FROM BREAKING GROUND TO ‘BREAKING THE BOX’, DESIGNERS LOVE TO TAKE THINGS APART AND PLAY WITH THE PIECES. WE RELY ON TAXONOMIES AND RULES OF THUMB TO HELP US UNDERSTAND UNDERLYING LOGICS. WORK IS OFTEN JUDGED BY ITS ABILITY TO BE SYSTEMATICALLY DISSEMINATED TO OTHER ARCHITECTS. PROJECTS ARE BROKEN DOWN BY COMPONENT, BY PROGRAM, BY TYPOLOGY. IN THIS SECOND ISSUE, GALT. SEEKS OUT TO BREAK EVERYTHING.
The design process can also involve a different sort of breaking: deviating from the norm and questioning the boundaries of architecture. Designers such as Sean Lally and Malkit Shoshan ‘break the box’ through a multitude of media: responsive environments, cross-disciplinary advocacy, advanced computational methods, and prototyping novel ways to inhabit space. ‘Breaking architecture’ is also defined by transgression. Bypassing exterior facades and engaging with the interior enables us to enter a realm in which users have more control over the built environment than architects. Although as-built conditions impose spatial order, inhabitants find ways to subvert spaces to reflect their ideals.
ISSUE 02: BREAKING
FALL 2019
150 PAGES
21 PIECES, 4 INTERVIEWS
6” x 8 3/4” x 3/8”
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ISSUE TEAM
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Logan Steele
EDITORS
Jonas Chin
Jessica Hanzelkova
Shanne Stines
Victor Tulceanu
James Callan Wilson-Delafield
GRAPHICS
Kobi Logendrarajah
Jamie Cheung
Maighdlyn Hadley
Elaine Tat