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description Architecture magazine
publishing company ARCH + Verlag GmbH
First edition 1968
Frequency of publication quarterly
Editor-in-chief Anh-Linh Ngo
editor Nikolaus Kuhnert, Anh-Linh Ngo, Günther Uhlig
Web link archplus.net
ISSN 0587-3452

Arch + is a German magazine for architecture , urban development and design . It appears quarterly with a circulation of 10,000 copies.

history

Founding phase 1968–1972

In mid-1967 the students and assistants from the University of Stuttgart Ulrich Bäte, Peter Dietze, Dieter Hezel, Wolfram Koblin, Peter Lammert, Gernot Minke , Aylâ Neusel and Stephan Waldraff from the Max Bense area founded the study books for architecture-related environmental research and planning ; the first issue appeared in January 1968. The mentors included Dieter Hoffmann-Axthelm , Julius Posener , Otl Aicher , Bruno Schindler, Joachim Krausse and Vilém Flusser .

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Arch + saw itself as a discussion forum that serves to make architecture more scientific. The statement that architecture itself is not a science appeared in the first issue. Although the magazine was founded during the student unrest , the issues were not primarily political at first. In the first phase, technocratic topics such as planning theory , semiotics , mathematics and cybernetics , design with algorithms and set theory were decisive. Science was seen as a medium of subversion. The discussion about the study reform was also a concern of Arch + at that time. In addition to Arch +, a spontaneous leaflet appeared every 14 days and was distributed as a regular leaflet at the university. The authors and editors worked without a fee. In 1969, after the failure of the student riots, the existence of Arch + was in jeopardy. Some notebooks appeared.

Phase of reorientation and politicization 1972–1976

From Stuttgart only the editors (Christoph Feldtkeller, Wolfgang Ehrlinger, Heinrich Stoffl, Jörg Pampe) were there. In addition to Stuttgart, further editorial offices were set up in Aachen and (West) Berlin. Marc Fester, Nikolaus Kuhnert , Adalbert Evers and Sabine Kraft came from Aachen and Helga Fassbinder, Klaus Brake and Renate Petzinger from Berlin. The new employees took over the magazine. The Berliners and Aacheners turned Arch + into a university magazine. The distribution of the newspaper changed from Karl-Krämer-Verlag to VSA (publishing house for the study of the labor movement). In issue 28, a motif appears on the title page for the first time. Dieter Masuhr , a Berlin artist, shaped the appearance in the following years with his pen drawings. The founding of the Arch + Association to research the relationship between the built environment and social development was due to power struggles and disputes among the editorial groups. The fighting phase ended with the resignation of Brake, Fassbinder and Petzinger in 1977.

Aesthetic and postmodern phase 1977–1986

Evers, Fester, Kraft and Kuhnert remained in the editorial office. A new addition was Werner Durth , Günther Uhlig and Friedemann Gschwind. Printing and sales switched to the alternative printing company Klenkes in Aachen. It was only in this phase that Arch + became a themed issue. In issue 57/58 an article by Léon Krier first appeared as a work report. Arch + developed into a "critical architecture magazine" ".

Renewal phase 1986–1992

Arch + also said goodbye to postmodernism for the majority of its readers. This was accompanied by a return to modernity as a continuation of a philosophical project. The newspaper section appeared for the first time in issue 68, and the DIY store section in issue 78 : You were allowed to build again. In 1987 Berlin became the second editorial location. Wolfgang Wagener (1986–1990), Philipp Oswalt (1988–93), Angelika Schnell (1990–2001) and Andreas Bittis (1991–2001) each became the third person in the editorial team when they turned away from values ​​conservatism. Instead of lone fighters, there were now working groups without hierarchical structures . The generation conflict between 68ers and post-68ers has largely failed to materialize in the editorial team. With Rem Koolhaas , Zaha Hadid , Daniel Libeskind and Bernard Tschumi , the vision of a progressive and modern Europe came back. The magazine for architects, urban planners, social workers and local political groups became the magazine for architecture and town planning in 1986 . Arch + has succeeded in promoting eco-tech since 1990 . Issue 111, with which Vilém Flusser , philosopher of the electronic age, became famous in Germany, was a highlight . After the reunification, Arch + received new impulses from Otl Aicher . The new Arch + layout was developed in Rotis. After Aicher, the Rotis font was also introduced, in which the logo was later written.

