Together!
Subtitle: the new architecture of the collective
By: editors, Mateo Kries, Mathias Müller, Daniel Niggli, Andreas Ruby, Ilka Ruby
Contributors: Vitra Design Museum; Centre d'innovation et de design (Hornu, Belgium)
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Format: [microform] :
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9783945852156
Subjects: Modern Architecture; Communal living; Exhibitions; Architecture and society; Philosophy; Functionalism (Architecture); History
Other titles: New architecture of the collective
Description: Housing is scarce, that much has become evident in the last few years. As real estate prices in big cities continue to skyrocket, conventional ideas of housing development prove unable to meet demands. The reaction to these challenges has been a silent revolution in contemporary architecture - towards collective building and living. Using models, films, and walk-in displays, the exhibition 'Together! The New Architecture of the Collective' addresses this global phenomenon by presenting a broad array of collective building and living projects from Europe, Asia, and the United States. An overview of historical precedents for the current wave of collectives demonstrates that the idea of collectivity has been a recurring theme in the history of architecture, from the reformist ideas of the nineteenth century to the hippies and squatters of the twentieth who touted the slogan 'Make love, not lofts'
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Together! The New Architecture of the Collective", held at Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 3 June - 10 September 2017, and at CID - Centre for Innovation and Design at Grand Hornu, Hornu, Belgium 25 March - 30 June 2018.
Table of contents: title: Together! : Foreword / Mateo Kries; title: Together!: On the renaissance of the collective in contemporary urban architecture: introduction / Mathias Müller, Daniel Niggli, Ilka Ruby, Andreas Ruby; title: Part 1. The story so far : Timeline: collective architecture 1800-2017; title: A city for people: essay / Andreas Hofer; title: The city as a hotel: essay / Anna Puigjaner; title: Part 2. Better together : Eight visits: photo essays / Daniel Burchard : Yokohama apartment, Yokohama, Japan; title: Spreefeld Berlin, Berlin, Germany; title: House for seven people, Tokyo, Japan; title: LT Josai, Nagoya, Japan; title: Musikerwohnhaus, Basel, Switzerland; title: Wohnprojekt Wien, Vienna, Austria; title: Mehr als Wohnen, Zurich, Switzerland; title: Part 3. The new architecture of the collective : Songpa micro-housing, Seoul, South Korea; title: SH2, Copenhagen, Denmark; title: Poolhaus, Vienna, Austria; title: Kalkbreite, Zurich, Switzerland; title: Vrijburcht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; title: Cooperative garden, Tokyo, Japan; title: VinziRast-mittendrin, Vienna, Austria; title: Star apartments, Los Angeles; title: Moriyama house, Tokyo, Japan; title: Agora Wohnen, Berlin, Germany; title: R50, Berlin, Germany; title: Lagerplatz 141, Winterthur, Switzerland; title: Zollhaus, Zurich, Switzerland; title: Zwicky Süd, Dübendorf, Switzerland; title: Yokohama apartment, Yokohama, Japan; title: Apartments with a small restaurant, Tokyo, Japan; title: House for seven people, Tokyo, Japan; title: LT Josai, Nagoya, Japan; title: Musikerwohnhaus, Basel, Switzerland; title: Wohnprojekt Wien, Vienna, Austria; title: Mehr als Wohnen, Haus J, Zurich, Switzerland; title: Part 4. Field reports : Creation in place of codetermination: the Vienna Sargfabrik as a showcase project of urban living: essay / Robert Temel; title: Democratising housing: a conversation between Yuma Shinohara and Michael Lafond, Spreefeld, Berlin; title: Cooperative housing as a means more than an end: essay / Ethel Baraona Pohl.