Double or Nothing. 51N4E. Architectural Association Publications, BOZAR books, London. 2011. Texto por: Dominique Boudet ‘Manifestos’ The simplest thing is to begin at the beginning with their first projects, modest commissions – for the conversion of a farmhouse, the planning of a housing estate, the reorganisation of a provincial museum – that became a kind of ‘manifesto’ for an alternative approach to archi

Disponible online en La Capell Publicada ininterrumpidamente desde 1944, QUADERNS ha ofrecido una visión crítica y de referencia de la arquitectura catalana e internacional. Con la voluntad de garantizar la continuidad de la revista y darle un nuevo impulso inicia una nueva etapa en la que cada número de la revista tendrá un equipo editor específico. La periodicidad de la revista será semestral (primavera, otoño) y c

Source: 51N4E Photography: Filip Dujardin & Stefano Graziani The tower is part of the ambitious new master plan for the city, which converges around ten towers. The main program of the tower consists of office and housing program. Shopping and restaurant facilities are located in the base and at the top of the building. Our first investigation was to resolve the dilemma of elegance – a clear ambition stated in th

Source: 51N4E  Photography: Blerta Kambo / Filip Dujardin This project for the restructuring of Skanderbeg Square is the result of an international architecture competition won by 51N4E in 2008. The competition’s proposal, conceived in collaboration with Albanian artist Anri Sala, reorganizes Tirana’s central square, a vast ex-communist space, in a simple yet radical way. In a complex and dense urban context, on this

Fuente: 51n4e, OWI Fotografía: Stijn Bollaert  C-mine is a distinct and precise answer on how to deal with large-scale industrial heritage. Since 2005 the City of Genk, being an important partner in the Carbon Belt stretching as far as the Rühr Area, has been actively redeveloping its past. The central turbine hall will become the new pivotal point of this brownfield operation, becoming the future cultural infrastruc

Fuente: 51n4e Fotografía: Filip Dujardin On the outskirts of a village, in a beautiful dense tree-scape, stands a dark solitary volume clad in burnt larch. This ambiguous structure is actually part of a residential campus dedicated to mentally disabled people. Two separate living spheres are combined into a sustainable, compact volume. They host two groups of young, semi-autonomous adults. The hidden duality of the b

Fuente: Europaconcorsi Fotografía: Filip Dujardin The last remaining textile factory on Buda Island – an area destined to become the cultural heart of the city – has been transformed into studios and exhibition spaces for artists in residence. This large volume, situated in the middle of a city block, has been adapted through two main interventions: The first hollows out a large void in the centre of the building, br