Title & Author:

Atlas of emerging practices : being an architect in the 21st century / [edited by] Gianpiero Venturini

Publication:

Rezzato : New Generations Cultural Association, 2019

Description:

271 pages : color illustrations ; 35 cm

Notes:
An introduction to new generations. Towards the ATLAS -- Reducing boundaries -- The ATLAS -- Themes and questions -- The online survey -- The selection of the participants -- One last note -- Organisation. Practice configuration: partners, employees, roles, and interests -- Reasons behind starting the practice -- Practice definition -- Office -- Atelier, laboratory, workshop, and studio -- Collective, platform, and network -- Other definitions -- Business. Private, public, unsolicited -- Countries -- Invested resources -- Media. Going public, finding clients, developing projects -- Join forces, collaborate -- The potential of communication media: a series of interviews -- deltastudio -- Practice organisation -- Parasite 2.0 -- Digital technology -- ndvr -- Participatory platforms -- ABACO -- Research, design, communicate -- POOL IS COOL -- Building campaigns -- Projects. Index of projects -- New conditions to rethink the architectural profession. Emerging architecture -- ATLAS of tools -- Organisation, business, media -- What's next.

Summary:

ATLAS of emerging practices' provides an overview of the state of the architect's profession, analysing themes, trends, projects, and methods that characterise the professional practice, and understanding this discipline through the research carried out with a selection of emerging architectural practices in the European territory.00New Generations is a project conceived by Itinerant Office that investigates the changes in the architectural profession since the economic crisis. Since 2012 New Generations has been able to identify and involve some of the most interesting emerging studios in the European scene, gathering more than 300 emerging architectural firms and a variety of experts of other fields. This publication gathers the work of a selection of 95 emerging practices in Europe, with the aim of providing useful tools and insight for architecture students, new graduates, and emerging practices in the early stages of their careers. The 95 participants were involved in an online survey and their responses were collected and further analysed in this publication.

ISBN:

8894152715 (paperback)
9788894152715 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture 21e siècle.
architecture (discipline)
Architecture, Modern.
Architectural practice Europe History 21st century.
Architects Europe History 21st century
Architectural firms Europe History 21st century

Added entries:

Venturini, Gianpero, editor.
Itinerant Office
New Generations (Project)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308357
Call No.: BIB 253768
Status: Available