This past year numerous dramas have competed for our attention: sub-prime mortgages, banking meltdown, bailout, stimulus, pandemic, bankruptcy. The all-consuming effort to follow these events seldom leaves a moment to contemplate the explanations themselves. What is the stated dilemma, context or motive for any one of these problems? And most importantly, how does a problem’s formulation determine its proposed solution? Volume 20 is dedicated to the art of storytelling. It presents the storylines of current events and architecture to show that while the truth is important, so is the ability of fiction to elevate fact. Perhaps the best way to understand our era is through narratives that distort, pervert and animate reality?
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no, alas it’s not in here - at first the theme was more oriented on ‘Crisis’ itself, but this changed in the process. If you’re wondering were (and if) the Imagining Recovery result will be published, contact C-Lab
bookmarked on: Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 02:39 | Mapping Architectural Controversies Mapping Architectural Controversies (MAC) is an interactive website dedicated to students and researchers working on controversies surrounding design projects, buildings, master plans, and urban and development issues. Documenting and visualising recent controversies in architecture, it also aims to address a broader audience interested in the design of cities, spatial networks and built environments as well as planners, representatives of city government, NGOs and citizens. As it is a part of the EU-funded project MACOSPOL, Mapping Architectural Controversies draws on a variety of documental sources and visual methods to explore the multifarious connections of architecture and society.
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July 29th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
is Imagining Recovery comp included in this issue?
July 29th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
no, alas it’s not in here - at first the theme was more oriented on ‘Crisis’ itself, but this changed in the process. If you’re wondering were (and if) the Imagining Recovery result will be published, contact C-Lab