2020 will go down in history as the year of Covid-19, of course. But also design and its maestros, architecture of the present, past and future, and much more are among the protagonists of this selection of stories worth reading this summer.
How should we live? Density in post-pandemic cities
Considering the impact of the pandemic on city life, Richard Sennett raises caution about the authoritarian control and social isolation “that might outlast it”, and challenges us to re-examine the architecture of density. From Domus 1046.
From “less is more” to “less, but better”: simplicity in the history of design
From Mies van der Rohe’s “less is more” to Dieter Rams’ “less, but better”, simplification has always been a leitmotif in the history of design, and today it has become a matter of life and death. From the new Domus for Design section.
Taking inspiration from the visual language and aesthetics found in decrepit urban surroundings in order to find new stimulus and inject vital energy into tired creative ambits is a consolidated practice in art and music. In design, it is more recent. A few of the most distinctive flag-bearers of the phenomenon are Rooms, Virgil Abloh, Guillermo Santomà and Jerszy Seymour.
Ten poems and thoughts on imagination that are dear to Michele De Lucchi
These texts collected by former Domus Guest Editor deliver a positive message and remind us that art and the imagination have always offered people a lifeline.
The lockdown has made all cultural events, and especially live music, concerts and clubbing, go virtual – which is a fairly new arena for us. Once the pandemic is over, are we sure that everything will go back to the way it was?
Y-Blokka, Oslo modernist icon with Picasso murals, will be demolished
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Katja Høst, Y-blokka, series of photographs presented on postcards. Duplex offset on Mohawk paper. 24 motives, 5000 editions each. 2019 / Courtesy of the artist and Oslo Biennalen first edition, 2019-2024
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The numerous protests failed to stop the imminent demolition of the historic government building in the centre of Oslo, which also houses important murals by Pablo Picasso.
Tetris, how an architectural paradox became a worldwide success
Various stories intertwine in Tetris: that of the Soviet Union approaching its end, that of the value of personal intellectual property and, why not, the paradox of a game in which you build, but only in order to destroy.
That Circumvesuviana train designed by Superstudio
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That Circumvesuviana train designed by Superstudio
From Domus 555, 1976
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These trains keep on running along the gulf, linking Naples to Sorrento: Learn more about the history of Superstudio’s electric train, the industrial masterpiece designed by the genius of Roberto Magris.
Just what is it that makes memes so different, so appealing?
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ITALIAN SUMMER 2020 PROJECT .
For those who were afraid that the swimming season would be at risk this year, Alvar Altissimo presents a measured and precise project: to save the summer we’ll have to demolish everything that is found along all the Italian coasts (islands included) to make room to the bathing establishments for one person.
A sequence of concrete walls at a distance of 2.40 meters, in order to guarantee for each Italian his own long desired beach and sea strip. The relationship with the landscape is guaranteed, as the walls take on different dimensions following the coastline and taking up the sinuosity and gracefulness of the sea waves. 🌊🌊🌊 The 2020 season is safe!
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ITALIAN SUMMER 2020 PROJECT .
For those who were afraid that the swimming season would be at risk this year, Alvar Altissimo presents a measured and precise project: to save the summer we’ll have to demolish everything that is found along all the Italian coasts (islands included) to make room to the bathing establishments for one person.
A sequence of concrete walls at a distance of 2.40 meters, in order to guarantee for each Italian his own long desired beach and sea strip. The relationship with the landscape is guaranteed, as the walls take on different dimensions following the coastline and taking up the sinuosity and gracefulness of the sea waves. 🌊🌊🌊 The 2020 season is safe!
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SEA, SEA, SEA! .
Phase 1 is over and a fantastic Italian 2020 summer looks on, with an new flavor, made of a mix of salt and concrete. With @gliimpermeabili we want to launch this challenge: download the image of the beach in the link in description and make your own collage inserting the characters you want (memes, famous people, you or your relatives). Who goes to the beach in this 2020 #SALVARLESTATE
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Luigi Moretti - House for Giulio Andreotti in Castel Gandolfo, 1972
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@frankgehry a cutie
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Mornin’ @adamgiannios
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f*** yall Im out. by: @sina_howdy
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Low q Friday night pbr fueled content thx friends
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@garciafrankowski made this banger in my workshop about memes as cultural and ideological critique during the week long LOUDREADERS project with @waithinktank
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What are your demands of architectural education?
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ITALIAN SUMMER 2020 PROJECT .
For those who were afraid that the swimming season would be at risk this year, Alvar Altissimo presents a measured and precise project: to save the summer we’ll have to demolish everything that is found along all the Italian coasts (islands included) to make room to the bathing establishments for one person.
A sequence of concrete walls at a distance of 2.40 meters, in order to guarantee for each Italian his own long desired beach and sea strip. The relationship with the landscape is guaranteed, as the walls take on different dimensions following the coastline and taking up the sinuosity and gracefulness of the sea waves. 🌊🌊🌊 The 2020 season is safe!
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ITALIAN SUMMER 2020 PROJECT .
For those who were afraid that the swimming season would be at risk this year, Alvar Altissimo presents a measured and precise project: to save the summer we’ll have to demolish everything that is found along all the Italian coasts (islands included) to make room to the bathing establishments for one person.
A sequence of concrete walls at a distance of 2.40 meters, in order to guarantee for each Italian his own long desired beach and sea strip. The relationship with the landscape is guaranteed, as the walls take on different dimensions following the coastline and taking up the sinuosity and gracefulness of the sea waves. 🌊🌊🌊 The 2020 season is safe!
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SEA, SEA, SEA! .
Phase 1 is over and a fantastic Italian 2020 summer looks on, with an new flavor, made of a mix of salt and concrete. With @gliimpermeabili we want to launch this challenge: download the image of the beach in the link in description and make your own collage inserting the characters you want (memes, famous people, you or your relatives). Who goes to the beach in this 2020 #SALVARLESTATE
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@frankgehry a cutie
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Mornin’ @adamgiannios
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As we keep consuming and sharing countless memes, we might literally find ourselves right in the middle of the most contemporary form of critical debate. Domus has met and exchanged some considerations with some outstanding figures from the architectural memesphere.
Auguste Rodin, The door to hell, high relief of gesso, Musée d’Orsay, Parigi 1880-1917
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Renè Magritte, The unexpected response, 1933
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Marcel Duchamp, Rue Larrey 11 Door, 1927
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Royal Door, Chartres Cathedral, 1145 ca
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Federico Zuccari, Mascherone of via Gregoriana, Casa Zuccari, Rome 1591
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Sebastiano Serlio, Door in Il libro estraordinario
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Louis Sullivan, Golden Door del Transportation Building, Chicago 1893, postcard
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J. M. Olbrich, Ernst Ludwig Haus, Darmstadt, 1901
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Bruno Taut, Siedlung Reform, Magdeburg, Entrance doors
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Le Corbusier, Entrance door, Ronchamp Chapel, 1955
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Caruso St. John Architects, Bremer Landesbank, Bremen 2016
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Caruso St. John Architects, Bremer Landesbank, Bremen 2016, entrance
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Aires Mateus, Community Centre, Grandola 2016
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Aires Mateus, Entrance door, Community Centre, Grandola 2016
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Aires Mateus, Entrance door, Community Centre, Grandola 2016, interior view
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Kazuyo Sejima e Rue Nishizawa, Weekend House, Usui-gun, Gunma Prefecture, Japan 1998
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Kazuyo Sejima e Rue Nishizawa, Weekend House, Usui-gun, Gunma Prefecture, Japan 1998, doors
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Christian Kerez, Oberrealta Chapel, Switzerland 1992
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Christian Kerez, Oberrealta Chapel, Switzerland 1992, internal view
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Auguste Rodin, The door to hell, high relief of gesso, Musée d’Orsay, Parigi 1880-1917
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Renè Magritte, The unexpected response, 1933
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Marcel Duchamp, Rue Larrey 11 Door, 1927
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Royal Door, Chartres Cathedral, 1145 ca
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Federico Zuccari, Mascherone of via Gregoriana, Casa Zuccari, Rome 1591
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Sebastiano Serlio, Door in Il libro estraordinario
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Louis Sullivan, Golden Door del Transportation Building, Chicago 1893, postcard
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J. M. Olbrich, Ernst Ludwig Haus, Darmstadt, 1901
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Bruno Taut, Siedlung Reform, Magdeburg, Entrance doors
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Le Corbusier, Entrance door, Ronchamp Chapel, 1955
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Caruso St. John Architects, Bremer Landesbank, Bremen 2016
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Caruso St. John Architects, Bremer Landesbank, Bremen 2016, entrance
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Aires Mateus, Community Centre, Grandola 2016
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Aires Mateus, Entrance door, Community Centre, Grandola 2016
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Aires Mateus, Entrance door, Community Centre, Grandola 2016, interior view
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Kazuyo Sejima e Rue Nishizawa, Weekend House, Usui-gun, Gunma Prefecture, Japan 1998
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Kazuyo Sejima e Rue Nishizawa, Weekend House, Usui-gun, Gunma Prefecture, Japan 1998, doors
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Christian Kerez, Oberrealta Chapel, Switzerland 1992
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Christian Kerez, Oberrealta Chapel, Switzerland 1992, internal view
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The term “door” indicates a movable structure used for giving access to something or for opening and closing an entrance. The door is a very simple element in its conception and application and yet has ambivalent meanings: it allows to enter and at the same time to exit a limited space; the door provides privacy and safety, but at the same it guarantees freedom and transparency.
Tokyo from 1964 to 2021: the “postponed” Olympic City
Even though it couldn’t host its first Olympics because of the war, it managed to conquer the world with the 1964 games. And now, it has postponed the event by about one year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Learn more about the past and present of the Japanese capital.
A meeting with the Italian architect, artist and designer who describes, through experiences and friendships, the years of radical architecture and “counterdesign”.
A brief history of the balcony, from ancient Persia to the COVID-19 pandemic
A journey that involves Shakespeare, Goya, Medicean Florence and more. Our tribute to the architectural element that has proved to be the protagonist of this quarantine.
They've become part of our clothing and are all different, some colored, a lot using cutting-edge technology. We've talked to those who design and produce them: since decades, a few years, or very recently. With a glance at the future.
Mario Galvagni’s architecture, beyond the stereotype of the misunderstood genius
Overlooked by critics for decades, the work of the Italian architect recently passed away needs to be observed as much as possible through a transparent lens, neither intentionally obscurantist, nor naively apologetic.
Architecture of the sun as a solution to post-pandemic urban design
At the origins of modernism there was also the intention to promote a healthy lifestyle and bring man closer to nature, even through naturism. A lesson forgotten and to be recovered, if we want to put back health at the centre of design.
Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is one of the paradigmatic residences of 20th-century architecture. Here its history, from the complicated relationship with the client Edith Farnsworth to the recent floods.
How we inhabited in quarantine: a journal (March 16- May 8, 2020)
Whether we lived in a shared apartment, in 35sqm, in the middle of nowhere, alone or in company, we were “locked inside”. For three months we collected ideas, projects and stories about the present and future of dwelling, updating this journal daily.
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