AA Files 79

AA Files 79

AA Files is the Architectural Association's (AA) journal of record. Launched in 1981 by the AA's then chairman Alvin Boyarsky, the journal appears twice a year and is sent out to members of the Architectural Association and individual subscribers, and is distributed to a global network of bookshops. Currently under the editorship of Maria Shéhérazade Giudici, AA Files looks to promote original and engaging writing on architecture. It does this by drawing both on the AA’s own academic research, public programme, exhibitions and events, as well as by a rich and eclectic mix of architectural scholarship from all over the world.  With Contributions of Pier Vittorio Aureli, Brendon Carlin, Jingru (Cyan) Cheng, Thomas Daniell, Adam Kaasa, Marson Korbi, Michelle Millar Fisher, Gabrielle Printz, Ines Weizman, Amber Winick
Histories Of Ecological Design

Histories of Ecological Design

An Unfinished Cyclopedia Lydia Kallipoliti The term ecological design was coined in a 1996 book by Sim van der Ryn and Stewart Cowan, in which the authors argued for a seamless integration of human activities with natural processes to minimize destructive environmental impact. However, ecological design harks as far back as Ernst Haeckel’s definition of the field of ecology and Henry David Thoreau’s manual for self-reliance. Since World War II, contrary to the position of ecological design as a call to fit harmoniously within the natural world, there has been a growing interest in a form of synthetic naturalism, where the laws of nature and metabolism are displaced from the domain of wilderness to the domain of cities, buildings, and objects. With the rising awareness of disturbances in the planetary reservoir, the field of ecological design has signified not only the integration of the designed object or space in the natural world, but also the reproduction of the natural world in design principles and tools through technological mediation. Unlike van der Ryn and Cowan’s argumentation, which focused on a deep appreciation for nature’s equilibrium, ecological design might commence with the synthetic replication of natural systems. There have been many accounts on the history of ecology and others on the migration of ecological thought to design and architecture practice. Yet, the work of a focused and expanded history of ecological design is much needed. This book will present conflicting definitions and concepts of architects and designers and the parallel histories of their intellectual positions toward environmental thought from the 19th century to today. It will showcase that ecological design starts with the reconceptualization of the world as a complex system of flows rather than a discrete compilation of objects, which visual artist and theorist György Kepes has described as one of the fundamental reorientations of the 20th century. To survey the formation of this field, the history of ecological design will be not be exclusively examined chronologically, but also in connected worldviews, each rendering evolving perceptions of nature, its relation to culture, and the occupation of the natural world by human and non-human subjects. 
Housing Laboratory / Laboratorio De Vivienda

Housing Laboratory / Laboratorio de Vivienda

Apan, Hidalgo, México Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample, MOS In 2017, Mexico’s Institute for the National Fund for Workers’ (INFONAVIT) Center for Research for Sustainable Development launched a program to solicit new approaches to affordable housing. To better understand the possibilities, and to better educate developers, workers, and students about the research, INFONAVIT engaged with MOS to develop a master plan for a campus of 32 built prototypes and design an education center to promote awareness and study of workers’ housing typologies. The selection process revealed various categories and themes for which the projects could be classified. Some projects rethink the fundamentals of low-income housing’s spatial organization (corridors, courtyards, roofs), some rework labor and construction, and some recast structure or material. The forms of these works are generally economical but, unlike early-modernist projects at the Weissenhof Estate, their attitude is not one of a radical break. If anything, these works relate to the vast, varied world of contemporary vernacular construction – the majority of the built world that Architecture glosses over. Each house responds to different climates, each house maintains their designed solar orientation, each house exhibits potential for growth by aggregation, repetition, or various strategies of extension, infill, and addition. All of the houses retain their individual identities within the larger campus. Presenting the 32 projects selected and built, including research, drawings, and descriptions by the architects, and an essay by Canadian Centre for Architecture Director Giovanna Borasi titled “A Large Urban Garden Where You Can Learn About Architecture,” Laboratorio de Vivienda considers the problem of low-income housing by bringing thoughtful attention and expertise of architects, considering how these proposals, assembled into a collective, would work together toward creating not an estate but a community for Apan. For, given the limited resources of such works, each decision gains greater significance and has greater impact on the design and on the life of its inhabitants. With Contributions of Carlos Zedillo Velasco, Giovanna Borasi, DVCH DeVillarChacon Arquitectos, Frida Escobedo, Dellekamp Arquitectos Derek Dellekamp & Jachen Schleich, Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura, Ambrosi | Etchegaray, Zooburbia, Zago Architecture, Taller | Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo, Taller de Arquitectura X, Griffin Enright Architects, Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO, Francisco Pardo Arquitecto, Enrique Norten | TEN Arquitectos, Pita & Bloom, BGP Arquitectura, Zeller & Moye, Accidental Estudio de Arquitectura, Nuño – Mac Gregor – De Buen Arquitectos SC, SAYA+ Arquitectos, Cano|Vera Arquitectura, Fernanda Canales, RNThomsen ARCHITECTURE, PRODUCTORA, Agraz Arquitectos SC, Rojkind Arquitectos, Tactic-A, GAETA-SPRINGALL Arquitectos, TALLER ADG, Taller 4:00 A.M., CRO Studio, JC Arquitectura, DCPP
Revista LF No.12