America phase and back 1992–2003

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the USA has increasingly come into focus, not least because of the intellectual stagnation in Europe. The booklets, which have brought American texts to Germany for the first time since 1993, illustrated terms such as event, complexity or folding with European projects. Arch + tried to establish itself as a bridge between the USA and Europe. But the bilingualism introduced in 1994 was unsuccessful, but the distance to the German debate remained. Significantly, the issue 122 From Berlin to Neuteutonia , which formulated the criticism of developments in Germany most sharply, was the most successful in the history of the journal. With issue 166, Arch + was renamed to archplus (which was reversed with issue 186/187). With the editors Susanne Schindler (2001–2003), Schirin Taraz-Breinholt (2001–2004) and Julia von Mende (2005–2007), the editorial team expanded the relationship to architectural developments in German-speaking countries (Off-Architektur, issues 166 and 167) . The promotion of young talent was continued with the Arch + Prize for the best diploma theses. A third focus - study materials with “practical value” (Formfindung booklet 159/160, material 172, living 176/177, climate 184) - was expanded.

Since 2004

Arch + is in a new restructuring phase and further professionalization. Anh-Linh Ngo has been strengthening the editorial team since 2004. Martin Luce is a member of the Berlin editorial team from 2006 to 2007. The appearance was redesigned with Art Director Walter Schönauer. The journal expands to include research projects, partnerships and internet-supported forms of publication. The field of a classic trade journal was broken up further. An important beginning was the cooperation with the multi-year research project Shrinking Cities. Arch + 's participation in the Documenta 12 magazine project in 2007 marked a step in the further development of the magazine. With the project THE MAKING OF YOUR MAGAZINES and the exhibition of the same name in the KulturBahnhof Kassel, a new direction of the magazine began, which is based on the processing and reflection of the history of the magazine.

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Since 2008

A relaunch took place in 2008 based on the preliminary work in the context of Documenta 12 magazines and on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the magazine. With the new Art Director Mike Meiré , there was a return to the original Arch + logo and a redesign of the magazine. Meiré reintroduced the Futura, which initially shaped the appearance of Arch +. The booklets were increasingly made on a project basis and external cooperation partners were involved in order to enable the topics and perspectives to be expanded in terms of content and to open up other levels of communication and media that go beyond the magazine. The scope of action of the magazine was expanded through symposia, conferences, exhibitions and competitions. In 2009/2010 Arch + was the official cooperation partner of the Hamburg International Building Exhibition and organized two implementation competitions on the topics of Smart Materials and Smart Price . The aim is to realize exemplary model buildings as part of the IBA Hamburg by 2013. In 2010, Nikolaus Kuhnert and Anh-Linh Ngo curated the exhibition "Post-Oil City" "with the Berlin editorial team for the Institute for Foreign Relations. The successful exhibition was held in Stuttgart, Berlin, Vienna and Zurich, and from 2011 onwards “Post-Oil City” will go on tour in an English version and from 2012 also in a Spanish and Brazilian version in the ifa exhibition program for at least 5 years, including in India, South America and Africa In 2015, Arch + initiated the "bauhaus project" together with a large number of experts, including Philipp Oswalt, former director of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation , in a 5-year process in the run-up to the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus of the Bauhaus ideas. In addition to numerous conferences, workshops, summer schools and publications, m ith the Volksbühne Berlin under the direction of Schorsch Kamerun a performance takes place: "The Bauhaus - a saving requiem". In 2018 Arch + again curated a touring exhibition in cooperation with the ifa. Under the title "An Atlas of Commoning. Places of Community Creativity", the exhibition on joint city initiatives premiered in the Kreuzberg / Bethanien art space in Berlin. The 10-year international tour began in Pittsburgh in 2019 and will be shown in Mexico City in 2020. Local projects and initiatives are integrated at the various locations in order to expand the exhibition. In 2019, Arch + curated the exhibition [1989–2019: Politics of Space in New Berlin] in cooperation with the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein. The exhibition examines the urban development and architectural policy of Berlin since the fall of the Berlin Wall. A special focus was on the real estate policy of the Berlin Senate, which until recently privatized a large part of the public land. The [Deutschlandfunk] reported about it. In 2019, in cooperation with the Institute for Basics of Modern Architecture and Design at the University of Stuttgart, the edition "Right Spaces - Report on a European Trip" was published. The issue sparked a debate about the spatial policy efforts of right-wing populist movements in Europe and was controversially discussed in all the major daily newspapers. In particular, the article by the architecture theorist Verena Hartbaum on the inscription with an anti-Semitic quote from Ezra Pound on Berlin's Walter-Benjamin-Platz caused a lot of [discussions]. The historian Ulrike von Hirschhausen drew the conclusion in the [Tagesspiegel]: "In times when right-wing extremist positions seem to provide a way out of the problems of globalization for some, anti-Semitic attacks are increasing and the synagogue in Halle is the target of an attack , call such texts by their name - and confront them with our answers. "

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subjects

Arch + is the last conceptual architecture magazine in Germany that is independent of major publishers. The + in the name indicates that there is more to it than architecture. Founded in the wake of the student movement in 1968, the focus of Arch + is on the critical reflection of the social demands of architecture. Arch + is part of the editorial network documenta 12 magazines of documenta 12.

Each quarterly issue illuminates a special topic in detail and takes up current discussions from other disciplines such as the social and natural sciences, economics, philosophy and art with regard to architectural and urbanistic issues: the development of new living concepts, organizational forms of work, urbanistic models , Problems of dealing with mobility and traffic, as well as nature and landscape, the redefinition of building tasks and types or questions of design and spatial perception and the handling of material.

The newspaper column reflects current architectural events such as competitions, exhibitions, conferences and new publications.

The construction focus is designed as a practical construction service for architects. It provides information about technologies and processes, building materials, constructions, details, manufacturers and trade fairs. In contrast, the product show focuses on design, with the palette ranging from the classics to the young and wild, from living to office buildings, from lighting and sanitary equipment to everyday objects.

editorial staff

Sabine Kraft († 2016) headed the Aachen editorial team, Nikolaus Kuhnert and Anh-Linh Ngo headed the Berlin editorial team. After the death of Sabine Kraft, Anh-Linh Ngo took over the role of co-editor and managing director. Anh-Linh Ngo has been head of the overall editorial department since 2016.

Advisory board: Beatriz Colomina, Arno Brandlhuber, Philipp Oswalt, Stephan Trüby , Mark Wigley, Karin Wilhelm, Georg Vrachliotis

Permanent employees are Joachim Krausse, Arno Löbbecke, Martin Luce, Achim Menges, Angelika Schnell.

Mike Meiré is in charge of the art direction . Design: Charlotte Cassel.

Projects

  • POST-OIL CITY. The history of the future of the city : a booklet and exhibition project in cooperation with the Institute for Foreign Relations on the post-fossil city. The project works out that many of the contemporary future scenarios for the post-fossil city are based on the utopias of modernity.
  • IBA Hamburg : Arch + has been the official cooperation partner of the Hamburg International Building Exhibition since 2009 and is organizing two international workshops on the topics of smart materials and smart prices. The aim is to realize exemplary model buildings as part of the IBA Hamburg by 2013.
  • THE MAKING OF YOUR MAGAZINES - Architecture magazines as media of aesthetic communication: The Arch + exhibition and project space for participation in documenta 12 magazines deals with contemporary possibilities of aesthetic education and communication. It was created in cooperation with Georg Schöllhammer from documenta 12 magazines, Beatriz Colomina and Clip / Stamp / Fold Team (Princeton University), Rem Koolhaas , Hans-Ulrich Obrist , Quickborner Team, Storefront Gallery New York, Architectural Association London
  • The Arch + Prize is awarded for the best theses in the field of architecture, urban planning and design. The prize money is 12,000 euros.
  • The research and exhibition project Shrinking Cities adds new questions and perspectives to the urban development debate that has been conducted in Germany, which has focused on the demolition of surplus apartments and the upgrading of residential areas.

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Publications

  • Delirious New York , Rem Koolhaas, ISBN 3-931435-00-8 , German translation by Fritz Schneider, 2nd edition. Delirious New York, first published in 1978, is a polemical exploration of this Manhattan: It documents the symbiotic relationship between its ever-changing metropolitan culture and the unique architecture that it created - yet this book takes the view that architecture is not infrequently the Culture creates.
  • Architecture. Berlin lectures 1964–65 , Oswald Mathias Ungers, ed. v. Nikolaus Kuhnert, Anh-Linh Ngo, ISBN 978-3-931435-08-0 , 2nd edition. The first publication of the Berlin lectures by Oswald Mathias Ungers from 1964–65 are now legendary. Ungers tried to re-establish the theory of architecture in the period of upheaval in the 1960s. Behind the theoretical-methodological approach of Ungers' early teaching activity with his typological-morphological argumentation, an architectural way of thinking becomes visible that claims general validity.
  • Architecture theory , Bruno Taut, ed. v. Manfred Speidel, ISBN 978-3-931435-22-6 . Bruno Taut (1880–1938) recorded a first version of architecture studies in exile in Japan in 1935–36 as architectural considerations and, after moving to Turkey, worked it out in 1937 for his planned lectures at the art academy in Istanbul. The architecture theory is Taut's theoretical legacy, a personal conclusion from 25 years of architectural activity, which was closely linked to the history of Berlin housing developments. With the newly researched image apparatus, the theory of architecture appears here as an illustrated textbook in German for the first time in the manner conceived by Taut.
  • Learning from OM Ungers , ed. v. Erika Mühlthaler, ISBN 978-3-931435-10-3 . This publication continues the examination of Oswald Mathias Ungers' teaching concept. While the Berlin lectures show Ungers' theoretical and methodological approach to teaching early on, this booklet provides an overview of his practical, creative approach to teaching, which is complementary to the lectures, and which found expression in countless projects and above all in the famous publications on architecture.
  • Lectures on the history of new architecture , Julius Posener, ed. v. Wolfgang Schächen, 2 volumes, ISBN 978-3-931435-26-4 . With this publication, Julius Posener's lectures on the history of new architecture are available in a newly edited version. In the lectures, Posener deals with “Architecture and Urban Development in the Age of the Bourgeois Revolution” and analyzes the social consequences of the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, i.e. urban growth and the related housing and class issue as well as the conflicting answers to it: reform (Paternalists) or utopia (early socialists). With the description of the structural advances in the 19th century, however, he also gives an outlook on the search for a future architecture, which is commonly called modern - it forms the focus of the second volume.
  • The Klotz tapes. The Making of Postmodernism / The Klotz Tapes: The Making of Postmodernism , Heinrich Klotz, ed. v. Oliver Elser, Nikolaus Kuhnert, Anh-Linh Ngo, ISBN 978-3-931435-28-8 . On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt am Main (DAM), the diary-like tape recordings appear for the first time, in which the art historian Heinrich Klotz, founding director of the DAM, recorded the eventful early phase of the institution. His personal view of the events and the pointed portrayal of the protagonists of the late 1970s and early 1980s result in an exciting making-of of postmodernism.
  • Out of Balance - Critique of the Present / Reader Information Design , ed. v. Sabine Kraft, ISBN 978-3-931435-27-1 . "Out of Balance - Critique of the Present" is the publication for the competition of the same name that Arch + launched in 2012 together with the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. In a total of 70 contributions, a sketch of the present in its ecological / economic, social and spatial dimensions is created. Without claiming to be exhaustive, it is a balance sheet that results from the critical gaze of the many participants - a balance sheet of young architects and designers, a balance sheet of the "generation app". A comprehensive reader on information design supplements the competition entries and highlights the relevance of information design across all subject areas.
  • Dahlem lectures: Karl Friedrich Schinkel / Albert Speer. An architectural examination of the NS , Klaus Heinrich, ed. v. Nikolaus Kuhnert and Anh-Linh Ngo, ISBN 978-3-931435-30-1 . The lectures of the religious philosopher Klaus Heinrich at the Free University of Berlin always aimed to include everything that - to put it in his own words - can be counted as "the human species to understand itself": mythology, religion and philosophy, but also psychoanalysis, as well as the fine arts, music and poetry. It is therefore not surprising that architecture should not be missing in this context, as the human species always manifests itself in the building. Since the passionate university professor worked primarily in free speech and so far only a part of his lectures on the philosophy of religion has appeared, his architectural theoretical considerations have not been noticed by the specialist discourse. Almost four decades after he gave his architecture lectures in the late 1970s, we are publishing this original work, which has remained incredibly topical in its enlightening impetus. Fascinating is not only the broad knowledge on which Heinrich based his argumentation, but above all his way of asking questions that an architectural historian or theorist would not have raised in this form.

Authors (selection)

Otl Aicher , Christopher Alexander , Archigram , Asymptote , Shigeru Ban , Roland Barthes , Jean Baudrillard , Ulrich Beck , Günter Behnisch , Heinz Bienefeld , Arno Brandlhuber , Bazon Brock , Henryk M. Broder , Santiago Calatrava , Daniel Cohn-Bendit , Peter Cook , Coop Himmelb (l) au , Douglas Coupland , Hermann Czech , Guy Debord , Jacques Derrida , Walt Disney , Marcel Duchamp , Max Dudler , Peter Eisenman , Sergej Eisenstein , Olafur Eliasson , Wolfgang Engler , Harun Farocki , Vilém Flusser , Norman Foster , Kenneth Frampton , Massimiliano Fuksas , Jonas Geist , Reinier de Graaf , Andreas Gursky , Jürgen Habermas , HAU, Andrea Haase , Ludwig Hilberseimer , Gisberth Hülsmann , Dieter Hoffmann-Axthelm , Steven Holl , Cornelius van Geisten, Charles Jencks , Heinrich Klotz , Hans Kollhoff , Rem Koolhaas , Rob Krier , Oskar Lafontaine , Le Corbusier , Daniel Libeskind , Kevin A. Lynch , Peter Marcuse , MESS , Pierre de Meuron , Ludwig Mies van der Rohe , MVRDV , Frei Otto , Julius Pose ner , Jacques Rancière , Andreas Reckwitz , Jan Philipp Reemtsma , Richard Rorty , Richard Rogers , Thomas Ruff , Manfred Sack , Saskia Sassen , Jürgen Sawade , Jörg Schlaich , Peter Sloterdijk , Peter Smithson , Werner Sobek , Karlheinz Stockhausen , Bruno Taut , Stephan Trüby , Bernard Tschumi , James Turrell , Oswald Mathias Ungers , Robert Venturi , Paul Virilio , Wim Wenders .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulf Meyer: 30 years - and not a bit wise? In: http://www.archplus.net . arch + 139/140, accessed on December 28, 2017 (German).
  2. ↑ IBA Hamburg - Wilhelmsburg Mitte ( Memento from November 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ 1989–2019: Politics of Space in New Berlin. In: archplus.net. archplus, September 1, 2019, accessed November 20, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Global place of longing? In: deutschlandfunk.de. Deutschlandfunk, September 12, 2019, accessed on November 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Anti-Semitic message in a bottle? In: faz.net. FAZ, May 30, 2019, accessed on November 20, 2019 .
  6. ↑ All culture is barbarism. In: tagesspiegel.de. Der Tagesspiegel, October 20, 2019, accessed on November 20, 2019 .
  7. ↑ ARCH +: News → Sabine Kraft passed away. In: archplus.net. archplus, May 26, 2016, accessed May 31, 2016 .

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