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In its third year, the AA Istanbul Visiting School, Vertical Interventions, in collaboration with Istanbul Technical University, will continue to rediscover verticality through novel generative design techniques and large-scale physical prototypes. Abstracted as a fusion of various sub-systems, each subsystem of the tower will be investigated in relation to their various performance criteria. The correlations between the separate sets of performance criteria and evaluation methods will be analyzed, leading to the generation of unified design alternatives for a vertical system typology. In addition to the custom-made digital design and evaluation tools supporting the core methodology, Vertical Interventions will also highlight the fabrication and assembly of a large scale working prototype integrating the performative characteristics of each system in examination.

As in 2012, the design agendas of AA Athens and AA Istanbul Visiting Schools will directly create feedback on one another, allowing participation in either one or both Programmes.

Following the initial challenge of amplifying connectivity, adjustability and interaction for its Correlations cycle, AA Athens Visiting School scales up its design intentions in order to investigate links among discrete individual architectural systems in its 2013 version, Recharged.

Recharged with interconnectivity on different levels, the theme of investigation will revolve around the design of semi-independent design prototypes acting together to form elaborate unified results. The driving force in Cipher City: Recharged is the synergistic effect behind complex form-making systems where interactive design patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple rules. 

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Iwan Baan's name may ring a bell for all those following Hurricane Sandy's devastation across New York City and New Jersey's coast. The photographer's iconic photograph made headlines when it was featured on New York magazine's front page days after the storm, showing lower Manhattan in complete darkness, set against its vibrant counterpart uptown, as the United States' east coast was recovering from the extensive damage left in Sandy's wake. The image not only brings to mind the absolute helplessness that New York City faced during the storm, but also lends a hand in a social commentary that is notably pervasive in Baan's work. The Perry Rubenstein Gallery in Los Angeles will feature the photographer's work in a two-month exhibition entitled The Way We Live, honing in on the images that encapsulate the world of architecture, urbanism and human engagement.

Following an international competition, Richard Meier & Partners Architects has been selected to design a new mixed-use building in Hamburg Germany. Under the Richard Meier & Partners plan – one of three competing proposals – the site will become a remarkable place to work, live and relax in the HafenCity district.

• Architects

  Richard Meier & Partners

• Location

  Hamburg, Germany

• Managing Partner

  Richard Meier

• Design Partner

  Bernhard Karpf

• Design Team

  Anne Strüwing, Parsa Khalili

• Collaborators

  Bori Kang, Amalia Rusconi-Clerici, Stephen Sze, Kevin Browning

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Courtesy of Richard Meier & Partners

• Architects

  Richard Meier & Partners

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SFMoMA will highlight the legacy of Lebbeus Woods in an exhibition that will run from February 16 through June 2, 2013. It will include 75 works from the past 35 years of his career. Lebbeus Woods is often categorized as an architect, but always as an artist and visionary. His career has been filled with imaginative leaps through the concepts of space and form, exploring politics, society, ethics and the human condition. He was a great influence on architects, designers, filmmakers, writers and artists. The exhibition will celebrate his untimely death late last year and the breadth of influence that his work had on the art and design community.

• Architects

  BIG

• Location

  Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

• Partners in Charge

  Bjarke Ingels, Thomas Christoffersen


• Project Leader

  Daniel Kidd


• Contributors

  Chris Falla, Suemin Jeon, Andreia Teixeira, Jenny Shen, Marcella Martinez, Michael Zhang

• Area

  80,000 m2

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Courtesy of BIG

• Architects

  Bjarke Ingels Group

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• Architects

  Henning Larsen Architects

• Location

  2880 Bagsværd, Denmark

• Lanscape Architect

  SLA

• Engineer

  Alectia

• Area

  50,200 m2

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects, Dragør Luftfoto ApS

• Architects

  Henning Larsen

• Landscape Architect

  SLA

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• Architects

  HDR Architecture

• Location

  Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Courtesy of HDR Architecture

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• Architects

  Jendretzki

• Location

  Santa Monica, California, United States

• Client

  Withheld

• Area

  12000.0 ft2

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Alejandro Wirth

• Location

  Santa Monica, California, USA

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Alejandro Wirth, #

• Area

  12000.0 ft2