where he promotes art and culture in the landscape. Also this month in the attachment, the Contract special dedicated to the latest innovative proposals for offices and hotels. Cecilia Fabiani talks with the designers Elisa Ossini, Nani Marquina, Bernhard Osann and Philippe Starck, in search of new solutions for an evolving market. Valentina Croci investigates the office “that will be”: new flexible spaces marked by a renewed corporate culture, an important field of research after the pandemic has made traditional workplaces obsolete. Following, an investigation into the revolution that has involved hospitality spaces, changing form, and formula, to open up to the territory and take on a public role and contribute to urban renewal.
In the November editorial, Domus’ Guest Editor 2021 reflects on the visionary power of the past and present “unbuilt” projects. "I must point out that a memory which is suddenly revived carries a great power of resuscitation. The past does not only draw us back to the past. There are certain memories of the past that have strong steel springs and, when we who live in the present touch them, they are suddenly stretched taut and then they propel us into the future."
To kindle a new way of imagining the planet, it is necessary to politically re-examine the fundamental mechanisms of architectur.
The Lebanese designer proposes a third way for computational representation that is distinct from the dominant two, rendering and the culture of fabrication. With her “proto-architectural” experiments, she reinforces the idea that colour is numerical and objects are data as well as material.
The animated short film by the Australian-born film director and architect explores an extreme scenario for the survival of humanity, where the entire population of the Earth retreats into one big city.
To commemorate the Italian victims of Covid-19, the grandstands of Milan’s historic stadium are imagined as an ecosystem planted with cypresses typical of the Mediterranean landscape.
Resting on solid scientific and academic studies, the futuristic urban project challenges the hostile climate with engineering solutions supported by Artificial Intelligence.
Imagined as an incision in a large urban park, the design for the Nuevo Museo de Arte Contemporáneo is bare towards the sky and, inspired by Foucault’s concept of heterotopias, composed of both real and fictitious spaces.
Starting from a strategy to mitigate the Middle Eastern climate, the two proposals are structured in modules that draw on local architectural forms to incorporate a variety of functions into a single complex.
In devising the proposal for the Palaeolithic complex of parietal art, the architect reflected on the origins of humanity and the commercialisation of culture.
Art has always been considered a human prerogative. But will it be created by Artificial Intelligence in the future, independently of the artist’s will, guidance and supervision?
Four research projects, at Aalto University in Helsinki and at MIT in Boston, are testing new materials that are augmented by technology or biocompatible because they start from nature.
This segment was established as a way of showcasing the diversity of thought that can emerge around a single idea. Each month an array of artists and designers who shape objects, spaces and buildings is given the freedom to express themselves visually on the theme we explore in each issue. To illustrate a cross-generational, cross- disciplinary view of the design world, each time we host ten creators. For this issue, the research focuses on the question, "What future will we have?"
Kenzo Tange’s project for the Hiroshima Memorial owes much to the work of Isamu Noguchi: their short-lived partnership deserves to be rediscovered.
The heart of the design for the Lucas Museum in Los Angeles is its organic structure, which is raised on arches to create a plaza at its centre.
The Catalan studio is characterised by an “artisanal” approach and an organisation that is both fluid and systematic. Its spirit is best expressed in the free exchange of ideas when collectively discussing the work in progress.
It cannot solve the increasingly complicated problems
of modern society, nor can it save the human soul.
Architecture – how powerless.
Still, we never give up.
To ponder an unseen future.
To paint an image of our one and only Earth,
where people live together with vigour.
How will the most advanced technology change the way we live? We asked Antonio Bosio (Samsung), Georgina McDonald (Space10), James Taylor-Foster (ArkDes) and Andrea Cassi (Carlo Ratti Associati).
Near the Pantheon, the home-studio of the Codex Seraphinianus author is an explosion of colour. Red and white prevail in the home of this architect, designer, stage designer, painter who cannot be pigeonholed.
In Venice in September we met the curator of the 17. International Architecture Biennale for a review of his event that gathered the visions of 114 architects from around the world.
Young Finnish designer Riku Toivonen talks about his playful interior lighting design.
The entrepreneur, one of the most eclectic figures on the Italian business scene, describes his biodynamic vision and experience at La Raia, where he promotes art and culture from a landscape perspective.