HS19 - Denkraum #5 Empathy Building double Empathy is the ability to project oneself into someone else’s position and take their perspective for a while. An understanding based on the temporary weakening of the limit between oneself and ‘the other’. Thermal Palace, Ostend, 1988 - Harry Gruyaert
HS19 - Now and Then #3 Sicily Writing an Island Sicily. The island has been a much coveted centre of the region for millennia: a crossing point between Africa and Europe, between Eastern and Western Mediterranean. Poggioreale nueva
FS19 - Denkraum #4 Ambiguity Building Giotto Ambiguity. The capacity of an individual object or idea to be perceived in multiple ways. A status which can be seen as unclear and confusing, or as valuable in its complexity and richness. Renunciation of Wordly Goods, Legend of St Francis, Giotto di Bondone, 1297-99
HS18 - Now and Then #2 Marrakesh Scenography of a city Marrakesh. Layer after layer, a complex ground has been assembled, serving as a base for a country currently contemplating its diverse heritage: the Arab, the Berber, the European within. 3600 Radouan Mriziga - Benjamin Boar
HS18 - Denkraum #3 Consistency Building constraints Consistency. This semester we will adopt the attitude of consistency. We will explore how we could actually free architecture by tightening its rules even more. Quinze variations sur un même thème, Max Bill, 1935-38
FS18 - Now and Then #1 Athens (New) beginnings Athens. In a city where the—literally—towering bygone days are always looming above the city, we wish to look at the present condition of Greece in the light of its past.
FS 18 - Denkraum #2 Exactitude Building character Exactitude. An attitude orienting choices towards decisiveness, a posture in which everything is weighed, measured, examined and determined. La Villa Noailles, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Hyères
HS17 - Denkraum #1 Optimism Building Europe Optimism. Can we use this term without feeling embarrassed? It seems naive and light-hearted. Can it be appropriate today? We believe so. Maison du peuple, Victor Horta, Brussels
