presentazione/introduction
Elemental: Architecture as Strategy text by Marco Casamonti
letture critiche/critical lectures
The Communicator text by Justin McGuirk
intervista/interview
The Power of Synthesis interview by Laura Andreini
scenari di architettura/architectural scenario
Projects
Ayelen School - text by Elementa - photo by Elemental
Diagonal Boulevard - text by Elemental
Calama Periurban Park - text by Elemental - photo by Elemental
Santiago Metropolitan Promenade - text by Elemental - photo by Elemental, Guy Wenborne
Santiago Astronomy Space - text by Elemental
Post-Tsunami Sustainable Reconstruction Plan of Constitución - text by Elemental - photo by Felipe Diaz Contardo, Elemental
Constitución Seaside Promenade - text by Elemental - photo by Felipe Diaz Contardo
UC Innovation Centre - text by Elemental - photo by James Florio, Felipe Diaz Contardo, Cristóbal Palma
Constitución Cultural Centre - text by Elemental - photo by Felipe Diaz Contardo
Ochoquebradas House - text by Elemental
New Centre for Contemporary Arts - text by Elemental
Villa Verde - text by Elemental - photo by Elemental
Tehran Stock Exchange - text by Elemental
Children‘s Bicentennial Park - text by Elemental - photo by Cristóbal Palma
Las Cruces Look Out Point - text by Elemental - photo by Iwan Baan
Monterrey Las Anacuas Housing - text by Elemental - photo by Ramiro Ramirez
Kunstmuseum Basel Extension - text by Elemental
Make It Right Housing - text by Elemental
Prefab Housing Prototype - text by Elemental - photo by Elemental
St. Edward‘s University Dorm - text by Elemental - photo by Michael Hsu, Cristóbal Palma
Siamese Towers - text by Elemental - photo by Cristóbal Palma
Architecture School - text by Elemental - photo by Martín Bravo, Tadeuz Jalocha
Quinta Monroy Housing - text by Elemental - photo by Cristóbal Palma
Medical School - text by Elemental - photo by Roland Halbe, Tadeuz Jalocha, Elvira Perez
Mathematics School - text by Elemental - photo by Tadeuz Jalocha
bibliography and biography
bibliography edited by Aldo De Poli
itinerario contemporaneo/contemporary itinerary
Córdoba edited by Katia Carlucci, Mario Cardenas
esiti concorsi/competitions
text by Alessandro Massarente
recensioni mostre e libri/exhibition and book reviews
texts by Aldo De Poli, Federica Arman, Silvia Avanzi, Monica Bruzzone, Claudio Dolci, Ali Filippini, Alessandro Gattara, Ilaria Morcia, Luciana Macaluso, Alessandro Massera, Carmine Piscopo
new media
edited by Monica Bruzzone
Constitución Cultural Centre
Developed in the context of the Post-tsunami Sustainable Reconstruction Plan (PRES) of Constitución, the project is located on a side of the town square, inaugurating the new civic character of…
Elemental: Architecture as Strategy
Alejandro Aravena was pleased that Area’s editorial office contacted him prior to his appointment as Director of the next Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, because evidently, after this assignment…
Las Cruces Lookout Point
Building in a remote place should generate an architecture able to age as if it were a natural element. So, we thought of a kind of hollowed stone, bent to…
UC Innovation Centre
Angelini Innovation Center turned the conventional office plan inside out for 3 reasons: first, Santiago’s weather requires to avoid direct sun radiation on glass surfaces otherwise the energy consumption in…
