"Cimêncio 2003", Nuno Cera and Diogo Lopes, Berlin/Lisbon
Outreaching Architecture – Thinking Architecture – Documenting Architecture
S AM considers itself as the focal point of architectural discourse in Switzerland. Responding to international trends, it unites and strengthens national activities in outreaching architecture through launching new debates. S AM is an open cultural institution that reflects and represents contemporary architecture through a variety of activities including exhibitions and publications, as well as specific events, debates and tours.
S AM considers itself as the focal point of architectural discourse in Switzerland. Responding to international trends, it unites and strengthens national activities in outreaching architecture through launching new debates. S AM is an open cultural institution that reflects and represents contemporary architecture through a variety of activities including exhibitions and publications, as well as specific events, debates and tours.
„The word ‚architecture’ embodies the lingering hope – or the vague memory of a hope – that shape, form, coherence could be imposed on the violent surf of
information that washes over us daily. (...) Liberated from the obligation to construct, it can become a way of thinking about anything – a discipline that represents relationships, proportions, connections, effects, the diagram of everything.“
Rem Koolhaas, Content, 2004
information that washes over us daily. (...) Liberated from the obligation to construct, it can become a way of thinking about anything – a discipline that represents relationships, proportions, connections, effects, the diagram of everything.“
Rem Koolhaas, Content, 2004