l'ArcaWeb December 2020
As of this exclusively on-line edition, l’Arca International’s publishing staff provides monthly news and updates about new projects worthy of a briefly and succinct mention. All readers can contribute by sending projects and images to redaction@groupep.mc redazione@groupep.mc.
Icare Technologies, Aeklys by Starck
"CHANGING AS ARCHITECTS TO CHANGE THE CITY"
by Joseph di Pasquale. Dear editor, I read your latest editorial entitled “We need to change”. You are right: we need to change as architects, there is no doubt about that and, in my opinion, we need to go even further than you are, quite rightly, suggesting.
Graft, E.ON ultra-fast charging stations
You are referring quite pertinently to expertise in the realms of science, technology, communication and the latest frontiers of artificial intelligence and robotics. But, again in my view, scientific and technological expertise alone is not enough to bring about the necessary change.
But alongside the antiquated notion of “form”, design itself contains the basic elements constituting the very essence of the history of design or, in other words, fate and causality.
Dominique Perrault, New retractable roof on Suzanne Lenglen tennis court, Paris
Over approximately the last 20 years we have been witnessing an authentic cultural-behavioural revolution that has already overwhelmed and redefined entire sectors of our everyday life, industry and the economy. Read hall
Kengo Kuma & Associates, Mad Arkitekter, The Ibsen Library, Skien Municipality, Norway BuroHappold
Zaha Hadid Design, NEXXA by Izé
Coop Himmelb(l)au, Museum and Theatre Complex Kemerovo, Kemerovo, Russia (2020)
Progetto CMR, The Sign, Milano, Italy
CLIPSO High performance acoustic ceilings in Host Hotels & ResortsHost, Bethesda, USA by Gensler
The Blossom Avenue Partners, Logistic hub, Trecate, Italy
Massimiliano e Doriana Fuksas, La Voile Blanche, Cap d’Ail, France