It is the story of the meeting of two converging elements: two lines, two planes or two edges.
It introduces a discussion about specific points or areas on different scales.
From the coming together of two walls, like the corners in Behrens's Turbinenhalle or Kahn's Richards Medical Center, to the creation of memorable dynamic forms, like Banham's Flatiron Building or Perret's Immeuble d'habitation, to the grids forming the cities, modelling Manhattan or San Fransisco, without ever forgetting the symbolism the topic implies: corners as a trigger for unexpected or special moments, like the ones happening in van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion or van Eyclc's Orphanage.
It is about the multitude of layers a simple element like a corner can open up.
Contributors
Adrien Comte, David Escudero, Maud Faivre, Priska Fechter, Isabelle Fehlmann, Lukas Fink, Job Floris, Christian Gilot, Gregory Grämiger, Hubert Holewik, Sara Impera, Yoichi Iwamoto, Tatiana Kulminska, Christiane Lange, Alex Lehnerer, Nicholas Lobo Brennan, Mauro Marinelli, Christopher Metz, Adrien Meuwly, Hannes Oswald, Alexis Pazoumian, Christina Raabe, Micha Ringger, Astrid Smitham, Gianmaria Socci, Sebastian Stich, Luka Travas, Anastasia Vaynberg, Franziska Wittmann, Tobias Wootton, Chao Wu
Editorial Team
Larissa Müllner, Amelie Nguyen, Hanna Schlösser, Claartje Vuurmans
Table of content
The poetics of the fragile corner
Sculpture éphémère
On the edge of reason
Every other freckle
Wohnen im Aufeinandertreffen von Physik und Physiologie
Eckige Schnecke
quite precise, yet not measurable
Architektur der Bewegung
From a different angle : three Japanese houses
Fauboug Treme
Resolve collide resolve
Fünf Szenen zur Strassenecke
La construction du sol
The urban shim phenomenon
Projekt als Argument
other modern
Dirty corner
Fünf Ecken
Angle de vue : Jean Prouvé's demountable houses
At the corners of the Italian "dopoguerra"
Proximity