C3 394 Urban University

Description

This issue focuses on three subjects: Urban University, Library Today, and Mexican Concrete. The first examines how new needs and material structures combine to offer opportunities for designers to experiment with innovative layouts and a new formal repertoire that can affect urban dynamics. Examples include Cornell Tech, Central European University, and the Southern Utah Museum of Art. Recent developments in the design of media libraries as an evolution of traditional ones feature in Library Today, with projects by OMA + Barcode Architects, Jean-Pierre Lott, and MVRDV. Lastly, the issue takes stock of concrete’s revision and continuation in today’s Mexican architecture.

CONTENTS

Urban University

• Urban Factories of the Knowledge / Aldo Vanini
• Cornell Tech Masterplan / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
• Cornell Tech – The Bloomberg Center / Morphosis Architects
• Cornell Tech – The Bridge / Weiss – Manfredi
• Central European University / O’Donnell + Tuomey
• CENTRO / TEN Arquitectos
• Lewis Arts Complex, Princeton University / Steven Holl Architects
• Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center, Columbia University / Diller Scofidio + Renfro
• Southern Utah Museum of Art / Brooks + Scarpa

Library Today

• Architecture in the Information Continuum / Davide Pisu
• Vitrolles Media Library / Jean-Pierre Lott
• Alexis de Tocqueville Multimedia Library / OMA + Barcode Architects
• Tianjin Binhai Library / MVRDV

Mexican Concrete

• Mexican Concrete Inheritance / Alejandro Hernández Gálvez
• Teopanzolco Cultural Center / Isaac Broid + PRODUCTORA
• Oaxaca’s Historical Archive Building / Mendaro Arquitectos
• Foro Boca / Rojkind Arquitectos

216 pages, ills colour & bw / 23 x 30 cm / English, Korean