Call for Papers
for Issue No. 5 "SAVING"
Entry deadline for synopses is 30. September 2010
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After the 2008 real estate crisis and the 2009 financial crisis, after scores of governmental aid packages for private-sector businesses, after Greece’s quasi-bankruptcy, and beneath the Damocles sword of devaluation experienced by some EU countries as their ratings fell from triple-A to double-A, the economic developments have recently shown a political reaction: Shortly before the start of the collective World Cup frenzy, the government has gotten the so-called austerity package on its way.
Never before was the German national debt as high as it is now. That’s a statement whose significance—in light of whirling-Dervish-like spiraling debt—will likely already be outdated and replaced by the end of this sentence, but certainly by the end of this text. In its 2010/2 issue titled Saving, GENERALIST wants to deal with a constraint that now seems relevant—not only in regard to the energy industry, but also on a societal level.
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THE ACTUAL CALL FOR PAPER ** ABOUT SAVING
August 1st, 2010
We proudly present our NEW Issue!
Yes we do – and we are happy!
The 4th GENERALIST is about
"USE & HABIT"
What happens to the architecture after it has left the architect's office, when the tradesmen are gone, when the photographers have completed their task? What happens to the architecture when it is handed over to its true destiny – when, to put it quite simply, it is used? And furthermore: Wouldn't it clarify questions about the sense and senselessness of architecture – within the time frame in which the theses put forth as part of the design are proven to be correct, incorrect, or inconsequential?
The issue GENERALIST ‘Use and Habit’ tries to approach this interdependency on a phenomenological level. We collected stories: stories about the use of spaces and the habits reflected in them; about the non-physical transformation of architecture in the utilization process.
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We proudly present our NEW Issue!
August 1st, 2010
GENERALIST – Magazine for Architecture welcomes you all
to IN GENERAL: the Live-Interview series, that portraits one personality in the field of architecture.
Meinrad Morger, Head of Morger Dettli Architects, based in Basel, and P Professor for Design & Architectural Typologies at the faculty of architecture finished his first semester of teaching at the TU Darmstadt. A good moment to ask: how was it?
We will discuss with him the phenomena of swiss architecture, how minimalistic music has an effect on his design and – by the way – who is this person, that says about himself, that he is not very entertaining?
on
July 21rst 2010
from
6 pm onwards
in the
‘Kuhle’, Foyer of the Architecture Faculty
El Lissitzky Strasse 1, 64278 Darmstadt
And after the Interview we proudly present our new issue "Use and Habit"
Join the Launch!
Prof. Meinrad Morger at InGeneral * Live-Interview Series
July 19th, 2010
New Issue ** OUT NOW
February 20th, 2010
GENERALIST – Magazine for Architecture welcomes you all to
IN GENERAL – the Live-Interview series, that portraits one personality
Since 2008
HG Merz has been visiting professor at the
TU Darmstadt Architecture Department.
Who is the architect decorated with multiple awards for his museum architecture and exhibition concepts? What kind of person is somebody who owns 30 vases, 22 pans and 250 fishing flies?
Bjoern Hekmati and Adeline Seidel will discuss these and other questions with HG Merz
on
February 18th 2010
from
6 pm onwards
in the
‘Kuhle’, Foyer of the Architecture Faculty
El Lissitzky Strasse 1, Darmstadt
After the Interview we will launch the brand-new issue of GENERALIST – Magazine for Architecture, focusing on research in Architecture.
HG Merz at IN GENERAL * Live-Interview Series
February 13th, 2010
Call for Papers for Issue No. 3
"Use and Habit"
Entry deadline for synopses is April 9th 2010
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In architecture magazines and newspaper supplements, buildings are generally discussed as being innovations or classics. There we see illustrations of built works, models, and plans. And we read texts about design approaches, construction technologies and who owns what. But the phase from when the first user moves in until protection is granted by the landmarks preservation council – or the building is demolished: the aspect of ongoing communication between the building and its user, appears to be a blind spot in the discourse.
What happens to the architecture after it has left the architect‘s office, when the tradesmen are gone, when the photographers have completed their task? What happens to the architecture when it is handed over to its true destiny – when, to put it quite simply, it is used?
And furthermore: Wouldn‘t it clarify questions about the sense and senselessness of architecture – within the time frame in which the theses put forth as part of the design are proven to be correct, incorrect, or inconsequential? ...
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Call for papers - “Use and Habit”
February 6th, 2010
Thanks for coming
November 24th, 2009
IN GENERAL
The live-interview series is going on:
Björn Hekmati and Adeline Seidel have
Prof. Manfred Hegger as their guest.
12. November 2009 || 19 pm at Central Station Darmstadt
This wintersemester GENERALIST welcomes you to IN GENERAL again: the live-interview series that portraits one personalty.
Manfred Hegger is a well-known member of the Faculty of Architecture at the TU Darmstadt, holding the chair of Architecture & Energy Efficiency. A few days ago he and a team of his staff and students of Darmstadt's architecture Department won the Solar-Decathlon for the second time. It is is almost impossible not to come across his name when engaging with architecture and sustainability – but what is driving him beside his work at the university? What are the topics that interest him most? What are his points of view - and what were his most formative experiences?
The interview is part of the Sichten13 program - the yearly exhibition of the architecture faculty TU Darmstadt.
In_General at Sichten13
November 5th, 2009
