COLLECTION
Collaborative Research Architecture Design collection of loved work
IN RESIDENCE: CASA GILARDI BY BARRAGÁN
Luis Barragán’s Casa Gilardi, now the home of Martin Luque and his family, the house was constructed after Barragán had formally retired. Like most other work of Barragán, this house is also one of the best examples of colour in architecture for impact and atmosphere. 19°24'51.0"N 99°11'10.6"W
CONTEMPORARY BY DANIYAL FARHANI
“Sketching and drawing are spatial and haptic exercises that fuse the external reality of space and matter, and the internal reality of perception … into singular and dialectic entities.” — Juhani Pallasmaa
three DECADE TIME-LAPSE OF THE EARTH BY JEFFREY KLUGER
"That is not how things usually seem to human beings living on the surface of the planet. The mountain that’s here today ought to be here tomorrow. The river that meanders along the boundary of your state or your nation will be meandering into the future."
THE ARQUIPÉLAGO CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTRE
By MENOS É MAIS ARQUITECTOS + JOÃO MENDES RIBEIRO. The meaning of contemporary is well translated in the design of the building. Old and New side by side. 37°49'16.6"N 25°30'56.2"W
BAUTA BY PAUL TUNGE AND EGIL HÅSKJOLD LARSEN
A series of constructed views into Norway’s modernist architecture highlights that spaces/ architecture is a matter of perception; one must learn to “perceive rather than neglect. Cast in stone and concrete, these buildings share an uncertain disregard in the public eye—considered 'ugly' and worthy of demolition.”
AMOUR BY VERA GERALDES
The hard light of Marseille summer captured in a playful atmosphere. The urban-scape is defining our relationship to one another, to leisure, and to the natural features.
FLOATING PIERS BY CHRISTO CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE
Italian director duo Roberto de Paolis and Carlo Lavagna capture Bulgarian artist Christo's work in development. “Working alongside his late wife and creative partner Jeanne-Claude for decades, Christo made waves with his colossal environmental works that exist solely to enhance the magic of natural landscapes.” 45°41'38.0"N 10°04'17.7"E
LABYRINT BY GIJS VAN VAERENBERGH
A collaboration between Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh. Installed at the open space of C-mine art centre in an industrial city of Genk in Belgium. 50°58'54.8"N 5°29'25.9"E
TADAO ANDO: ICHIGONI 152 MASTERPIECE
A film by Pundersons Gardens and Noë & Associates, "The lionised Japanese architect take us through his Manhattan masterpiece. On the corner of Kenmare and Elizabeth Street in Manhattan’s Nolita, a striking new edifice of concrete and glass will soon rise from the pavement, reaching some seven stories up into the ever-changing New York skyline."
EDIT BY DANIYAL FARHANI
Design is a process of selection, editing, and composition, Edit follows this methodology yet pleases great emphasis on editing elements away to create a new work of new meaning and interpretation.
IN RESIDENCE: RICARDO BOFILL BY ALBERT MOYA
How the Spanish architect built an empire out of a disused factory, there are houses, and then there’s Ricardo Bofill’s house: a brutalist former cement factory of epic proportions on the outskirts of Barcelona, 5,000 square meters of living space in concrete, ceramic, wood, glass. Built in 1975 with the newest addition, a bedroom and a bathroom built in 2010.
PUNTA PITE BY TERESA MOLLER
Cut granite from the site connects two beach towns on the Chilean coast. The footpath creates moments of genius relationship between man cut and naturally formed. 32°30'28.6"S 71°28'19.8"W
TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS BY TAUBA AUERBACH
"Working somewhere between conceptual art and graphic design_California-born artist Tauba Auerbach creates compositions that exist somewhere in the state between two and three dimensions." Published in collaboration with New York-based independent bookstore Printed Matter.
CHOREOGRAPHY OF FRAGMENTS: Daniyal farhani
You rarely touch, never speak to me. Dancing around the light that I bring, you daze me. Dancing around my form, you make me. My mass guides you, my void lifts you. I see you looking why do you ignore me.
A GOOD WORK: FRANK BUSCHMANN BY JUAN A. DURÁN
"Can that be called a happy life? Can it be called living? Is there anything more intolerable than that situation, I won't say for a man of mettle nor even for a man of high birth, but simply for a man of common sense" 40 minutes of calm.
WAREHOUSE 8B BY ARTURO FRANCO
"In a small warehouse of the old slaughterhouse of Madrid, roof tiles in bad condition have been removed from the roof, stacked to solve a problem. This is the summary of the intervention."
WEIWEI IN ATHENS BY MARTIN GARDE ABILDGAARD
Martin Garde Abildgaard documented artist Ai Weiwei’s first major exhibition in Greece at the Museum of Cycladic Art. “Ai Weiwei has a unique way of looking at the world, and the condition it’s in, and through his art he gets everyone absorbing his messages.”
I AM EXPORTED by daniyal farhani
Information in one’s immediate surrounding affects social behaviour, emotions, and aesthetic satisfaction. A thought or culture can be imported, exported through media, public realm can be contaminated.
BREACHING THE SEAWALL | MODERN LOVE
Adam Wells’ animation for the New York Times. A beautifully animated love story in the city Manila. When Laurel Fantauzzo met a young woman and her bicycle in Manila, her relationship to the city was transformed. Series Producer: Nick van der Kolk, Senior Producer: Shayla Harris.
SESC POMPÉIA BY LINA BO BARDI
“Culture should be put in quarantine, given some rest, left to recover its original meaning and depth. Sources: Lina Bo Bardi Together and Archdaily 23°31'35.7"S 46°40'58.2"W