An hour north of Rotterdam, Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos lead the 45-person UN Studio, founded in 1998. With a partner's declaration that "the box is dead," they have built a network of researchers and specialists focused on architecture, urban development, and infrastructure, aiming to create projects that integrate brief, construction, infrastructure, circulation, form, and space. Their Erasmus Bridge, a sinuous roadway suspended from a single pylon, has become a symbol of modern Rotterdam. The science center for Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh features a Euclidean grid of beams and columns, described by van Berkel as "a sock being pulled back on itself." Following the success of their three-volume publication Move, UN Studio seeks new perspectives with UNFOLd. This work includes documentation of recent projects and a critical examination of previously unpublished designs, such as the Arnhem station area, a generating station in Innsbruck, a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance laboratory in Utrecht, and the winning design for Ponte Parodi in Genoa. With a personal touch, UNFOLd immerses readers in the firm's design process through texts by Bos and innovative architectural photography.
Mark Wigley Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)
1 januari 1956
Mark Wigley is een invloedrijke stem in de architectuurtheorie, die de ingewikkelde relatie tussen architectuur, mode en verlangen onderzoekt. Zijn geschriften duiken in hoe moderne architectuur wordt gevormd door esthetische en culturele krachten, waarbij vaak de kritische grondslagen van deconstructie worden onderzocht. Wigley's werk moedigt een herwaardering van architectonische praktijken aan door de lens van kritische theorie en cultuurcommentaar.