Revista LF No.12

Portfolios

Red Rubber Road. Cover and interview Evelyn Bencicova. Morphology / Notes on Hysteria. Joanne Leah. Skin Encapsulated Ego. Sergey Melnitchenko. Young and free. Annegret Soltau. Körper Öffnungen (Body Openings). Anna Försterling. Body shapes. Renate Ariadne. The body and people. Viki Kollerová. Silver Island. Thomas Holm. Symmetry and dark shadows. Alicja Brodowicz. Visual exercises. Diptych series (2018). Alfonso Vidal-Quadras. Journey to the Shadow. Alisa Sibirskaya (1989, Siberia).

Sections

Photobook. Ein Fest in Wuppertal. Xènia Gasull Artigas. Other views. Fabiana de Barros. Bruna Battistini. Eternal debates. Photography and beauty. Koldo Badillo. RevelaT 2021 Award. Andrés Gallego. Collecting.The photographer who immortalized the essence of dance. Susana Oñoro. Report. Long Shadows. Redacción LF Reporting. Best photographers LF.Web 2021.by Marta Calvo. Column. Post pandemic, vacations and chocolate factory. Fernando Peracho. Collecting. Ellen Kooi. "Written in Wate". Juan Curto #Instagram. What goes from the tip of the hair to the toenail. Carles Gené.
Revista LF No.11

Revista LF No.11

Summary

José Colón. Censored deaths during the pandemic. Fabrizio Spucches. Cover . Working Class Virus. Ramón Siscart. Quarantine days. Eva Parey. Pandemic shelters. José Ignacio Hernández. Humanópolis. Rafael Fabrés. The boat. Rod Harbinson. Zen in times of Coronavirus. Rober Astorgano. Home. Mattia Balsamini. Italy: emergency industrial reconversion. Michele Borzoni. How To Social Distance.

Sections

Photobook. The BirthEin. Xènia Gasull Artigas. Other views. Seeds of resistance. Bruna Battistini. Eternal debates. Photography and time. Koldo Badillo. Report. KBr. Eternal debates. RevelaT. RevelaT 2020 Award. Luís Álvarez Marra. Collecting. History as a collector. Juan Curto Column. Surviving the pandemic. Fernando Peracho. Collecting. The roots of design. Fernando Caeiro. Spaces. Blanca Berlin Gallery. Koldo Badillo #Instagram. The year we lived cautiously. Carles Gené.
Revista LF No.10

Revista LF No.10

Portfolios

Aitor Garmendia. Behind the walls. Josh Edelson. Through the flames. Gabriele Cecconi. Les Misérables and the earth. Maite Carames. De profundis. Noah Ortega. Filming for liberation. Federico Borella. Dead zone. Antonio Aragon Renuncio. DesertifiKation. Jo-Anne McArthur. Captives. Daniel Beltra. The truth is in the flames. Aitor Ortiz. Gaudi, intimate impressions. Carlos Perez Siquier. AFAL, the flip-flop, the beach and the color. Richard Learoyd. Classic but groundbreaking.  

