Contemporary Architecture

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Unidentified Flying Object for Contemporary Architecture

UFO’s experiments between political activism and artistic avant-garde

Beatrice Lampariello, Boris Hamzeian and Andrea Anselmo (False Mirror Office), Gloria Castellini (False Mirror Office), Simon Sadler, Anna Rosellini, Giovanni Galli, Jacopo Galimberti, Filippo Fanciotti and Giovanni Glorialanza (False Mirror Office), Parasite 2.0, Point Supreme, Jimenez Lai (Bureau Spectacular), Andrew Kovacs, Adam Nathaniel Furman, Traumnovelle, (ab)Normal, Peter Behrbohm

The first monographic publication focused on the Florentine UFO group (1968-1978) and its legacy for the contemporary project. The contemporary context is defined by a unique conjuncture. On one hand, we witness the revival of the Radical Architecture that from the avant-garde experiments of the origins recovers creative processes and iconographic fragments while nullifying the original ideological and political values. On the other hand, we see social protests in defense of fundamental rights of democracy, as in 1968. With these premises, Architecture is now reinvestigating those ephemeral experiments that have endured half a century as new “stone monuments” capable of indicating new perspectives for both research and design.

Eds. Beatrice Lampariello, Andrea Anselmo and Boris Hamzeian

Publication date Size Format ISBN Printed · EN ISBN Printed · IT ISBN Ebook · EN Price Oct 2022 7.5 x 10.5 in. / 19,5 x 26,5 cm Hardcover · 388 pages 978-1-63840-992-2 978-1-63840-023-3 978-1-63840-805-5 $44.95 / €40 / £40

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