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Are You Mad?, by Sem Verwey.The practices that we are involved in within our faculty are conventionally conceived as a means to solve problems. What we do when we offer our solutions to the world is resembling those fixed premises that we consider to be right.…View →
The Archetypal Bias of Scale Figures Catalogs, by Romain Touron.Referring to the capacity of projecting emotions onto someone else’s experience, Empathy mediates the connection between the user and the scale figures, and thus with the space projected.…View →
The INDESEM Archive, by Inez Margaux Van Oeveren.My work is rather conventional. I’m rather interested in stability, old types of space and conventional types of construction. INDESEM 96’ – David Chipperfield, Founder of David Chipperfield Architects.…View →
Local Liability, by Alessandro Rognoni.In my early years as an international student, I held the conviction that, wherever I went, I would contribute to making my environment more diverse. My attitude, as I realised over the years, might have been overly-optimistic.…View →
On Discomfort, by Jesper-Jay Harrington.This introspection can lead to a deeper connection with space, as inhabitants are compelled to actively engage with their surroundings rather than passively accepting them. Peter and Alison Smithson’s Upper Lawn Pavilion, 1959-62, Wiltshire.…View →
Bnieuws edition 54/04. Published February 2021.Taboos seem to be pretty conventional phenomena of group dynamics. Almost every group of individuals, when brought together, eventually will encounter something which will subsequently never be discussed again, because it’s just easier to ignore it.…View →
Safe at work, by Inez Margaux Van Oeveren.Some will crave conventional choices, such as regular employment in a formal workplace. Another group will be attracted to riskier options that offer more independence and personal freedom.…View →
Setting sail to freedom: the untold queer stories on cruise ships, by TJ Rivera.As these intrepid souls stepped aboard these floating hotels, they were welcomed into a world unlike any other -. a quasi-exclusive male society. 1. where they could find camaraderie and connection amidst the rolling waves of the open sea.…View →
High and Low, by Alessandro Rognoni.a plump, indignant man yelled at Lagerfeld through a crowded and exclusive restaurant when he learned of the fatal connection.…View →
A Decade of Bnieuws, by Aimee Baars.The Bnieuws team believes there is quality to the tactility of paper that gives us a greater connection with texts.…View →
Incredible Nottingham, by Dorsa Ghaemi, Francien Fons, Jolt Wiersma and Sun Ah Hwang.In contrast to its objectives, construction defects in the system and a sense of social insecurity in the scheme resulted in its demise, and Balloon Wood was demolished within 20 years of its conception, at considerable cost in terms of both embedded…View →
What Are You Reading Right Now? The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell, by Hilde Sennema.biology lessons for school children with the restoration of oyster reefs in New York Harbor, arguing that “the key to solving the challenges of climate change is changing human behavior, and humans aren’t going to change their behavior without a direct connection…View →
Bnieuws edition 53/04. Published January 2020.However, at some point, these big data are unravelled by algorithms and, through layers and layers of infrastructure, find their way back to the world in the form of pouring asphalt to relieve congestion, planting trees to increase neighborhood liveability…View →
Bnieuws edition 53/06. Published May 2020.Home embodies a personal connection to a house, a sense of belonging. In these past few weeks, we have gotten to know our homes pretty well – the cracks and the imperfections. The shading of the sun on the walls at certain times of day.…View →
An ode to the pavement, by Margot Hols.The stoep again becomes a place of social connection. Not just a dumping place for bikes, but a place where neighbours meet neighbours. Sometimes planned, sometimes unexpected. And in the current times, that might be just what we need.…View →
Jargon, by Sam Eadington.architects in fact so insecure about the validity of architecture they produce - not to mention the rhetoric that precedes and follows - that instead they rely on creating an illusion of intelligence by baffling and belittling those unschooled in the conventions…View →
Take It Seriously, by Federico Ruiz.Later in the interview, when I ask him about the tension between historical continuity and disruption in his work, he reveals that this connection isn’t only in my mind: “I remember [that] when I was in primary school, I could always choose my own clothing…View →
The Art of Disconnect: A Manifesto for Inefficiency, by Jessica Kuurstra.Nowadays, almost everyone working with an internet connection qualifies as such an addict. The same goes for teenagers in the US, who already spend more than 7 hours a day online without including school or homework (Court, 2022).…View →
Refugee Republic, by Aimee Baars.The formal urban grid has been the most dominant and utilised form - however, its rigid structure creates military-like camps that decrease cultural connection among occupants. The next step is 'staggered square' planning.…View →
Explore Lab Fictions, by Camille Billottet, Anne de Zeeuw & Aimee Baars.While smells are our discrete companions through life, we often fail to imagine the affect they have on our bodies, and, minds, but also our conception of space and matter.…View →
As the Wind Rises and Falls, by Tuyen Le.These burial sites of the broken wings are detached from our mind, especially for a country that has such an intimate connection with wind, the Dutch energy sector now views these turbines like cigarette butts: you flick them on the ground, stomp on them…View →
Where is..., by The Datum Collective.Perhaps this cross-continent connection is the beginning of a new collective between radical students. The collective power of uniting together proves to be a route for change.…View →
Never Been Built, by Aimee Baars.The second part of the name 'mast' refers to Rotterdam as the centre of the shipping industry, symbolising the connection between city and port. Euromast by Van den Broek & Bakema, 1953-55. Rotterdam Central Station by Will Alsop.…View →
Homo Urbanus: In Conversation with Bêka & Lemoine, by Juan Benavides & Jack Garay Arauzo.He is someone who is in such an intense connection with his project and he never uses these architectural accomplishments as a social status or as a self-representation. You're totally seduced, that's why we made the film.…View →
A Shitty Architectural Autobiography, by Federico Ruiz.Although I will not be discussing the relationship between our bottoms and brains (I still believe there is a connection, though), I will try to understand what I think of defecation through the best evidence I have got: the toilet plans of some of the…View →