Mateo Arquitectura

The origin of “Digital-Architectural Papers” derives from the printed publication “Architectural Papers” which was founded 2003 at the Chair of Professor Dr.Josep Lluis Mateo at the ETH Zurich, Department of Architecture. After publishing several books with Gustavo Gili, Actar and Lars Mueller Publishers the Chair is publishing the intellectual output of the work at the school also in a digital format.

Issue 1 / Feb 2011

After Crisis: Contemporary architectural conditions

Architectural papers fifth issue concentrates around the new conditions for architectural practice and around the new epistemologies that may inform it in the next future. That is, in the period after the financial bubble has collapsed and living and working conditions have significantly changed. Essays, studies and interviews, along with a selection of indicative projects, tackle the actual issues of growth and shrinking,economy and ideology, craftsmanship and social space in the city, materiality and sustainability in architecture. In a logical sequence, they depict the current reality of architecture.

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