"New Praxes, New Tools wants to shed light on the way contemporary Slovenian architectural practices operate, which are interesting precisely because of the way they approach architectural themes and tasks. Today, architects no longer focus solely on designing beautiful houses and attractive interiors, but instead tackle a far broader range of considerations. We have become mediators between users and space, custodians of heritage, spatial activists who solve complex organizational and spatial problems.
Both writers and architectural practices are trying to answer three key questions: what is the task of architecture today, what is the organisational model of contemporary architectural practice, and how can architecture be presented to the public?
The ten contemporary architectural practices are looking for new ways of making themselves heard and show that past and present crises have caused shifts in the way we think about the mission of architecture, its relationship to society and ecology, and the way we organise spatial praxes."
Curators Mika Cimolini & Matevž Čelik
Publisher: Centre for Creativity (CzK), Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Editor: Mika Cimolini, MArch BI
Texts: Bogo Zupančič, Luka Skansi, Maja Vardjan, Matevž Čelik, Mika Cimolini, Radim Louda, Tia Čiček
Project descriptions: a2o2, Arhitekti Počivašek Petranovič, Elementarna, Emil Jurcan, Mertelj Vrabič arhitekti, Pazi!park, Prostorož, Some Place Studio, svet vmes, Vidic Grohar arhitekti
Translation: Andreja Šalamon Verbič
Copy editors: Jeff Bickert (EN), Katja Paladin (SLO)
Photos of participating practices: Klemen Ilovar
Catalogue design: Dominik Vrabič Dežman
Print: Collegium Graphicum
Circulation: 535 copies
© 2022 MAO / Centre for Creativity, Ljubljana
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This catalogue accompanies the exhibition of the same name, created in collaboration with ŠKUC Gallery.
Curators: Mika Cimolini, Matevž Čelik
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