Features with the theme of “Architecture +”, this issue of Domus China are exploring how architecture has stepped in area of Art (A + Art), Technology (A + Technology) and Fashion (A + Fashion), with its unique character and attitude.
For A+F, four architecture firms cooperate with four fashion brands respectively, showing the charm of architecture and fashion echoing each other, including the new Miu Miu store in Tokyo by Herzog & de Meuron, Issey Miyake flagship store by Tokujin Yoshioka, three stores of Acne Studios by Bozarthfornell Architects and OMA’s design for the catwalks of Prada; A+A presents Jean Nouvel’s respect to a historic and joyful carousel with the power of architecture, the fascinating art work of Mimimo Paladino for a water conservancy project, Artron (Shanghai) Art Center as the cooperation between architects and artists, and the lamp design by architect Umberto Riva; while A+T leads us to Xuberance and Cesare Griffa Architecture Lab, respectively presenting the potentials of digital and biological technology for architecture.
It is worth mentioning that the Confetti also echoes with the same theme. In the beginning of this issue, we invited two masters Yung Ho Chang and Paul Smith, through an interesting face-to-face interview to provide our readers with their stories of crossover among architecture, fashion, art and technology; for the academic part, Steven Holl explores the relationship between music and architecture through his practice at Columbia University; Pietro Montani demonstrates his analysis on how digital technology the scenarios of our habitat by the interpreters of architecture; meantime, Aedes Architecture Forum’s founder Kristin Feireiss and director Hans Jurgen Commerell shared with their insight for architecture and exhibition, as well as their continuous attention of Chinese architecture.
The Feedback leads us to Adolfo Natalini’s Florence, a closed and cruel city which today needs architecture even more than architecture needed Florence in the past. In the Elzeviro, Alberto Sironi recalled every house where he lived, looking for the light and colours of his childhood and the sounds that enchanted him.
