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Following on from the 2017 House 1 project, a public architectural
intervention in Zurich, ALICE's teaching programme and the All
About Space series enter the realm of urban and suburban space. The
series' latest volume Beyond the Object: The Imagination of Space
proposes an alternative idea and cultural history of architecture
that is derived from the notion of spatial design rather than that
of technical objects and constructions. Thus current topics like
urban planning, the correlation of public and private spaces,
social and economic development are wrapped up into more general
questions: What are our common and scientific understandings of
space and spatial correlations and how can they apply to
contemporary architectural practice and education? The underlying
narrative of Beyond the Object: The Imagination of Space is loosely
tied to the exemplary urban context of Zurich. Yet it addresses the
topic with decidedly global scope. And like the previous books The
Invention of Space and House 1 Catalogue, the new volume combines
fact with fiction to broaden the view upon future scenarios.
ALICE (Atelier de la conception de l'espace) is an innovative
educational laboratory affiliated to the Ecole Polytechnique
Federale de Lausanne's (EPFL) School of Architecture. Its objective
is to provide students with the first essential tools for the trade
of architecture. With the new series All About Space, faculty and
students aim to share their work with the public. The four books,
published annually between 2015 and 2018, combine fact, fiction and
speculation with ALICE's approach to work, focusing on the creative
understanding of space as a human condition. The initial volume The
Invention of Space explores how space is invented in terms of the
various cultural practices involved with spatial design. It
captures individual experience and investigates common invention
and comprehension of space, embracing topics such as the history,
metaphysics, or politics of environmental, virtual or simulative
space. The book concludes with also exploring the spatial
conditions of thought, emotion, fantasy, and imagination.
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