Collective Processes
About this book
What does a collective process in architecture entail and how does it influence the planning of our built environment? Although the hierarchically organized office with its claim to individual authorship is still the dominant form of architecture firm, more and more horizontally organized collectives with alternative approaches to architectural planning are emerging. In this insightful survey of renowned European collectives, Natalie Donat-Cattin offers an overview of their working methods, organizational forms, goals, and projects.
The book includes statements and projects by: A-A Collective, (ab)Normal, Assemble, baukuh, CNCRT, Colectivo Warehouse, Collectif Etc, constructLab, false mirror office, Fosbury Architecture, la–clique, Lacol, n’UNDO, orizzontale, raumlabor, X=(T=E=N), and Zuloark.
- First comprehensive analysis of collectives in architecture and urban planning
- Highly topical subject: project development as a collective process
- Insightful introduction of 16 well-known architectural collectives in Europe
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„Natalie Donat-Cattin legt mit Collective Processes eine wichtige und längst überfällige Dokumentation des Phänomens „Architekturkollektiv“ in Europa vor, das auch für Nicht-Architekt*innen lesenswert ist – es inspiriert zur eigenen Selbstermächtigung im Berufsalltag.“ (LAMA. Das lösungsorientierte Architekturmagazin, 8|9, Okt. 2022)
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„Wie in einem tatsächlichen Gespräch mischen sich darin kritische Reflexionen der Architekt*innen mit politischen Kontextualisierungen, persönlichen Motivationen sowie Anekdoten aus der eigenen Biografie, dazwischen wurden Visualisierungen eingestreut. [Das Buch] macht deutlich, wie verschieden horizontal arbeitende Akteur*innen trotz ähnlicher Zielvorstellungen strukturiert sind. Das Resultat ist ein bunter Strauß an Einblicken in alternative Organisationsformen, die durch den Interviewcharakter des Buches gleichberechtigt zu Wort kommen. Es wäre spannend, diese Perspektiven noch durch außereuropäische Stimmen erweitert zu sehen.“ (Ariann Schwarz in: BauNetz, https://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen-Counterpractices_in_European_Architecture_7934197.html )
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface
6 - QUESTIONING AUTHORIALITY: THE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGE
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O n the Collective and Other Kinds
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Europe: a Socioideological Condition
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The Gap Between Academia and Practice
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New Ways of Working and Technological Possibilities
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A New Type of Architectural Project: The Self-Initiated One
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How Do We Practice and Why Do We Practice? A Collective Discussion with the Actors
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Proposing Alternative Ways of Practicing Architecture in the 2000s: Discussions with the Pioneers
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Baukuh Architecture as a Collective Operation
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Raumlabor Engaging the Public Eye
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Zuloark A Liquid Professional Framework
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Widening Up the Spectrum of Architecture in the 2010s: Seven Questions to Fourteen Contemporary Collectives
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1. BEGINNINGS How to Get Together and Why
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2. STATEMENTS Founding Acts
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3. REFERENCES Question of Identity
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4. WORKING SPACE Space of Interaction
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5. ORGANIZATION Horizontality
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6. DEVELOPMENT Fluidity and the Necessity to Morph
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7. ARCHITECTURE Action for Reaction, Proposing an Alternative
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Open Conclusion/s Rethinking Architecture
182 - INDEX OF PRACTICES: INTRODUCING THE ACTORS
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(AB)NORMAL
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A-A COLLECTIVE
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ASSEMBLE
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CNCRT
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COLECTIVO WAREHOUSE
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COLLECTIF ETC
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CONSTRUCTLAB
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FALSE MIRROR OFFICE
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FOSBURY ARCHITECTURE
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LA–CLIQUE
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LACOL
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N'UNDO
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ORIZZONTALE
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X=(T=E=N)
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