Résumé : | Domus 910, 1 2008
Cover
An interpretation by Dutch photographer Iwan Baan of the kaleidoscopic wall surface of the large auditorium. Agora Theatre in Lelystad, The Netherlands (building by UNStudio)
Editorial. Meat of flesh
Flavio Albanese. Meat of flesh
News, events, competitions, projects
Edited by Silvia Monaco
Unidentified flying bodies
Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos’s new theatre for Lelystad. Design by UNStudio. Text by Stefano Casciani
Think with your feet, pitch with your mind
A modern arena on the waterfront at Neuchâtel. Design by Geninasca & Delefortrie. Text by Alberto Alessi
Journey to Portugal
Small miracles of architecture in the outermost provinces: the Centro Ciência Viva in Bragança. Design by Giulia de Appolonia. Texts by Laura Bossi
Spatial concept: charred cedar
In the green countryside of Nagano, Japan, a house made entirely of wood was designed according to the cave concept. Design by Terunobu Fujimori+Keiichi Kawakami. Text by Terunobu Fujimori
A hand in the trees
Near the El Escorial site, domestic geometries by the Madrid firm NO.MAD leave the woodland habitat intact. Design by Eduardo NO.MAD Arquitectos. Text by Carlos Sant’Ana
Building anonymity
The new Istanbul art museum rises from the industrial remains of the Silahtaraga power station. Design by Emre Arolat Nevzat Sayin (NSMH). Text by Emre Arolat
Cathedral of the Holy Body
Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely, in 1966, constructed a temple to the female body in Stockholm. Text by Irina von Arx
Intersections: The body
Reinventing the body from Heidegger to Second Life. Edited by Silvia Monaco, Luigi Spinelli. Design by tomato – Simon Taylor, John Warwicker
From there
Two interior designs by Corrado Levi in Marrakech. Design by Corrado Levi. Text by Beppe Finessi
Tags and the City
Herzog & de Meuron’s premiere project in New York is a site-specific study, a new type of housing and a piece of 21st-century organic art. Design by Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron. Text by Stefano Casciani
Organic Essentialism
Carbon fibre as the key to the future freedom of expression. Design by Ross Lovegrove. Text by Maria Crstina Tommasini
Disco Mystic
An excursion into nightlife to survey the role of design in clubs
Books
The body is politics. Overlayed materiality. Seeing the invisibile. What’s the point of beauty? The space of the eye. Edited by Gianmario Andreani
The shame of a nation
The purifying catharsis of past and present violence in the work of Kara Walker. Text by Philippe Vergne
Tattoos
Text by Lina Bertucci
School is a sexy thing
The lack of stimulating places for artistic experimentation and the revival of art schools and workshops. Text by Daniel Birnbaum
Performa 07 NY
The New York event dusts off the ’60s’ happening and displays all its potential. Text by Francesco Bonami
Learning from Venice
From Las Vegas to Macao via Venice: controlled decadence as a form of urban renovation. Text by Francesco Bonami, Giuliano Da Empoli, Jeffrey Inaba
Rassegna: Bathroom
Extreme care of the body with the new interest in places for bathing: the home “temple” to well-being and the shared experience. Edited by Maria Cristina Tommasini
Body and font: typography and anatomy
Edited by Giuseppe Basile
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