This issue of a+u magazine addresses urban revitalisation, encompassing the repurposing and continued use of individual buildings of industrial or cultural heritage, and the wider social, political and urban connotations such a process involves.
As Jürg Sulzer claims in his essay, revitalisation must not only engage a dialogue with historic heritage in solitary cases, but should mean “the creation of new buildings and urban structures that are capable of being memorised”. Similarly, Gabriela Campagnol writes about post-industrial sites as key to urban renewal.
Ten notable projects are featured, among them, works by BIG, Lacaton & Vassal, Cruz y Ortiz, Manuel Ocaña and Haworth Tompkins.
This issue of a+u magazine addresses urban revitalisation, encompassing the repurposing and continued use of individual buildings of industrial or cultural heritage, and the wider social, political and urban connotations such a process involves.
As Jürg Sulzer claims in his essay, revitalisation must not only engage a dialogue with historic heritage in solitary cases, but should mean “the creation of new buildings and urban structures that are capable of being memorised”. Similarly, Gabriela Campagnol writes about post-industrial sites as key to urban renewal.
CONTENT:
Discussion for the 4th LIXIL International University Architectural Competition:
Productive Garden – A Space for Enjoying Hokkaido with All Five Senses, Kengo Kuma, Tomonari Yashiro, Kundo Koyama, Darko Radović
Essay: Urban Revitalization is more than architectural design of solitary buildings, Jürg Sulzer
BIG, Danish National Maritime Museum
Lacaton & Vassal, FRAC of Nord Pas-de-Calais
Jaime J. Ferrer Forés, Can Ribas
Cannatà & Fernandes, Landscape Laboratory
Stephen Taylor Architects, Shatwell Farm
Essay: Post-Industrial Sites as Canvas, Gabriela Campagnol
Haworth Tompkins, The Shed
Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos, The New Rijksmuseum
Manuel Ocaña, Casa Mediterráneo Headquarters
Jakob + MacFarlane, The Turbulences FRAC Centre
HLPS Arquitectos, Valparaíso Cultural Park
