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Exposed Architecture offers an overview of work by young architects
in Latin America. It is published in collaboration with LIGA, Space
for Architecture in Mexico City. Founded in 2011, LIGA is an
independent initiative for the promotion of contemporary
architecture in Latin America by staging exhibitions and
conferences and by publishing books on selected topics. The first
part documents exhibitions by twelve firms from Argentina,
Brazil/Uruguay, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and Portugal have
created at LIGA's exhibition space in Mexico in images and brief
texts. In the second part, six "Studio Interludes" shed light on
practice and aesthetics in contemporary Latin American
architecture. The third part comprises short essays by Agnaldo
Farias, Barry Bergdoll, Carlos Minguez Carrasco, Daniel Fernandez
Pascual, Florencia Rodriguez, Anna Puigjaner and Jorge Munguia,
Rory Hyde, Tina Dicarlo, and Wonne Ickx, as well as two interviews
with local protagonists. They look at key aspects and topics
against a backdrop of manifold difficulties and challenges the
region poses for the production and communication of architecture.
Text in English and Spanish.
Current architectural intervention has demonstrated a tendency
towards the production of the superficial - effects, ornamentation,
and embellishments are applied to programs defined by social,
economic, and technical conditions that fall outside of the
profession. "Verb Crisis" tackles the conflict that marks the
collision between the physical nature of the architectural
commission and the demands of a world that is increasingly dense
and interdependent, a world marked by undeniable environmental
problems and economic inequalities. Given the shortfalls of
standard professional attitudes, "Verb Crisis" presents projects
and investigations that grant the practice of architecture an
updated optimism and social relevance.
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