Domus 930 (November 2009)

The latest issue of Domus is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

STREAMS

• News, events, competitions, projects / edited by Elena Sommariva

ARCHITECTURE

• HERNING MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, DENMARK A swatch of Denmark's provinces is an act of faith in art and architecture / DESIGN BY STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS, KJAER & RICHTER A/S; TEXT BY YEHUDA SAFRAN; PHOTOS BY IWAN BAAN
• ZAMET CENTRE, RIJEKA The new public complex by the Croatian architects is frozen in a sequence of staggered volumes / DESIGN BY 3LHD; TEXT BY MAROJE MRDULJAŠ; PHOTOS BY DOMAGOJ BLAZEVIC, 3LHD
• BARCELONA OCULAR MICROSURGERY INSTITUTE On the borderline between city and countryside, reproducing the morphologicy of the site / DESIGN BY JOSEP LLINÁS CARMONA; TEXT BY EDUARDO CADAVAL; PHOTOS BY FILIPPO POLI
• MOS, P.S.1/NEW YORK P.S.1 offers itself to the new generation of American architects as a space for experimentation / DESIGN BY MOS; TEXT BY JOHN MCMORROUGH; PHOTOS BY FLORIAN HOLZHERR
• SUPERSUDAKA.CL, CHILE In Talca, two recent constructions by the Chilean collective / DESIGN, PHOTOS BY JUAN PABLO CORVALÁN & GABRIEL VERGARA; TEXT BY JOSÉ LLANO LOYOLA
• NAOSHIMA BATH Shinro Ohtake extends his personal interpretation of collage to architecture / DESIGN BY SHINRO OHTAKE; TEXT BY FRANCESCA PICCHI; PHOTOS BY OSAMU WATANABE
• SOCIAL HOUSING IN UMBRETE, SEVILLE When funds are minimal, only creativity can make a difference / DESIGN BY SOLINAS + VERD ARQUITECTOS; TEXT BY LAURA BOSSI; PHOTOS BY JESŪS GRANADA
• HOUSE H, TOKYO The latest spatial experiment by the Japanese architect is a variable density house / DESIGN BY SOU FUJIMOTO ARCHITECTS; TEXT BY CATHELIJNE NUIJSINK; PHOTOS BY IWAN BAAN

INTERIORS

• NISSAN PAVILION IN YOKOHAMA Air becomes material: an installation of magic bubbles to match the Japanese automobile manufacturer's eco-friendly research / DESIGN BY TORAFU ARCHITECTS; TEXT LAURENCE HUMIER; PHOTOS BY ALESSIO GUARINO

DESIGN

• LE FORME DELL'ACQUA Poetic and pragmatic approaches to the use of a vital resource: three designs interpret the way water is collected in the bathroom / DESIGN BY GABRIELE & OSCAR BURATTI, ROSS LOVEGROVE, NOTHING DESIGN GROUP; TEXT BY MARIA CRISTINA TOMMASINI
• YOUNG DESIGN REPORT 3 Self-produced one-offs, poised between art, design and prototypes. But real products too. The singularity and irony of these designs encourage optimism / DESIGN BY 5.5 DESIGNERS, BEVK PEROVIC ARHITEKTI, JULIEN CARRETERO, NITZAN COHEN, GAMFRATESI, PEPE HEYKOOP, ELISA HONKANEN, CONSTANTINOS HOURSOGLOU, PAUL LOEBACH, MICHAEL MARRIOTT, LINA MEIER, RAY POWER, HENRIQUE RALHETA + MIGUEL FLOR, DONNA WILSON; TEXTS BY MARIA CRISTINA TOMMASINI; PHOTOS BY PELLE CRÉPIN, TUALA HJARNØ, LIISA KUISMA
• EREDITÀ SOVVERSIVA Simon Collection: tradition and memory set against Estel's industrial background / DESIGN BY CARLO SCARPA; TEXT BY MARIA CRISTINA TOMMASINI; PHOTOS BY ORIANI ORIGONE

ART

• GELITIN Improvisation is alive; you can always take it around with you. Notes for Artissima - the Theater Project, 4-8 November 2009, Turin / DESIGN BY GELITIN; TEXT BY ROBERTO CUOGHI; EDITED BY ANDREA BELLINI
• THE ELMGREEN & DRAGSET SHOW "Powerless structures" used to explore the subtle area that divides public and private / DESIGN BY MICHAEL ELMGREEN & INGAR DRAGSET; TEXT BY CECILIA ALEMANI
• LA MUSICA NASCOSTA Music is the invisible motor that drives the works of Allora & Calzadilla, "touching" the listeners / DESIGN BY JENNIFER ALLORA & GUILLERMO CALZADILLA; TEXT BY VINCENZO LATRONICO
• HOME AWAY FROM HOME Solid memories used for fighting absence, at the Chert Gallery in Britain / DESIGN PETRIT HALILAJ; TEXT BY VINCENZO LATRONICO

INTERSECTIONS

• CLIMATE CHANGE Notes for rethinking cities / GRAPHIC DESIGN BY ONLAB - NICOLAS BOURQUIN, THIBAUD TISSOT; EDITED BY LAURA BOSSI, RICHARD PLUNZ, MARIA PAOLA SUTTO; TEXTS BY RICHARD PLUNZ, JULIE SZE E SIMON SADLER, STEPHEN HAMMER, MATTHEW C. NISBET, CAROLYN STEEL, PATRICIA CULLIGAN, YONA FRIEDMAN, STEFANO CASCIANI

ARCHIVES

• BULLDOZER'S EARTHQUAKE Wright's Imperial Hotel managed to withstand two earthquakes, but not the law of profit / TEXT BY LUIGI SPINELLI; PHOTOS ARCHIVI DOMUS

HIGHLIGHT

• DONI D'AUTORE

BOOKS

• ARCHITECTURE OF THE THIRD REICH A parricidal desire. Seventeen stars. The dynamics of art. Design schools. Living outside the landscape / EDITED BY GIANMARIO ANDREANI

RASSEGNA

• INTERIOR FINISHES From floors to doors, surface finishes and heating elements / EDITED BY MARIA CRISTINA TOMMASINI