Geostories: Another Architecture for the Environment

Posted on July 27th, 2018 by Dara Lin

Posted under: Academic, Press, Things We Like

Geostories: Another Architecture for the Environment, curated by Rania Ghosn and El Hadi Jazairy of DESIGN EARTH, is a collection of projects which combine geographic representation and projective design to bring attention to the current conditions of Earth and the environment, and where they may lead. Separated by scope into three sections – terrarium, aquarium, and planetarium – each projection attempts to foster awareness and a sense of immediacy in a population referred to as “anesthetized.”

The collection is a continuation of DESIGN EARTH’s contribution to the US Pavilion in the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, titled “Cosmorama.” This exhibition sought to draw attention to the matters overlooked in the technological triumphalism and frontier narratives of the Space Age, by means of three hypothetical “geostories.”

Nader contributed an essay titled “Section Cut: An Allegorical Construct of the World,” in which he discusses the liminal space between allegory and reality, how the former speaks to the latter, and how the work of DESIGN EARTH is especially evocative in this respect.

“The answer to Design Earth’s representational approach might also be lodged in the idea of the allegory itself: that images – much like stories or buildings – call on their audiences to construct meaning within a larger ideological, ethical, or political sphere.”

Read the full essay HERE.

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Zhulang Huagai on Dezeen Longlist for Inaugural Award

Posted on July 26th, 2018 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Awards, Urban Design

Our collaborative project Zhulang Huagai: A Figure for Nantou Village is longlisted for a Dezeen Award in the Small Structures category. The full longlist of projects includes 218 works selected from over 3,500 entries. To see the full list of projects check Dezeen’s 2018 Award website HERE.

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‘What is a School?’

Posted on July 14th, 2018 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Academic, Lectures

In April Nader participated in the ‘What is a School?’ Symposium at the Daniels Building in the newly complete Principal Hall. He discussed the varying approaches each of NADAAA’s three schools of architecture embodied. Watch his lecture above or see the full Day 1 of the symposium HERE.

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Vote for Beaver Research + Design Center!

Posted on July 11th, 2018 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _BEAVER R+D Center, Academic, Awards

The R+D Center has been selected as a finalist in the Architizer A+ Awards program in the Primary & High Schools category. It is now competing for the two most sought-after awards: The Architizer A+ Jury Award and the Architizer A+ Popular Choice Award. You can help choose the Popular Choice Award by voting HERE!

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Views Coming Soon to 515 Euclid!

Posted on July 10th, 2018 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _The Beacon, construction

A big thanks to Josh Haney at our partner firm DLR Group for these amazing views from the 20th floor of The Beacon project in downtown Cleveland! Construction will be complete early 2019!

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