editorial
20: I left such a colourful world / Constantin Goagea
landmark
22: structure.membrane.filtru / An office building by Carlos Ferrater, Xavier Marti and Patrick Genard in Barcelona: subtle references to Mies van den Rohe, respect for the site, timeless aesthetics.
experiment
30: all senses experience / Roca Barcelona Gallery building, realized by Studio Carlos Ferrater, displays a coherent communication strategy by a powerful architectural image, avoiding any speculative formalism.
public
36: built layers / A sports centre designed by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos is rooted into a suburban site of Madrid following a downward topographic logic and the spirit of the place.
44: ephemeral and translucent / For Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, attention paid to a temporary market in Madrid balances the effort involved into defi nite projects, though not denying an economic reason.
urban
50: the roof as a facade / TMB park is an ecologic roof atop the new Horta bus depot in Barcelona. Coll-Leclerc Architects searched for a new conceptual approach and diff erent sources of inspiration in landscape architecture.
public space
58: un nod intre doua orase / Bordering on two cities, in a derelict, conflictual area, Territori 24 team’s atypical project generates an urban park superimposed on the existing urban and road infrastructure.
64: a new landscape / Th is public space project in Granada creates
a new topography: a carpet crossed by strength lines and channels that
mediates between the urban and the former agricultural landscape.
dwelling
68: zafiro house / Th e two semi-detached houses in Huetor-Vega (Granada) form a complex ensemble of indoor and outdoor living spaces inside a strongly defined perimeter.
dossier: exhibit arhitectura
72: A dossier dedicated to the most recent works of this young office from Brasov: exemplary restauration works activate spaces in historical centers and smart design creates strong even if temporary spaces for book fair pavilions.
73: the pleasant logic of some ordinary events / The administrative center of the Lutheran Church in Brasov is the product of both a sensitive restauration and a creative use of furniture as a space defi ning element.
78: a book cellar / Expanding Humanitas Bookstore of Sibiu explores semantic and sensorial resources of progressive penetration into an underground space.
82: two stands for book fairs / Both projects reject of the standard solution of ensembles made up of boxes and devise the stands as total, active spaces, where the equipment and furniture play an essential part.
theory
86: innovation and customization: the architectural envelope/ Navigating between aesthetic questions, ethical problems and technical challenges, Vincenzo P. Bagnato and Spartaco Paris revaluate the meaningful relationship between the image of contemporary architecture and tectonic culture.
strategies
92: urban mobility from european to national / In Romania, a car-obsessed country, the application of European mobility policies oscillates between the enunciation of general principles, the promotion campaigns and the uncorrelated partial actions.
architourism
96: china, ep.2: Guilin, Hongcun, Suzhou, Xidi / Between fast destruction and exploitation of mass tourism. After Shanghai and the mix between economic boom and national pride, the article series dealing with the Chinese cities continues with some suggestive examples concerning the attitude towards the historical and natural heritage.
