2G #95: Baukunst is an issue of the 2G international architecture review devoted to Baukunst, the Brussels practice whose name joins the German words for building and art—and whose projects are treated as ideas to be revisited rather than works to be closed off.
About This Book
Founded in 2012, Baukunst works at a consistently high level of abstraction. Each project is framed as a theoretical proposition, and the architects return to these propositions repeatedly over time, so that built and unbuilt work belong to the same field of inquiry. Rather than cataloguing the practice as a conventional archive, this issue is assembled as a research atlas: architectural drawings, site photographs, models and digital images are set in montage to draw out the latent ideas that have been developed and tested from one project to the next. Edited by Moisés Puente, with texts by Giovanna Borasi, Seng Kuan and Carlo Menon, it is a close reading of a practice for which architecture is as much a way of thinking as a way of building.
Key Features
- Edited by Moisés Puente, with texts by Giovanna Borasi, Seng Kuan and Carlo Menon
- Structured as a research atlas rather than a chronological archive of works
- Montage of architectural drawings, site photographs, models and digital images
- Part of the 2G international architecture review series
What You'll Discover
- How Baukunst holds its projects open as theoretical propositions, whether or not they are built
- Why the practice's name—joining 'bau' (building) and 'kunst' (art)—reads as a statement of intent
- How recurring ideas surface, shift and are tested across different projects
- The role of montage and mixed media in presenting an architectural practice as ongoing research
About the Author
Moisés Puente edits this issue and has edited numerous volumes of 2G. The texts are contributed by Giovanna Borasi, Seng Kuan and Carlo Menon.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Dimensions: 229 × 305 mm
- Pages: 160
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783753309101
- Publisher: Walther König
Perfect For: Architects, students and theorists interested in contemporary European practice, research-led design and the relationship between built and unbuilt work.