Pier Vittorio Aureli

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1. Pier Vittorio Aureli
  Bio
  Is an architect and educator. He teaches at the Architectural Association in London and is the Davenport Visiting Professor at Yale School of Architecture, New Haven. He is the author of The Possibility of an Absolute Architecture (2011), The Project of Autonomy: Politics and Architecture Within and Against Architecture (2008, reprinted in 2012) and many essays. Aureli is the cofounder of Dogma, an architecture studio focused on the project of the city.
  
  [last updated in 2013]
  OASE 97
  Action and Reaction in Architecture
  2016
  Abstract
  OASE 97. Action and Reaction presents a collection of confrontations between architects themselves, and between architects and architecture critics.Creating and thinking about architecture has …
  
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  The Monument and the Field: Nicholas Hawksmoor’s Churches in Georgian London
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  Although it is impossible to prove that Nicholas Hawksmoor built his churches in seventeenth-century London as a reaction to the generic city developments at that time, Pier Vittorio Aureli retraces …
  
  issues 1–95 are available in PDF format
  OASE 94
  OMA. The First Decade
  2015
  Abstract
  This thematic issue of OASE sheds new light on the architectural production of OMA during its first decade (1978-1989) – a mythical but at the same time not very well known period in the history …
  
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  Architecture and Counterrevolution
  OMA and the Politics of the Grands
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  In his essay, Pier Vittorio Aureli describeshow OMA gave vent to the politics of theGrands Projets, launched between 1982and 1983 by the French government. Thecompetitions for public monuments …
  
  issues 1–95 are available in PDF format
  OASE 90
  What is Good Architecture?
  2013
  Abstract
  Many problems in today’s architecture world would vanish if every once in a while it was clearer what is meant by good architecture. The ‘crisis of criticism’, for instance, is a symptom – seldom …
  
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  A Spectacle of Deepest Harmony
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  Good architecture can only be defined by talking about the making of it. Architecture is good when it manifests itself by making room for something else. The relationship with power has always been …
1. 23/05/2018
  Presentations OASE #100
  The 100th edition of OASE is almost out! This special edition about Karel Martens and the Architecture of the Journal will be presented on several occassions.
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2. 10/04/2018
  Call for Abstracts OASE #102 & OASE #103
  We invite you to read the Calls for Abstracts for OASE #102 and OASE #103.
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3. 14/03/2018
  Presentation OASE #99
  An impression of the presentation of OASE #99 that took place on 1 Mach 2018 in Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. In the pictures are the participants of the panel discussion that discussed “What future for the Architecture Museum?”: Triin Ojari, Sofie de Caigny, Mirko Zardini, Omer Kanipak and Bernard Colenbrander.
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4. 16/02/2018
  INVITATION: symposium OASE #99
  What Future for the Architecture Museum?
  Thursday, 1 March 2018, from 17.00 - 19.30, Van Abbemuseum,
  Eindhoven (NL). More information and free registration via Evenbrite link!
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5. 02/02/2018
  OASE #100 dedicated to OASE's graphic design, with indepth interview with Karel Martens
  In May OASE #100 about ‘The Architecture of the Journal’ will appear. Interesting public activities connected to this special edition of OASE are being planned, so keep an eye on this website.
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6. 01/02/2018
  OASE #98 presented at the University of Greenwich, London
  Klaske Havik
  OASE #98 about Narrating Urban Landscapes was presented on 1 February 2018 at the University of Greenwich, London.
  Lectures by Bruno Notteboom, Kris Scheerlink and Klaske Havik. Image: Klaske Havik, editor of OASE, during the presentation.
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7. 08/12/2017
  Now available: OASE #99. The Architecture Museum Effect
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8. 10/11/2017
  Veronique Patteeuw talks to Rem Koolhaas
  Especially for the 25th anniversary of the Kunsthal in Rotterdam OASE editor Véronique Patteeuw, talked to architect Rem Koolhaas about the realisation, current function and the future of the building. Also OASE #94 about OMA was discussed!
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9. 20/10/2017
  Workshop & Presentation OASE #98
  On 19 October 2017 OASE and the KU Leuven organised a workshop for students from KU Leuven and TU Delft. Later on OASE #98 was launched by the editors of this issue and the Scientific Board of OASE. Maarten Overdijk (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht) and Bas Smets (Bureau Bas Smets) gave lectures.
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10. 25/09/2017
  Launch OASE #98 Narrating Urban Landscapes
  The OASE Foundation cordially invites you to the presentation of OASE #98 on 19 October at the KU Leuven in Ghent, Belgium.
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