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Jeroen Beekmans
Event, Volume #43
Archis Speaks Volumes #3: Self-Building Cities
Posted on October 5, 2015 — by Jeroen Beekmans
It looks like all initiatives of self-reliant citizens seem to take place at the small scale of the house, the street or the neighborhood at most. But what does it mean for the larger scale of the city, the country or even transnationally? Archis Speaks Volumes #3 invites three experts to reflect on those larger scales and what kind of governing or ‘rules of the new game’ should be in place.
Event, Volume 10 Years
Arjen Oosterman Speaks Volumes in Brussels
Posted on September 28, 2015 — by Jeroen Beekmans
For those who are in Brussels (or want to go there for joined celebrations) on Wednesday October 21, Volume editor-in-chief Arjen Oosterman will tell how and most of all why the project came into being and what he foresees for the future.
Learning Network, Volume #45
Out Now: Volume #45
Posted on September 23, 2015 — by Jeroen Beekmans
While education is currently under financial and ideological pressure, learning is flourishing. Learning is not a self-contained period of time and place in which we magically transform into adults, but rather a life-long condition, a process that now permeates everywhere and everything at all times. For some learning is a luxury, yet for others it’s an economic necessity. Learning can be a tool of social liberation, but also one of financial subjugation and political oppression. In this issue of Volume, we’re thinking about what it means to learn: how it happens, where, by what, for whom, and why. Learning points us in a direction and gives us tools; does it also teach us how to use them and make a move?
Volume 10 Years
Volume 10 Years
Posted on August 19, 2015 — by Jeroen Beekmans
Volume has invited people from its network to select a favorite article/contribution and indicate in a few lines why. The coming weeks and months we’ll republish their choices with their motivation. If you feel tempted to highlight a personal favorite with a brief motivation, please send us an email and we may be able to include it in this series: 10years@archis.org. We’re thrilled to see your pick of the week.
Volume #44
Out Now: Volume #44
Posted on July 3, 2015 — by Jeroen Beekmans
One of architecture’s histories is that of the art of display: architecture displaying power, political ambition, economic success, social agendas, or less mundane notions like dreams, convictions and belief. These days architecture has also become subjected to display: the display of architecture — in museums and collections, and in auctions for example. That adds but also distracts meaning; not every aspect of architecture can be displayed as easy. And what does a culture of display (be seen or perish) add to this condition?
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The Last Days of ARCHIZINES
Posted on June 26, 2015 — by Jeroen Beekmans
There’s only two days left to visit the ARCHIZINES exhibition at its final destination, Moscow.
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Update New Europe
Posted on June 25, 2015 — by Jeroen Beekmans
After touching upon the topics of New Amsterdam and New Netherlands, Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam will finish their end-of-season marathon on Update New Europe.
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Celebrate 10 Years of Volume with Us!
Posted on May 15, 2015 — by Jeroen Beekmans
Surprise a friend (or yourself) with a subscription to Volume and take your pick of a free back issue from our trove of treasure.
Volume #43
Out Now: Volume #43
Posted on April 30, 2015 — by Jeroen Beekmans
There is a theory that the more organized (read: developed) a society is, the less self-sufficient it becomes. All sorts of services and amenities, from housing to energy, from culture to justice, are centrally organized and distributed. But is that necessarily so? Or are we heading for a new order in which decentralized and self-reliant become the norm?
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The Good Cause at DAC Copenhagen — Until 9 June
Posted on April 21, 2015 — by Jeroen Beekmans
This Friday The Good Cause will close at Studio-X Istanbul. On the same day the exhibition will be opened on the other side of Europe, at the Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen.