Catalogue Project Solana Ulcinj
Download the complete catalogue of the Project Solana Ulcinj, the Montenegrin contribution to the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, edited by Bart Lootsma, Dijana Vučinić and Katharina Weinberger, with essays by Branimir Gvozdenović, Minister of Sustainable Development and Tourism Government of Montenegro, Dijana Vučinić, Andrej Nikolaidis, Bart Lootsma, Katharina Weinberger, LAAC, Marko Stjepčević & Nemanja Milićević, […]
The Tyrolean House: Invented Tradition or Simulacrum? / Bart Lootsma
I am quite certain that almost everyone, anywhere in the world immediately has an image before their eyes when I mention the Tyrolean House. It is built in wood, sometimes with a white plastered first floor, has a wooden balcony and a moderately sloped pitched roof. Most people will picture it in a mountainous alpine […]
Carmelo Baglivo’s Pirated Drawings / Bart Lootsma
Together with Stefania Manna and Luca Galofaro, Carmelo Baglivo is one of the founding members of the internatinonally renowned Roman practice IaN+. Lately, he started posting collages and montages of contemporary architectural capriccio’s on Facebook, thereby discovering new opportunities to provoke an architectural discourse. A selection of these Disegni Corsari (pirated drawings) is exhibited in […]
Project Solana Ulcinj – Public Symposium: THE BRIEF
The Project Solana Ulcinj, commissioned by Dijana Vucinic of the Montenegrin Ministry of Sustainable development and Tourism and curated by Bart Lootsma and Katharina Weinberger, will be the Montenegrin contribution to the 15th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. The Montenegrin pavilion will host four projects outlining four different sustainable futures for the former […]
The Rotterdam: Big and Blank / by Bart Lootsma
The Rotterdam is an enormous building with four main functions, roughly divided in offices, hotel, living, leisure and parking. It is not tailor-made but can theoretically accommodate a multitude of different businesses, which design their own interiors. Windows run from floor to ceiling and only on the west side the apartments have balconies, to profit […]
Think Global, Build Social! Architectures for a Better World / Bart Lootsma
The exhibition ‘Think Global, Build Social! Architecture for a Better World’ directs its attention to the question of contemporary architecture’s social responsibility. Showcasing projects not only from the third world but also from Europe and North America, this exhibition demonstrates the indisputable need for architects to regain a profound social consciousness. In emphasising this building […]
Space Odyssey, a Statement on Didier Faustino / Bart Lootsma
Didier Faustino is one of the most intriguing architects/artists/curators today. His work proves the opportunity one has today as an architect or artist to define one’s own operational field. In his article Bart Lootsma focuses on Faustino’s “multiple identities”, which allow him to be active in all these fields that were traditionally strictly separated. This […]
Montenegrin Pavilion in Venice 2016 / Bart Lootsma & Katharina Weinberger
The Project Solana Ulcinj, curated by Bart Lootsma and Katharina Weinberger, will be the Montenegrin contribution to the 15th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. The Montenegrin pavilion will host four projects outlining four different sustainable futures for the former saline “Bajo Sekulic” near Montenegro’s most southern town Ulcinj. The projects will be developed […]
Critical Apparatuses / Bart Lootsma
Something makes people want to walk, ride or climb to mountaintops, how dangerous an undertaking this may be because of conditions of terrain and weather. It is something completely irrational. Some have themselves brought to the tops of mountains with trains, cable cars and even helicopters. It is often thought that this is to appreciate […]
The Aleph / Bart Lootsma
Today, we dwell almost like nomads in a mediated world. The computer screen takes over the role of the Aleph in Jorge Luis Borges’ story: a point in space that contains all other points. When one looks at it, one can see the whole universe. Dwelling in the traditional sense may have become problematic, but […]
Body & Globe / Bart Lootsma
Body & Globe explores how since the nineteen sixties communication media and a radically increased individual mobility have drastically changed our perception of the world – and of architecture and urbanism. Where the individual body became a cyborg, a cybernetic organism, a human being with certain processes aided, controlled or replaced by mechanical, pharmaceutical or […]