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In 1996-97, Harvard's graduate students studied China's Pearl River Delta (PRD), a cluster of five cities with a population of twelve million that will probably reach thirty-six million by the year 2020. The establishment in the PRD of Special Economic Zones - "laboratories for the contained unleashing of capitalism" - has hastened an unprecedented experiment in(...)
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November 2001, Cologne
Great leap forward : project on the city 1
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In 1996-97, Harvard's graduate students studied China's Pearl River Delta (PRD), a cluster of five cities with a population of twelve million that will probably reach thirty-six million by the year 2020. The establishment in the PRD of Special Economic Zones - "laboratories for the contained unleashing of capitalism" - has hastened an unprecedented experiment in urbanization on an astonishingly large scale. "Great Leap Forward" contains essays that explore, in a theoretical and statistical context, the results of this rapid modernization, which has produced an entirely new urban substance.
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Volume 12 : Al Manakh
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Unveiled at the International Design Forum, held this year in Dubai, "Al Manakh" provides a long overdue, and much needed survey of the current state of architecture and design in the Middle East. Comprising three sections, the first features a guide to Dubai, edited by Moutamarat; the second, a survey of planning and development in the Gulf States, by AMO; and lastly, a(...)
Architecture since 1900, Middle-East
August 2007, Amsterdam
Volume 12 : Al Manakh
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Unveiled at the International Design Forum, held this year in Dubai, "Al Manakh" provides a long overdue, and much needed survey of the current state of architecture and design in the Middle East. Comprising three sections, the first features a guide to Dubai, edited by Moutamarat; the second, a survey of planning and development in the Gulf States, by AMO; and lastly, a Global Agenda for design, as envisioned by Archis. Illustrated throughout, and accompanied by essays and commentaries, "Al Manakh" provides valuable insights into a dynamic and volatile region.
Architecture since 1900, Middle-East
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Convertir l’optimisme en danger et laisser celui-ci s’exprimer forment un ensemble d’opérations dont on peut dire qu’il a toujours figuré au coeur du programme architectural de Rem Koolhaas. Cependant, il n’a jamais été aussi clairement explicité que dans ce livre-manifeste. L’optimisme de Koolhaas est dual : il nous affirme non seulement que l’architecture doit se(...)
Vers une architecture extrême
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Convertir l’optimisme en danger et laisser celui-ci s’exprimer forment un ensemble d’opérations dont on peut dire qu’il a toujours figuré au coeur du programme architectural de Rem Koolhaas. Cependant, il n’a jamais été aussi clairement explicité que dans ce livre-manifeste. L’optimisme de Koolhaas est dual : il nous affirme non seulement que l’architecture doit se détourner de la vanité et du narcissisme confortables qui continuent à la protéger des réalités aléatoires de la bienséance historique, mais aussi que la spéculation architecturale doit se recentrer pragmatiquement, sur « la découverte de nouveaux potentiels dans les conditions existantes » sur « le cadrage des transformations inévitables et des forces de la modernisation, et la recherche de leurs articulations ». L’architecture sérieuse doit concrètement désirer être dangereuse.
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Koolhaas houselife
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Book + DVD (58 min. in French with English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese subtitles, interview with Rem Koolhaas)
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September 2008, Roma
Koolhaas houselife
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Architecture Monographs
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À la manière des "Images de pensée" de Walter Benjamin, Rem Koolhaas s'interroge sur les profonds bouleversements qui touchent la nature même des villes contemporaines. Que ce soit Atlanta, Singapour, Paris, Lille, Berlin, Tokyo, Moscou, New York, Londres, une question revient : qu'est-ce que la ville aujourd'hui ? Pourquoi des architectes, des systèmes politiques, des(...)
Études sur (ce qui s'appelait autrefois) la ville
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À la manière des "Images de pensée" de Walter Benjamin, Rem Koolhaas s'interroge sur les profonds bouleversements qui touchent la nature même des villes contemporaines. Que ce soit Atlanta, Singapour, Paris, Lille, Berlin, Tokyo, Moscou, New York, Londres, une question revient : qu'est-ce que la ville aujourd'hui ? Pourquoi des architectes, des systèmes politiques, des cultures (américaine, européenne, asiatique) complètement différents en arrivent à des configurations relativement similaires?
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Junkspace / Running room
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In Junkspace (2001), architect Rem Koolhaas itemised in delirious detail how our cities are being overwhelmed. His celebrated jeremiad is here updated and twinned with Running Room, a fresh response from architectural critic Hal Foster.
Junkspace / Running room
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In Junkspace (2001), architect Rem Koolhaas itemised in delirious detail how our cities are being overwhelmed. His celebrated jeremiad is here updated and twinned with Running Room, a fresh response from architectural critic Hal Foster.
Urban Theory
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The official Biennale catalogue — a global overview of architecture of the last one hundred years. The emphasis of the 2014 Biennale is on architectural history. Each country is asked to narrate its history over the last one hundred years in relation to the idea of modernity. Has national identity been sacrificed on the altar of modernity? This is the issue that the(...)
Fundamentals catalogue : 14. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura
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The official Biennale catalogue — a global overview of architecture of the last one hundred years. The emphasis of the 2014 Biennale is on architectural history. Each country is asked to narrate its history over the last one hundred years in relation to the idea of modernity. Has national identity been sacrificed on the altar of modernity? This is the issue that the Biennale is called on to address.
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