NESS.docs: Hashim Sarkis Studios - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1732010617 ISBN 13: 9781732010611

Publisher: NESS, 2017

Synopsis

NESS.docs is Lots of Architecture’s monographic series. Each issue features one practice or subject for in-depth analysis: interviews, texts, and a variety of graphic pieces cooperate to unveil singular work that can globally inspire modes of thought about architecture and landscape. The first NESS.docs features the work and thoughts of Hashim Sarkis, Dean of the School of Architecture + Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 2014 and curator of the 2020 Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia. Hashim Sarkis Studio has worked in rural and urban locations ranging from the United States to the Middle East in the fields of landscape, urban design, and mixed-use, institutional, and residential architecture. NESS.docs is the first comprehensive monograph on his brilliant career. Co-Edited by Lots of Architecture publishers, José Mayoral & Felipe Vera. Texts by Stan Allen, Angelo Bucci, Kenneth Frampton, Pablo Gerson, Gabriel Kozlowski, José Mayoral, Luca Molinari, Florencia Rodriguez, Hashim Sarkis, Nader Tehrani & Felipe Vera. Projects Balloon Landing Park Housing for the Fishermen Daily Mosque Town Hall & Park Float Pavilion Watermelon Landscape Courtowers

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About the Authors

Florencia Rodriguez is an architect, critic, curator, and lecturer. She is one of the founders of Lots of architecture publishers, where she acts as Chair and Editor in Chief. In 2010, Florencia founded PLOT, one of the ongoing leading publications in Spanish. In 2013 she received the Loeb Fellowship from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She has taught Theory at Torcuato Di Tella University in Argentina, and has taught isolated courses in other institutions abroad. She has received awards for her editorial work and acted as juror in various opportunities among which the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) stands out.

Pablo Gerson is an architect, photographer, documentary filmmaker, and lecturer. He acts as Chief Executive Officer of the editorial platform Lots of architecture publishers. He has built his professional practice on audiovisual production, where his work specializes on themes related to architecture, urbanism, landscape, and theory. Gerson is a professor at the School of Architecture and Urban Studies at Torcuato di Tella University, previously he has taught at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Palermo, and The Boston Architectural College. His work has been published widely.

Daniela Freiberg is an architect and editor of the editorial platform Lots of architecture publishers. She studied at the University of Córdoba and is a Master's Degree candidate in History and Culture of Architecture and the City at Torcuato Di Tella University. She was commissioner for the Uruguay Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2012 & 2014 and has worked on projects focused on architecture and visual arts management such as the Archigram Archives catalogue in London, three editions of the Dark Side Club in Venice, and the digitization of the exhibition archive at Fundación PROA in Buenos Aires.

Edition details

• Publisher: NESS
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1732010617
• ISBN 13: 9781732010611
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Rodriguez Florencia, Gerson Pablo, Freiberg Daniela