Sections

Photobook. Xènia Gasull Artigas. Report. Marta Rebon. Report. AnimaNaturalis. Eternal debates. Koldo Badillo. Collective. Susana Oñoro. Reportage. Koldo Badillo. Column. Fernando Peracho. Collecting. Susana Oñoro. Other views. Bruna Battistini. Report. International Contest Andrei Stenin. Winning photographs BIPA. Fernando Peracho. Spaces. Koldo Badillo. #Instagram. Ethos y aquellos. Carles Gené.
Revista LF No.9

Revista LF No.9

Portfolios

Roger Ballen. Cover and interview. Agustín Hernández. Capturing the world of dreams. Enric Maciá. The animal that lives in man. Enrique Rottemberg. Naked king and insolent child. Artur Tress. The photography of the limit. Maija Tammi. The dystopian artist. Silvia Grav. Vital images. Jesús Chamizo. Architecture. Laura Hopes. Depression photography. Biel Capllonch. The cinematographic photography. Josep Bou. 'Oppresion'. Joel Peter Witkin. The thin line between love and hate.  

Sections

Photobook. Xènia Gasull Artigas. Eternal debates. Koldo Badillo. Collective. Susana Oñora. Behind the mirror. Eugenio Recuenco. Reportage. Koldo Badillo. Column. Fernando Peracho. Report. Eva Calatayud. Other views. Bruna Battistini. Report. Fernando Peracho. Spaces. Koldo Badillo. #Instagram. Mariconadas. Carles Gené.
Revista LF No.8

Revista LF No.8

Portfolios

Jeff Wildener. Cover and interview. Fernando Moleres. Rwanda, the return of hope. Simon Norfolk. Rockets, missiles, satellites. Christine Spengler. A woman at war. Mikel Bastida. War Theatre. Katharine Cooper. Tadmor is free! Pilar Pequeño. Nature and light. Mario Suárez Porras. An artistic vision in bird photography. Frédéric Ducos. Poetic spaces. Yu Yamauchi Dawn. Sunrise. Luís Fernandez. The framing of the subconscious.

Sections

Photobook. Roberto Aguirrezabala. Homage to Gerda Taro. Report. Parallel Traces. Spaces. Centre d'Art Bombes Gens de Valencia. Collectives. The photographer's gallery. Looks that begin. Léo Tornev. Eternal debates. Photography and art. Bazaar. Exhibitions, books and much more. The consultant. The found photography. #Instagram. Cut, paste and color.
Revista LF No.7

Revista LF No.7

Portfolios

Daniel Ochoa de Olza. Cover and interview. Lluc Queralt. Yesterday of today. Anna Bosch Miralpeix. Bubble Beirut. José Colón. Children before anything. Álvaro Sánchez-Montañés. Of the solitude. Xavier Torras-Bacchetta. Portraits accomplices. Elisabet Mabres. What is not seen is what concerns me most. Martí Sala. The sign of an instant. Roberto Alcaraz. The peace of geometry. Joanna Konieczna. Warsow midnight. Luis Malibrán. Dancing bodies. Víctor González García. Beyond the waves. Carlos Viloch. The master of the underwater world. Andrei Fracasanu. Timeless interventions.

Sections

Homage to Oriol Maspons. The consultant. Misappropriation. The rule of air. Harley's Space. Looks that begin. Fethi Sahraoui. Cassini Probe. University of Navarra Museum. Bazaar. Exhibitions, books and much more. Photographic quotations. Arles. #Instagram. Those little things.
Revista LF No.6

Revista LF No.6

Portfolios

Cristina de Middel. Cover and interview. Cathleen Naundorf. A tribute to haute couture. Anna Surinyach. Frontier lives. Julia Anna Gospodarou. Beyond architecture. Elena Chernyshova. Days of night / Nights of day. Sandra Balsells. One step away from the sky. Biljana Jurukovski. The subjectivity of beauty. Lola Montserrat. The captive beauty of collodion. Nuria López Torres. Sex and revolution. Montse Capel. Eroticism and self-portrait. Erika Arias. Exploration without prejudice. Laia Abril. On abortion. Emmanuela Colombo. Conserving biodiversity. Caroline Deloffre. Facing.

Sections

Homage to Joana Biarnés. The consultant. The sunset of a photograph. The rule of air. My own wings. Looks that begin. Zoe Sala Coixet. Cassini Probe. La Térmica. Photobook. Carla Kogelman. #Instagram. Marramiau!
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