描述
This issue features AFF, an architecture and planning firm based in Berlin and Lausanne that sees architecture as something object-like, with a focus on how a structure relates to its surroundings and function. Enjoyment in observation and creation, along with fresh and imaginative interpretations, is central to their work as they explore existing buildings and traditions, identifying unique qualities while also pushing beyond conventional boundaries. Their design process shapes projects in a fluid and evolving way. By questioning traditional architectural forms and typologies and adapting them to meet contemporary needs, AFF creates architecture that is both meaningful and dynamic.
ESSAYS BY
Ana Leal
Alex Simon
José Manuel Pedreirinho
SUMMARY
Alex Simon
“The architecture office AFF first made a name for itself with a tiny project for a cabin in the Ore Mountains in Saxony. Built over a prefabricated GDR hut, it repurposed its wooden walls as formwork for new concrete walls. Top-hung windows, raised with hydraulic jacks, hint at a delight in unconventional solutions. Iron brackets protrude from the wall as ladder rungs; wooden boards, cut from the spruce trees outside, line the floor. A stove heats the uninsulated interior, and there is no running water. The bathroom … is the well outside. This is how AFF makes architecture: rugged but carefully assembled, direct but with traces of past lives. And not without an undercurrent of humour.”
INDEX
Thoughts From The Editor by Ana Leal 003
Building Memories Of The Future by José Manuel Pedreirinho 005
The Politics Of Things by Axel Simon 009
Exhibition “IN LOVE TO” 013
Freudenstein Castle 017
Mountain Cabin 025
St. Petri-Paul Church 037
“Ludwig Hoffmann” Primary School 049
“ELF Freunde” Row Housing Block 059
Lindetal House 069
Extention Academic High School E.A. Arndt 079
Saxon State Exhibition 089
Hanover Freight Railway Station 099
Extension “Lew Tolstoi” Primary School 113
Grain Storage Research Building 127
Centre For Language And Movement 143
“Spore Initiative” And “Publix” House of Journalism 155
Reprogrammable Parking Structure 175
“Crap Sogn Gion” Mountain Station 179
Credits 185
